Philips Matchline

We bought the Digital Philips Matchline in 2002 in Austalia when the flat screen and plasma were first coming out, (had the earlier model matchline before that). Reason being that Australia was going to follow other other countries in being digital and the other TVs were not yet up to standards. I still haven't upgraded to flat screen or else, the pictures perfect better than I have seen on most of the recent TV's out, it has all the features, and haven,t had one problem,I am about to hand it down to my daughter and wonder what to replace it with.

The Philips Matchline is a good buy and an amazing television, My wife bought me a 32" LCD TV last Christmas (not a cheap one) and I have used it only once, it still does not compare to the sweet, crisp picture that my Philips offers me. It is sad that the reviews of this product have been tainted by the poor service Philips offered and by the one poor TV that did actually breakdown. I have had Philips for many years as did my father. They are of a much higher standard than the overpriced, over hyped and dismal offerings given to us by Sony. I have never seen quality to price ratio like this television, it is quite phenomenal.

Cannot find spare parts online.

The Philips Matchline Television has alot of good features: PIXEL PLUS,has a excellent picture,rarely seen,with great color and a lot more, but after 4 months of normal use, the Picture tube went, and I'm still waiting for them to put a new one in, hope this one holds. This will be the last time I buy a Philips, from now on I'll keep to a solid Sony or a easy user-friendly Panasonic.

When I moved to the UK, I brought my Philips TV with me. The UK has a different system, but this is not a problem as you can change one or two chips in your TV but here is where the problems started. Philips UK told my tv repair man that they have these components, but it is not their duty to tell him which one he has to order to make the change.

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Then my tv repair guy phoned a Philips technical expert. He could tell which components he needed, but he could not send them or he will lose his job.

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So my TV repair guy orders the components at Philips UK and it took them 2 weeks to send the wrong ones and two weeks later they send the same wrong ones again.

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I complained to Philips UK and they again told me it was not their duty to help me, I complained to Philips head office in Holland and they told me to complain to Philips UK.

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So in the end I had to buy a new TV, I bought a much cheaper SHARP and will never, ever buy a Philips product again.