My son lives in a dorm room in Boston with no access to cable. He has a small 15 inch HDTV (Element - Circuit City Brand). He had what we thought was a good antenna also purchased at Circuit City for twice the price of this antenna. He barely picked up any channels. He purchased this antenna and now picks up every HD channel available in Boston plus many other channels he could not get before. The HDTV channels are clearer than my channels through cable. Never thought an antenna would make such a big difference.