Philips 14PV225

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Newest Review: ... pressing them down a long way. Alice struggles sometimes and presses the wrong button when changing channel but in Philips ... more

... defence this combo wasn't really made for kids so they didn't consider the fact that chubby little fingers aren't going to quite grasp the buttons. The volume controls are easy to use and gradual so you don't suddenly get a burst of sound if you press the 'up' button for too long. There's a basic not-hard-to-work-out child lock on the remote control which I've obviously not used as the combo belongs to a child but it wouldn't matter if I did use it because Alice sussed out within a week how to turn it on and off...more

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Philips 14PV225: If (me and) a 5 year old can do it, anyone can! (1359 words)
by - written on 22/01/05 (Very useful, 268 readings)
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Both our daughters have received a TV/VCR combi from their nan for their 5th birthday. This year was Alices turn so with a nanny provided budget of £150 we went shopping. It's one thing shopping for a TV but shopping for something that a 5 year old can use is something else entirely. We dismissed Hitachi and Sony combo's as way too complicated; there were too many buttons on the remote controls, the buttons on the front were too small. Then there were the practical concerns; the SCART lead issue that I don't understand and which Mark considers highly important... So Mark went off to McDonalds in a huff and I got talking to the assistant in Comet. I was ... Read the complete review

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