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Philips DTR-220
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Average Ratings for Philips DTR-220

  • Features3.1 stars
  • Ease of Use3.5 stars
  • Value for Money3.3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.7 stars
  • Overall Rating2.7 stars

16 Reviews For Philips DTR-220

  • Guest 18th Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    PHILLIPS DTR 220/05
    Near Bristol. Bought from argos 4 weeks ago. I was really pleased. Easy to set up. Using the remote not as easy to use as a previous Wharfdale model which burned out after 14 months. Anyway,the first week I had no trouble. Clicking up through the channels, banner displays, then goes off as it should after a few seconds, but with channel four when the banner went off, so did the picture. Great sound but no picture. All information displays. Only this channel had the problem. You could get around it by going to EPG and select 4 and it would be fine, until next time you channel hopped. I had taken a another model back to curry's and thought I could do without the hassle and this I could live with. Following week BBC3 did the same thing. The following week film for dissapeared for the night. BBC3 came back to normal and so did film 4. But Channel four remained a problem.CRAZY thing is, channel 4+1 no problems. Retuning and all that stuff did nothing. Took back to Argos, explained, got a same model replacement. Set up this very same one and yes channel four has the same problem. Its dissapointing and going back. Don't ANY freeview boxes work properly. It wasn't cheap cheap, £34 so you would expect it to work wouldn't you. Perhaps I am very unlucky eh?

  • Guest 17th Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Having purchased a Philips set top box before (DTR 500) and had no problems with it for years I decided to get a newer version.
    WHAT A MISTAKE ! This box is terrible within the first week the menus were disappearing, then the channels started to disappear and I would have to retune the box once or twice a day !!!!!
    Buy something else .......

  • Guest 16th Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Philips DTR-220 has a small control, difficult to use, have had it less than one year and cant find the receipt to return it. On the plus side, small unit that doesn't take up much space.

  • johnhrs Rank: Lance Corporal 15th Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    The Philips DTR-220 ran for four days, then literally went BANG. Lots of smoke and electrical burning smell. Household RCB unit tripped out! Lots of overly complex features and did not replace it with same brand or model.
    Purchased at Argos who were most helpfull in replacing with an alternative unit.

  • Guest 17th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    After owning an original ITV Digital freeview box and a Sagem digibox, this tiny Philips model (DTR220) is a pleasure to use, by comparison.
    Small and cheap (£23.50 from Tesco) but super picture and great signal quality.
    We are in a low signal area but it pulls all channels in with a good strength.
    (No more blackouts, dropouts, or pixellated blockiness).
    Remote control works well and is reliable - easy to use with no sticky keys and is still on original batteries.
    We are so pleased with i ...

  • grahame987 Rank: Lance Corporal 30th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Very easy set up. First set top box I have used but did not have to resort to the instruction manual all very intuative. Very good array of features, in a good looking unobtrusive unit for a bargin price. What more could you ask?I was almost put off by some of the reviews, but decided to give it a go as it is a Philips. Very glad that I did.

  • Guest 14th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Output is significantly delayed in comparison with other set-top boxes I have used - as a result where I have two analogue tvs with Freeview boxes in adjacent rooms they must both or neither be Philips DTR220s, otherwise the echo effect is as bad as viewing the same channel on analogue and digital on sets in close proximity.

    The EPG takes an inordinate amount of time to download.

    Apart from the above, not a bad box apart from the annoying on-screen warning about new channels when channels are ...

  • Guest 1st Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I had seen mixed reviews for this . However I have found it to have exceeded my expectations. It was incredibly easy to set up, has not let us down at all, has a wider range of channels than expected. Strongly recommended

  • MMBR 21st Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Having had serious problems with both 'Pace' & 'Bush' boxes this is great, pluged it in and is working prefectly. easy to use easy to load

  • Guest 16th Jun 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    My Philips DTR-220 unit freezes when changing channel. second replacement also froze when changing channel and volume control did not work. Do not buy.

  • Guest 28th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Lets face it, the Philips DTR-220 has significant software bugs.
    I contacted Philips and they directed me to the retailer (Tesco).
    Tesco have been helpful.

    Since purchasing the unit, I have discovered lots of similar problem reports on various forum sites.

    I know its difficult when you have built a lemon, but I think Philips need to consider taking problems like this seriously rather than just ignoring them and hoping they will go away.

  • ArmitageShanks 23rd Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I bought the Philips DTR-220 unit at John lewis for about 38 pounds. It's small black glossy unit and took about 3 mins to setup. No hassle. So far no problems and it's size it prefect for my living room setup.

  • Dataman Rank: Sergeant 21st Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have used Sagems on our spare TV's for the past two years and we have become accustomed to sudden restarts, frozen units that had to be switched off and switched on again, less than helpful "EPG" screens, no text and the weekly need to re-program all the channels when the Sagem lost them.
    I finally became fed up with fighting the losing battle, threw the Sagems in the bin and bought the Philips. What a breath of fresh air - I just wish we'd bought Philips at the beginning! They are faultless. ...

  • freddy123456 28th Mar 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    The Phillips customer helpline were utterly useless, not only did the individual know less about the product than I did, but they tried telling me to perform the most basic of tasks that I'd tried hundreds of times!
    To add to my frustration it took them over a week to sort out my details for an exchange, by this time I asked for a full refund, which I did eventually receive.
    A friend of mine has had a similar problem and has ended up sending his back for a new one aswell.
    My advice is not to pu ...

  • gideonr 21st Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Nice but unreliable. Very small black plastic box that works well when it works but... sometimes the menus disappear to little green and black smudges, and my one has failed after a couple of weeks, boots up then just turns off and won't respond to the remote, so it's going back for a refund.

  • Crimperman Rank: Staff Sergeant 2nd Oct 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I used to have a Thompson Top Up TV box but it overheated and died. My Dad picked this Philips DTR-220 up for us in Sainsbury's and I have to say I was a little sceptical when it turned up. It costs around £40 and I thought something that cheap and clearly designed for the beginner (it claims a five minute up and running time on the box) couldn't be that good.

    I was wrong!

    This box is excellent. The setup was three minutes not five and everything was up and running. Whereas my old Th ...