Product Description

The EPG will provide you with an overview, listing the program information for the upcoming 7 days. No subscription required to receive the most popular TV channels in the UK brought to you in high-definition digital quality. The MHEG integrated Digital TV allows digital TV subscribers to navigate through a screen of objects, the MHEG, using specialised links. Applications include Internet Digital TV, VOD, Home-shopping, interactive advertising, program retailing and merchandising, electronic newspaper, home banking, E-commerce application, on-line games, and so on. Because Dolby Pro Logic, from the world renowned Dolby Laboratories, makes use of the way the human ear naturally processes sound, you experience superb quality 5.1 channel surround sound audio from stereo recordings. A very sensitive tuner is searching the band overnight for new channels with great sensitivity and speed, thanks to unique Philips technology.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47352 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: DTR210/05
• Released on: 2006-09-20

Features

• Electronic Program Guide
• 3 SCART interfaces
• Free-to-Air
• Number of Receivers: 1
• Number of Tuners: 1

Manufacturer's Description
The EPG will provide you with an overview, listing the program information for the upcoming 7 days. No subscription required to receive the most popular TV channels in the UK brought to you in high-definition digital quality.

The MHEG integrated Digital TV allows digital TV subscribers to navigate through a screen of objects, the MHEG, using specialised links. Applications include Internet Digital TV, VOD, Home-shopping, interactive advertising, program retailing and merchandising, electronic newspaper, home banking, E-commerce application, on-line games, and so on.

Because Dolby Pro Logic, from the world renowned Dolby Laboratories, makes use of the way the human ear naturally processes sound, you experience superb quality 5.1 channel surround sound audio from stereo recordings. A very sensitive tuner is searching the band overnight for new channels with great sensitivity and speed, thanks to unique Philips technology.

Customer Reviews

Very quick but a little flawed.
This is a very good freeview receiver in as much as it is quick and easy to set-up and very easy to use.
The sound and picture quality are also very good.
The text features are extremely quick - the best I've encountered on Freeview or Sky!

So what are the little but annoying flaws?
The 7 day EPG poor, showing only a few programmes for the current day and only one or two a few days hence.
It automatically searches for software updates at around 3 - 4am, which over-rides any programme you are watching and doesn't always return to the original channel after the search.

Ian
I live in a medium reception area and use a set-top aerial in the loft, results with this receiver, superb. Every Freeview channel is crystal clear with a strong signal. The inclusion of a thumbnail image when scanning stations is a useful feature. Overall, I highly recommend this receiver.

Good Picture Poor 7 Day EPG
Unit works well and has two scart connections (not three as indicated above).

Channel change is very fast, very much like changing normal UHF channels.

Now & Next EPG is okay with a channel preview window.

However 7 Day EPG seems to be a bodge-on and is not even mentioned in the user manual.

Once you have found it you can only list what is on for one channel at a time - Very poor.

Unit is nice and small and has it power unit built into the mains plug module.

Widescreen switching also works well.