Philips DTR220 - Ultra Compact Digital Freeview Set Top Box - Electronics / Photography (Philips)

You can enjoy free digital terrestrial channels in amazing quality with the DTR220! It's easy to set up thanks to automatic channel installation, and its "Pulse Killer Chip" guarantees excellent reception, eliminating interferences caused by electrical pulses. It also includes a "Fast Zapp" function and an Electronic Programmes Guide for increased user comfort. And thanks to its connections system -- 2 scart sockets, including 1 RVB -- you can hook up external devices to this tuner.With its compact and modern design, the DTR220 will look great in any living room!

Customer Reviews of Philips DTR220 - Ultra Compact Digital Freeview Set Top Box

dth
Staffs, England
25th December 2008

Philips DTR220
I bought this product at £25 and find it performs very well in all respects. It is unobtrusive in appearance, of good quality and very easy to install. My aerial was upgraded just before I started using the box and this probably maximised performance.

Katherine
Congleton
22nd December 2008

Great looking, compact set-top box
Had read the (rather mixed) reviews on here but decided to take a chance with this box because of its size and price. Only had the box up and running a week, but so far I've had no problems at all with it and been really impressed - none of the freezing etc experienced by others. The box itself is sleek and shiny and considerably smaller than many other competing boxes. The remote is also quite small but very well organised and comfortable to hold so that all functionality is in easy reach. We are in quite a strong signal area - maybe why I haven't experienced problems? - so picture quality is good and the menu system is user friendly and very responsive - none of the delay we experience with our other box. Considering getting a second box the same now for our kitchen tv!

Mr. Jonathan Paul Tighe
UK
14th December 2008

What a load of rubibsh, keeps crashing.
What a load of rubbish, clearly released before its fully tested. Will not be buying any Philips products again. Just keeps crashing, buy a humax, so much better.

Simon
Lancaster - GB
10th December 2008

Small box with a big led
Had this wee machine for a few weeks (bought from Avides media ) and it pretty much does what it should do.Well,mostly.Two faults - firstly the EPG does not seem to update and more often than not will only show the next two programmes.This makes the built in timer fairly redundant,meaning you have to visit Tv guide to find out what's on.Secondly,the unit's LED that comes on when the unit is on standby, is so bright it makes the Death Star's planet busting laser look like a streak of wee from a sickly child.At least the supplier provides a two year guarantee,considering that I've not yet had a freeview box that lasts this long, (the previous unit being a Panasonic which popped it's capacitors with a bang that made the dog jump out of her fur)then I can only presume that at some point I will be boxing it up to wing it's way back to the supplier after it's demise.just like electric toothbrushes,(now filling up a landfill near you) the freeview box seems to not last very long.About three months after the guarantee runs out in fact.

A. Nicoll
UK
3rd December 2008

So good I bought second one
We bought one of these from Asda, and it is the best freeview box we have had so far, so when my mums old panasonic box started to play up, we decided to get her one aswell.