Have a picture of Philips DTR200 Freeview Box?, please send it to us.
| Features | 3.7/10   |
|---|---|
| Ease of Use | 4.4/10 |
| Value for Money | 2.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 2.1/10 |
| Overall Rating | 2.2/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 21st Sep 2008
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
Good Points: None
Bad Points: Quite a few - Keeps freezing and requires un-plugging from the mains to fix it. Always saying "No Signal" when i know there is full(100 %). Looses sound half way through a program and the only way to get it back is to turn it off and back on.
General comments: 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.'s review and ratings | 110 words
Review by
Guest.
on 25th Aug 2008
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
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.'s full review | 207 words
Review by
Guest.
on 15th Jan 2008
User Rating : 1
Respect :
0
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.
Guest.'s full review | 51 words
Review by
W860098
on 11th Jan 2008
User Rating : 3
Respect :
0
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 ...
W860098's full review | 142 words
Review by
Guest.
on 3rd Jan 2008
User Rating : 2
Respect :
0
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!!!!
Guest.'s full review | 49 words
Review by
April1
on 20th Dec 2007
User Rating : 10
Respect :
0
Easy to use and easy to install.
Searches for channels.
April1's full review | 22 words
Review by
Bristolclaire
on 10th Oct 2007
User Rating : 1
Respect :
0
Lets see how long my Philips DTR200 is going to be good for.
Bristolclaire's full review | 53 words
Review by
listy
on 10th May 2007
User Rating : 10
Respect :
0
I highly recommend this little Phillips Freeview box, good connectivity too by the way.
listy's full review | 133 words
Review by
mr magoo
on 8th Feb 2007
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
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.
mr magoo's full review | 98 words
Review by
silver tractor
on 11th Aug 2006
User Rating : 0
Respect :
+1
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 ...
silver tractor's full review | 127 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
fountainp
on 31st May 2006
User Rating : 1
Respect :
+1
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.
fountainp's full review | 101 words
Review by
Des FitzGerald
on 23rd May 2006
User Rating : 0
Respect :
+1
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.
Des FitzGerald's full review | 91 words
Review by
Stan C
on 20th May 2006
User Rating : 6
Respect :
+1
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 ...
Stan C's full review | 186 words
Review by
pecan
on 1st May 2006
User Rating : 2
Respect :
0
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.
pecan's full review | 77 words
Review by
michaelroberts1812
on 6th Apr 2006
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
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.
michaelroberts1812's full review | 72 words
Review by
graeme0781
on 21st Mar 2006
User Rating : 3
Respect :
0
Bought a Philips DTR200 Freeview box in October '05 primarily for the way it looks. Compact design and the silver/black finish looks great.
Used it at first with an aerial off an old portable (5-10% signal). Sky channels and E4 would get awful reception regardless of adjustment. On top of that box would jam and would have to unplug to reset. Hooked up a mains powered aerial with 42db gain signal jumped to 90% all round. Problem solved! Nope, picture still distorts and jams frequently, digita ...
graeme0781's full review | 164 words
Review by
fevington
on 6th Mar 2006
User Rating : 2
Respect :
0
I have just got a Philips DTR200 freeview box from Argos, and I'm taking it straight back. It keeps freezing up, and it has to be powered off at the mains to get it back up and running again. It even locks-up when not in use, ie on standby. The mains adapter came with a two pin shaver type plug and no adapter.
fevington's full review | 74 words
Review by
Yam Graham
on 28th Jan 2006
User Rating : 2
Respect :
0
I wouldn't recommend the Philips DTR200 freeview box, as mine freeze`s on a daily basis, and I have to power it off and on to clear it.
I will now be looking elsewhere.
Yam Graham's full review | 44 words
Review by
No Name
on 22nd Jan 2006
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
The Digital Audio Output is corrupt (noise) on my Philips DTR200 freeview box, and it can not be heared properly on a surround system.
The audio can not be controlled via the remote control either.
No Name's full review | 63 words
Review by
halftone
on 7th Jan 2006
User Rating : 1
Respect :
0
For the first few hours the Philips DTR200 freeview box seemed really good, but then it proceeded to corrupt sound and vision on some channels, all good signal strength (~80%). I ended up rebooting this box at least 3-4 times in a couple of hours. Sometimes it helped, sometimes not. After a week of this, I gave up. A complete fresh setup left half the channels missing, only to reappear at the 4th attempt. I have a feeling it plays up once warm, but unless you only want to watch 30 minutes of TV ...
halftone's full review | 137 words | 3 comments added.
Main characteristics: Functionalities: Digital TV Receiver Broadcast Type: Terrestrial Compatible Service: Freeview Digital Receiver: DVB Audio Support: MPEG Audio Recor More...
Would you like to see a review that's not being listed?
