Philips DTR200 Review

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Philips DTR200
1.2 stars
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Bertie's Review of Philips DTR200 Freeview Box

23rd Sep 2009

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
  • Time DVB Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars

Thirty-three quid in Tesco's - the cheapest I found anywhere PLUS the advantage of Tesco's no-quibble guarantee and returns policy.

This Philips DTR200 does the job and does it well. I feel the negative comments about it on this board result from aerial/signal strength problems as especially the BBC channels are reproduced perfectly. Channel 5 is problematical with occasional freezing and pixellation and little wonder with the signal strength indicator bars doing a waltz. As this digital TV lark is fairly new in my location it's probably still "running in".

I was astonished at how easy the DTR200 was to connect up and allow the automatic tuning to grab the full complement of channels. ANYONE should be able to instal this neat and attractive unit and I can't see even a much more expensive job giving any better performance as I feel it's that good and I feel five stars all round is justifiable. I know some other boxes have more "features" but this one has enough for me to justify five stars for Performance.

Highly recommended.

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  • Bertie Rank: Major-GeneralCompetition Winner on 29th Sep 2009

    I always like to get to the bottom of things, so I did a little research and found that there is no technical reason at the transmitter end (a relay station in my case) for problems with channel 5. A slight repositioning of the aerial (a home-made broadband Vee made of cardboard and aluminium cooking foil and mounted in the loft) and a re-tune of the digibox solved the problem. Now channel 5 shows maximum signal strength like the other channels and has remained thus. I rest my case!