I purchased this item and returned it the next day. The television and radio worked as expected. HOWEVER, the television did not pick up/program the cable stations. Out of about 150 cable programs, it only accepted 17 channels. I called Philips and they said it was designed for people who want to use an antenna. If you use an antenna and do not want to hook up to cable, I feel the set wourld work fine. Do not buy it if you expect to get all your cable chanels on the set. Philips AJL750/37 Kitchen Clock Radio with 7-inch TV
This is just what we needed in our Kitchen. It barely fits under our counter, but it works very nicely. I plugged it in hooked up my cable tv cable, and set the unit up with out any problem. Picture quality is just fine though I have no HD source hooked up to it. Didn't really get this tv for HD viewing. Found all my basic cable channels fine with out any additional tuner. Probably the best television speakers in my house. The audio quality isn't high end, but the sound is pretty rich for such a small unit. Be warned though if your cabinets aren't any deeper than 12 in. it will be a tight fit, and the unit will stick out a little from the front of your cabinet. It would fit much better under a 14 to 16 in cabinet. Mine are 12 in and the unit sticks out about an in., and getting the cable hooked up required me taking the unit back down. It's a tight fit.
My wife has wanted an TV for the kitchen for some time. I was fortunate to find this unit on sale (Gold Box) and got it for Christmas. She could not be more pleased. The picture quality is great and the sound is surprisingly good. At times she simply listens to the radio and I am really surprised at how clear and loud this little unit can be. I would purchase it again even if it weren't on sale.
I got the radio on the deal of the day but the tv doesnt work withcable or anttena, im very unsatisfied, the radio works ok the timer too, it looks good but the tv doesnt work with directv or cable so ill return it.
I found this TV very difficult to set up. The channels do not work correctly. You cannot just put the channel in. You have to use the channel up and down to find the channel. Therefore, it takes much longer to change the channel. When our electricity was interrupted during an ice storm, I have been unable to set the clock again. I am very disappointed in this TV and would not recommend buying it to anyone.
First unit was DOA. Thanks to Amazon's FANTASTIC customer service, received a new one the next day! Then...
It WILL NOT WORK WITH CABLE - if you are planning on an antennae installation, you are in great shape, otherwise, you are screwed. Great sound and picture quality from the channels you do receive though!
Poor assembly quality, but for $110 what do you expect?
This is by far the biggest rip-off that I have ever had the privilege of wasting my money on. Dont buy this if youre expecting to watch any kind of cable program. Ever. I now have a $110 FM radio in my kitchen. Thanks Philips!!
To reiterate the above review: This unit will NOT work with most US cable systems. They use something called QAM encoding. The specs above say it has an ATSC-only tuner which is your tip-off. Had to spend 1:15 hr on the phone with Philips to find this out. Frustrating to say the least. It works great for over-the-air signals and has nice sound and picture though.
I am writing this review from America in the 21st century. That said, most of us have cable TV. Not so with Philips - they want to take us back to the good old days of antenae reception. If you are really clever you might catch this on the box but I suspect most people won't until they set it up and find it doesn't work. And it only took four calls and two chat sessions with Philips to get a definitive answer on this. Their people were really confused and - lets face it - their apologies are worthless. If they really cared they would clearly label the box and then come over and cart this historical artifact back to the store for me. Buyer beware. - Kitchen Tv - Amazon Video On Demand - Drop Down Tv - Under Cabinet Tv'
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