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Philips DTR220 - Ultra Compact Digital Freeview Set Top Box | 
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| Brand: Philips
Category: CE
Buy New: £19.99
New (4) Used (3) Refurbished (1) from £14.40
Rating:  32 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 7.8 x 2.3
MPN: DTR220/05
Model: DTR220/05
EAN: 3465768989863
ASIN: B000UX11AA
Release Date: August 8, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: It is Brand new item in original manufacturer picture box, jut open the Box for testing purpose
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 Fantastic Freeview September 2, 2007
Mapoo (Sheffield, England)
51 out of 51 found this review helpful
I have had all different Freeviews and this one has to be the Best... It works really fast, takes under 5 minutes to search for your channals, has a Radio button and while it plays the radio you can see little Music Notes like a screensaver on the background and it has lots of different settings from "Full screen to Widescreen" and other things...
Great for the price... and the size of the machine is so small its the size of a "Modem Router that is used for Internet"...
all you need & at a good price October 1, 2007
Pichel3000 (UK)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
After the old Philips 200/05 box packed in after a so-called software "upgrade", I went for the 220 model and we haven't been disappointed yet. It's a small, yet stylish little black box (much smaller than the old 200/05). 7-day EPG works well, channel scan took about 5 minutes (despite the fact that we live in a low signal area and require signal boosters) and channel switching is fast (around a second, I'd say). So all in all the box seems to perform well so far.
 Why do all Digital Boxes seem to have problems? October 8, 2007
David Winters (England)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
This one is better than the previous PACE box I had, for some reason that needed to warm up before being usable and froze up and crashed all the time.
When this Phillips box works it's excellent - BUT occasionally the on screen graphics (telling you info about the programme etc) completely corrupt and become little green meaningless blobs. Turning the unit off and on clears this though.
Also, and this one is bizarre. Occasionally when a BBC2 show is broadcast the screen goes black and all I get is sound. When the next programme starts, the picture comes back. Only affects BBC2 (so far). Annoyingly this problem is not sorted by switching off and on.
From what I've heard most Digi boxes have numerous glitches so I should be grateful this only has some minor ones. I do wonder though if such a thing as a fault free Digi Box exists.
 Aggravating on turn on and no better than any other freeview box October 2, 2007
jay (London)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I accept that alot of the problems with this are down to the lack of an outdoor aerial but it isn't any better than the cheap box I had before and alot more annoying due to it going through a loading screen when you turn it on rather than just going straight to the channel it was on when turned off. The epg etc is clear and set up easy but that palaver when you turn it on (which no other box I've ever had has done - and I have had a few, believe me) is just annoying, as is the big updated firmware announcement box that comes up after it has done an update and which shows in anything you may have been recording at the time. The box is attractive to look at, and lovely and small, but that doesn't make any difference to the performance of it. I found that it isn't any better than the previous box I had even though I also spent 30 on a better aerial. Sorry, until the broadcasters do something about sending a decent flaming signal out none of these damn boxes will be that good. I know someone who had to change their rooftop aerial because their box didn't like the one they had so even some rooftop aerials don't do the job. Just buy the cheapest one you can get and you'll probably get just as good as this - or any other one.
better than dtr210 but has glitches too October 26, 2007
gizmo (uk)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
this has more features than the previous model (dtr210) like a comprehensive technical info screen which shows the multiplex channel the programmes are on and other details. uses the same remote control protocol as the dtr210 so you can use the dtr210 remote on the dtr220. the radio button also works and switches between tv and radio (which didn't on my dtr210). when new channels come on air they are added to the programme list automatically (unlike the dtr210). the dtr220 looks good on top of a tv. doesn't appear to have a reminder function like the dtr210 which i found very useful. but my dtr220 locked up after a software upgrade search so there are glitches with this model too. overall 5 out of 5 rating for this (freeview only) type of box.
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