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Philips DTR200
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Average Ratings for Philips DTR200

  • Features2 stars
  • Ease of Use2.3 stars
  • Value for Money1.1 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings1.1 stars
  • Overall Rating1.2 stars

26 Reviews For Philips DTR200

  • Bertie Rank: Major-GeneralCompetition Winner 23rd Sep 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    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.

  • Guest 9th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Rubbish product by Philips, flick through channels and it locks up if you go too quickly also pixualtes, not recommened steer well clear of the DTR200.

  • canoesailor 28th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    my Philips DTR200 locks up on average twice a day, loses sound on c3 three or four times a day

  • SteveZ 3rd Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Personally not happy with the Philips DTR200 freeview box. We bought it to upgrade from an old box we had that pixalated occasionally so the aerial and set-up were already proven. The Philips box was nowhere near as good as the old thing we had. Simply do not recommend it.

  • Guest 15th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I bought this over many others becuase I thought Philips would be a good investment. I will never buy Philips again. This product is absolute crap and should be removed from sale.

  • Guest 21st Sep 2008

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    Philips DTR200 Freeview box review - I have rated Philips products for 30 years, they have been very good, but no more, this is rubbish, and if this is the way forward then Philips should give it up and call it a day. I had my heart set on a Philips LCD TV but not now. I guess it will be Sony.

  • Guest 25th Aug 2008

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    Locks up once or twice a day and doesn't respond to remote. Have to unplug to reset. Picture constantly disappears from screen taking 5 or so seconds to come back on. This is nothing to do with reception and happens sometimes once every 10 seconds making viewing impossible.Remote interferes with my TV, sometimes turning the TV on or off instead of the freeview.Sometimes distorts my CRT TV's picture with purple/blue/inverted magnetic artifacts in the corners and needs degaussing.This is a replace ...

  • Guest 15th Jan 2008

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    First box - after 24 hours started freezing and breaking up - 100% signal strength - took it back to Currys - told me there were no known problems!!! Gave me a second box - lasted 2 hours before breaking up with 100% signal strength. Changed from Sagem - good so far.

  • W860098 Rank: Lance Corporal 11th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    My DTR220 unit has an amazing fault whereby, if I am recording anything overnight, it is determined to ask me (at about 3 a.nm.) whether I wish to apply the latest software upgrade (even if I have done that manually before I set up the recording) and THEN, to add to the craziness of this situation, switches itself back to a completely different channel!
    Bad enough to lose part of what I was recording but to then record something completely different!!
    I have contacted the Philips service des ...

  • Guest 3rd Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Sometimes it freezes and unplugging it doesn't work. Now the lights have started blinking constantly, and Phillips said it doesn't work anymore and I need to get a new one. Definitely not getting another Philip's Free view Box!!!!

  • April1 20th Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Easy to use and easy to install.
    Searches for channels.

  • Bristolclaire 10th Oct 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Lets see how long my Philips DTR200 is going to be good for.

  • listy 10th May 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I highly recommend this little Phillips Freeview box, good connectivity too by the way.

  • mr magoo 8th Feb 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I bought it as a present for my parents and it does not work well at all, you cannot turn it off at the mains as you need to rescan (very slow) whenever you turn it on. It is therefore very wasteful of electricity. It is built in flimsy, tacky plastic. the user interface is poor, Sagem ones are much better. It frequently loses contact with channels while having good reception with others.

  • silver tractor 11th Aug 2006

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    I bought this Philips DTR200 box about 8 months ago, but only started using it regularly recently.

    The box looks OK, has a nice remote control and was easy to set up.

    After a few channel changes the box freezes and does not respond to the remote control. This happens repeatedly and can only be cleared by unplugging the mains. Doing this 7 or 8 times during the course of a few hours viewing gets very wearing!

    Sometimes there is a picture with no sound, and then (just for variety) at oth ...

  • fountainp 31st May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I used to swear by Philips as a brand, but they have obviously dropped all the quality standards to cut costs.
    Poorly designed, cheap components and very poor reliability.
    I for one, have now decided to never buy another Philips product again after my experience with the Philips DTR200 freeview box.

  • Des FitzGerald 23rd May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    The Philips DTR200 freeview box is a complete and utter waste of money. I connected everything and it didn't work, then I thought maybe it needs to be connected to the main aerial, but that didn't make any difference, and it always has the barest signal so it freezes, and then you have to turn it on and off or wave it about and hope for the best. Utter rubbish! I wouldn't even give it away. It's gone in the bin.

    I will avoid Philips products in future.

  • Stan C 20th May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I plugged in the Philips DTR200 freeview box and it tuned itself (a bit slow). It worked straight away. Good picture, good sound/volume - a bit lacking compared to terrestrial TV. I think a lot of reported problems with this model may be down to poor aerials (indoor ones for Freeview?!) and/or poor reception areas.

    If it is a simple component failure, these things happen (only once is acceptable). I will reserve further comment until Tesco/Philips respond and the system is up and running agai ...

  • pecan 1st May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I bought the Philips DTR 200/05 freeview box from Asda for £44.97, having returned a cheaper different unit which began to freeze after about six months. But, this new unit began to freeze regularly after only 24 hours! I am afraid that I will be returning this one also. I guess I will have to bite the bullet and pay extra to get some reliability.

  • michaelroberts1812 6th Apr 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    This is the second Philips DTR200 freeview box I have owned. After taking the first one back due to it turning itself off, poor reception, screen going blank (but sound continuing), and failing to respond to remote etc.

    A total waste of time and money. Luckily it was a present, so I haven't wasted my own hard-earned cash!

    I won't buy anything from Philips again.

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Main characteristics: Functionalities: Digital TV Receiver Broadcast Type: Terrestrial Compatible Service: Freeview Digital Receiver: DVB Audio Support: MPEG Audio Recor more details...