For the last week or so, my PVR on a Philips 42PFL4007T has not worked - It just reported "The Philips server cant be located"...

Well, first of all, actually reading the manual I discover that Internet access is a requirement for using the PVR function, using the network (TV network) EPG is not supported....

So, everything is in the hands (as in mercy) of Phillips... secondly, a few Danish channels are not supported - DR3 - hence I cant record these correctly via EPG.

Well, getting pretty pissed and have tried changing network settings, I googled and found this : http://www.supportforum.philips.com/en/showthread.php?14165-phiilips-server-not-found-try-again-later

Looking into my TV's settings, Firmware version was 97 and latest on the Internet is 100 (http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/cpindex.pl?ctn=42PFL4007T/12&hlt=Link_Software&mid=Link_Software&scy=DK&slg=DAN) - from Sep 2013 though...

Well, updating via the Internet - as supported by the TV menus - just states that "The TV is up to date".

So I downloaded the Firmware from the Internet and updated via USB:

No problem, but questions arise.....

  1. Why does nobody tell You (before purchase) that Internet Access is a PVR requirement (No Bilka, El-Giganten commercial states that)

  2. How well and how long will Philips update/support the "Philips Server" with EPG, plans, channels...

  3. Why the H*** does the built-in Internet update not work correctly (problably a Philips mis-configuration)....

 

 

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