On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:19:32PM -0500, Austad, Jay wrote: > So I was at Target today, and I noticed there's a new V-tech system out for > $99 and handsets are only $44 each. I decided to pick it up and test it > out, if it sucks I can just bring it back. After I plugged it in, I noticed > that the display is *exactly* the same as the Panasonic's. The menu system > was also exactly the same, and all of the ringtones were exactly the same. > It also has 3 voicemail boxes just like the panasonic, and the voice is even > exactly the same. Even the instruction manual is exactly the same. IT'S > THE SAME DAMN PHONE! Yup, I've got one of those. Keep your warranty card, because the LCD dislpay on the V-Tech *will* fail, and you'll be left trying to figure out what the caller ID says. > But, even though it's the same phone, voice quality on the V-tech is 100 > times better, both on my side, and the people I talk to say it sounds > better. The panasonic lists for $249, the V-tech is $99 and it's a way > better phone. Kinda like paying for a $1800 Gateway system that uses the same parts as the $500 beige box at $local_computer_store > I tried to register one of the handsets for the v-tech with the panasonic > base station, but that didn't work. It didn't like the base ID I put in. > But, the handsets both recognize when one of the other brands is picked up. Yup, they're keyed differently just to annoy people (and make you buy more phones, of course) > Jay -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list