Arfa Daily wrote:
"Ron(UK)" wrote in message
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Terry wrote:
"Thomas Tornblom" wrote in message
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Personally I avoid anything Philips, if I can.
Agreed.


I also have to agree, Philips have some odd ways of doing things.

Ron(UK)

I'll second that, Ron. But back on the original point of reliability, have
you ever had cause here in the UK to consider Philips gear to be
particularly badly built, or unreliable in any way, compared to other makes
? I wouldn't say that I actually have, certainly not to the point that Mark
Z and other US posters seem to have done. Perhaps there is some fundamental
difference between Philips products for the US market, and those for the
European market, given that Philips is fundamentally a European company,
being based in Holland. Interesting ...

Arfa


I'm only going off the newer stuff. maybe that`s not as well put
together as the older gear.

I spent many years repairing vcrs, audio, and microwave ovens made by
Philips.

As I`m sure you know, they used a totally unique system in their later
video recorder transport, fairly reliable, heads wore out fast, but the
majority of problems were 'casebook' so a good little earner there.

Philips microwave ovens were good, again unconventional in some ways and
prone to recurring faults, so again a money spinner... erm.. I'm
starting to like Philips gear, it`s made me a few bob over the years!

I was never a fan of their 'moving coil' cd player mechanism, but I
guess it was early days for the technology.

Philips washers and dryers were jolly good for business in their way,
plenty of easy stock faults and easy availability of spares. another
bunce earner

So, lemme see, recently gone to the great landfill in the sky are a
Philips freeview receiver B.E.R due to some logic problem (again I
understand this is a well know fault but non the less unrepairable),
a just out of guarantee Philips DVD/Hard/Disk recorder - something in
the logic failed + DVD drive up the spout, such a clunker of a machine
anyway I wouldn`t spend any time trying to fix it.

Both those were my own equipment.

Also there were several DVD drives out of computers - I realise that
these probably weren`t made in the Philips factory, but they carry the
Philips brand name, and that`s what counts to the punter.

Anyhoo, I declared that I wouldn`t buy any Philips branded gear again,
and so far I`ve stuck to that.

Maybe I`m being unfair to Philips equipment, I dunno, the Philips stuff
I bought in the last few years has already gone to the tip and I have no
confidence in their products now. I imagine most of it is made in China?


Ron(UK)