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I'll agree with the "DON'T BUY PHILIPS" message
I bought a DVDR75 early 2004 and since day one its had occasional playback problems (discs skipping that play fine in other players) it's now rejecting many discs, including ones it wrote itself! The appauling thing about this is that its only had VERY light use! - I've probably only written around 50 discs ever in it! |
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We've only bought two Phillips products lately and neither was any good. We had a DIVX player that went bang and launched some burning material out of the side vent onto the carpet leaving a nice hole and a Freeview box that turns itself off three or four times an hour. I don't think we'll be buying any more of their junk.
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it's now rejecting many discs, including ones it wrote itself!
Yep, unbelievably that's quite common for Philips DVD recorders! How they do it is anyone's guess!
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=645261
Seems to be a never-ending story with Philips. |
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Three years ago I attempted to buy a Phillips flat screen CRT for my son. I bought it from a web vendor, the spec stated "Pure Flat Screen Technology". To make sure of the spec I phoned Phillips (thinking it would be more reliable than asking the box shifter) and they confirmed it was a flat screen.
Needless to say the TV arrived and was not a flat screen at all - even though it had that phrase on the box (the vendor was of course not at fault). I sent it straight back for a refund, but it cost me £30 in shipping by Amtrak. After several expensive telephoned complaints to Phillips, plus letters and emails with no satisfactory response other than "it is not a flat screen, we wouldn't have said that" my patience broke, I sent a recorded delivery letter with a 7 day "notice prior to action" (I fully intended to claim recompense through the small claims court). By return of post I got a cheque for the £69 compensation I was claiming. My eventual success was tempered by the infuriation of dealing with their customer service department. Lessons learned, 1) don't touch Phillips with a barge pole; 2) getting tough and legal works. Ended up getting a Panny. |
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Three years ago I attempted to buy a Phillips flat screen CRT for my son. I bought it from a web vendor, the spec stated "Pure Flat Screen Technology". To make sure of the spec I phoned Phillips (thinking it would be more reliable than asking the box shifter) and they confirmed it was a flat screen. A Philips story with a happy ending! Well done alfablue!
Needless to say the TV arrived and was not a flat screen at all - even though it had that phrase on the box (the vendor was of course not at fault). I sent it straight back for a refund, but it cost me £30 in shipping by Amtrak. After several expensive telephoned complaints to Phillips, plus letters and emails with no satisfactory response other than "it is not a flat screen, we wouldn't have said that" my patience broke, I sent a recorded delivery letter with a 7 day "notice prior to action" (I fully intended to claim recompense through the small claims court). By return of post I got a cheque for the £69 compensation I was claiming. My eventual success was tempered by the infuriation of dealing with their customer service department. Lessons learned, 1) don't touch Phillips with a barge pole; 2) getting tough and legal works. Ended up getting a Panny. |
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wish i'd seen this thread a year ago, unfortunately lost the receipt, but within 2 months of buying a phillips dvd recorder for £140 odd, it started playing up, not reading discs, getting jammed etc. I would say i have only used it abt 10 times to record. What a waste.
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A Philips story with a happy ending! Well done alfablue!
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just came across this 'review'
http://www.bizrate.co.uk/televisions...-pid442523330/ Philips 42PF5521D 42 in Plasma TV Philips Plasma PC Nightmare Pros: 10,000 Contrast Ratio DTV Tuner built in Cons: NO VGA PC INPUT & POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE Recommended: No Has Owned Product: 10 Day(s) Comments: I own a audio visual business and as such have a pretty good idea about technology etc. I have to say that Philips need to be lined up against the wall and shot for what they have done in describing this product (and others)! Hence 3 major distributors have withdrawn selling Philips Plasma products because of this. The unit has an excellent HDMI Picture and at a massive 10,000 contrast ratio the image is almost alive on the HDMI. However Philips state "fully compatiable with personal computers" as you would expect - WRONG - you can connect via the HDMI port using a DVI input but for those of you like me who have VGA it's a big NO NO. Philips customer services are probably the worst in the world we've ever dealt with! Every other major brand are at least 10 times better than Philips. In a word forget this Plasma there are better ones are available for the price! |
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Hear, hear.
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Flat Screen is not Flat panel!
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Then I am not sure what the issue was?
As it was a CRT, was the front of the screen not being flat that was the problem, as I have seen quite a few CRT TV's that have this, or were you expecting a thinner (LCD type) size model? As usual with many companies the quality of the products that most of the bigger ones built their reputation on is sadly but a distant memory, and it will only get worse. |
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Well as it was a CRT "a flat panel" is not relevant, however in my version of the English language "flat screen" means to me the screen is, er...flat.
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Quite a delayed response, obviously you knew it was a CRT!
![]() I don't get it!! In the old days CRT's had a curved screen, as you might know (not sure if you do). My 2002 Panny had a flat front to the screen. I was trying to buy my son a flat fronted (aka Flat Screen) CRT. Phillips said the screen was a"Pure Flat Screen" - I expected a flat front to the CRT (like my Panny, like most other current CRT's), where is the problem with that? I'm not an idiot!
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If it's of any use?, FST stands for "Flatter Squarer Tube" rather than "Flat Square Tube".
BTW, was your Panny a truely flat tube?, many Panasonic sets actually use Philips CRT's - as do almost all manufacturers - the main exception being Sony, who used their own completely different ones (Trinitron). |
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If it's of any use?, FST stands for "Flatter Squarer Tube" rather than "Flat Square Tube".
BTW, was your Panny a truely flat tube?, many Panasonic sets actually use Philips CRT's - as do almost all manufacturers - the main exception being Sony, who used their own completely different ones (Trinitron). |
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If it's of any use?, FST stands for "Flatter Squarer Tube" rather than "Flat Square Tube".
BTW, was your Panny a truely flat tube?, many Panasonic sets actually use Philips CRT's - as do almost all manufacturers - the main exception being Sony, who used their own completely different ones (Trinitron). |
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If it's of any use?, FST stands for "Flatter Squarer Tube" rather than "Flat Square Tube".
BTW, was your Panny a truely flat tube?, many Panasonic sets actually use Philips CRT's - as do almost all manufacturers - the main exception being Sony, who used their own completely different ones (Trinitron). I think "alfablue" must have been sold a couple of real pups. The Panasonic that undoubtedly had a Philips tube was end of line - the even older Philips FST must have been salvage stock or unused hotel supply or ......?? My 12 yr old CRT has an FST in it. I think you only supply Tatung CRT's now as being the only CRT where you can probably guarantee the pedigree. AFAIK most European brands now use non - Japanese far east manufacture for at least their lower cost LCD's as do many Japanese brands including Sony. The LCD panels are often outsourced or or produced by joint venture e.g Samsung/Sony and LG/Philips. Similarly the electronics the only difference being the "proprietary software" on them. In conclusion I would say that over the years the best kit I have had for both performance and reliability comes from the Matsushita stable i.e. Panasonic and JVC. |
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And a lot of Philips components to drive it!
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I think you only supply Tatung CRT's now as being the only CRT where you can probably guarantee the pedigree.
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AFAIK most European brands now use non - Japanese far east manufacture for at least their lower cost LCD's as do many Japanese brands including Sony. Quote:
The LCD panels are often outsourced or or produced by joint venture e.g Samsung/Sony and LG/Philips. Similarly the electronics the only difference being the "proprietary software" on them. Quote:
In conclusion I would say that over the years the best kit I have had for both performance and reliability comes from the Matsushita stable i.e. Panasonic and JVC. Reliability wise Sony has the best reputation, and Panasonic the second best - either are very reputable. Main difference at the moment is that Sony are making money, and Panasonic are in dire straights! - there's been a LOT of concern over the past few years about how long Panasonic will last. General opinion is that Panasonic will undergo a massive restructuring, as Sony did a while back - which put them back in profit. |
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Panasonic is Matsushita, but JVC isn't. Panasonic have bought a fairly small number of cheap TV's in over the years (basically portables), and JVC buy in more than they produce (all sorts of sizes). Reliability wise Sony has the best reputation, Unfortunately Sony's reliability reputation has not been the experience in my household. My opinions on theirs or other kit however do not relate to the current situation but over many years and various types of equipment not just TV's. PS I think Philips took over Mullard in the 1930's. |
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In fact a lot of JVC stuff now is Vestel sourced.
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AFAIK Matsushita is the major shareholder in JVC or at least they were. Interestingly Philips had an interest in Matsushita once.
As for Philips, at the start of WWII Philips managed to move much of their wealth to America to stop the Germans stealing it, as did various other companies. After the end of WWII the Americans refused to let them have it back, but insisted that they invested some of it in Japan to aid their recovery. Philips invested in Matsushita, and had a large shareholding until they sold out a few years ago. Quote:
PS I think Philips took over Mullard in the 1930's. |
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No idea about Matsushita being a shareholder in JVC?, but it makes no difference, the products are in no way related.
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I always thought there was some synergy certainly in the eighties between Panasonic and JVC products. They looked similar and had similar modus operandii.
As a matter of interest, Panasonic and JVC VCR's have never ressembled each other at all. |
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