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- From: paul@howtek.UUCP (Paul Rothenberg)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Cordless phone recommendations
- Message-ID: <D2150040.n39erf@destiny.howtek.UUCP>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 14:18:20 GMT
- Reply-To: paul@howtek.UUCP (Paul Rothenberg)
- Organization: Howtek, Inc.
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- In article <1993Jan7.005434.2635@informix.com> (misc.consumers), neilw@informix.com (Neil Williams) writes:
- > In article <1ifcisINNsjc@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com writes:
- > >Hi folks,
- > >
- > >I am looking for recommendations for cordless telephones. I would
- > >prefer to stay under $100. Do I need a 10 channel phone if I stay
- > >within say 50 ft of the base unit? How do the Japanese brands compare
- > >with AT&T? My local appliance salesperson recommended SONY or Toshiba
- > >-- of course that's all she had in stock. Also, what is the security
- > >code in the phone used for?
- >
- > I just got one of the latest Panasonic models for $99. It has
- > 10 channels and auto-selects a channel when you turn it on; this
- > is the stand-up type which was actually my second choice - beats
- > me why people like their phones sticking up in the air when it's
- > on the base.
- >
- > Anyway, the sound quality is quite good. Very clear typically,
- > although somehow it still sounds different from a corded phone,
- > like the person on the other end is further away or something.
- > The model I have has 2 settings for the loudness, so I keep it
- > on the higher setting.
- >
- > My only gripe is that sometimes the channel it auto-selects
- > is not the clearest available. A touch on the channel-scan
- > button fixes that problem, though.
- >
- > Once my wife turned it on and heard someone else talking....
- > Hasn't reoccurred yet, though, but now I keep it on the
- > base more than I would otherwise, for security.
- >
- > It's light years better than my wife's 4 yr. old Sony, which
- > also cost $99 back then. Isn't technology wonderful?
- >
- > --Neil
- >
- > --
- > Neil Williams: neilw@informix.com
- >
- > Seen on my last trip on United: "If you are seated in an exit row
- > and can not (sic) read this card... please notify a crew member."
- >
-
- Stay away from Panasonic. I have owned quite a few Panasonic phone
- products and ALL have eventually failed in a short period of time,
- especially their answering machines.
-
- I own an AT&T Model 5300. It sounds great - very close to a corded
- phone. I have none of that "the person on the other end is further
- away" nonsense of the Panasonic. It has 10 auto-selecting channels.
- Replacement batteries and antennas are easy to get. I paid @ $89.00
- for mine.
-
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- Paul M. Rothenberg
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