On Nov 19, 7:27 pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
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

it varies, but in terms of reliability over the last few years there
have been numerous widespread problems (albeit in a narrow range of
stuff.)
-faulty tubes: W56ECK001X04, (chassis L01.1E) W66ECK001X14, etc.
-painter chips: chassis, A10 /E
-dvd recorder pickups dropping like flies (in most other and cheaper
makes i find the power supplies to go first!)

all of which are serious expensive problems which can mean a write
off. Not funny in such new equipment.

Apart from that though, I usually find the build quality to be pretty
good. I personally still have a 16 year old 28GR9772 working superbly
in the bedroom and a VR632 which has only had the usual minor plastic
cog problem as with most turbo decks. Most of the Philips Tvs I get
asked to repair apart from the above listed known 'dogs' are still
serviceable, even the likes of CP90 and CP110. but I digress.

to get back on topic to the dvd discussion, I would stick with the
philips being a more well known name, but must echo what others have
said, i.e. at that price point you're going to get cheap and nasty
stuff in any case. You get what you pay for. Anyone worried about
reliability would be well advised just to skip that price bracket.

-B