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Summary: A nearly perfect answering machine
Review: After happily living with my trusty Panasonic KX-T8000 for 12 years, I decided to move the Panny to my other house to replace a tape-based machine that had gone kaput. So I needed a new one for my main house. My first criterion was that it must have audible message alert (who needs another thing to remember to check after a long day at work?). That really narrowed it down to just the AT&T. I had read here that of some problems that others had experienced, so I purchased it at BestBuy which has a liberal return policy. But I'm definitely keeping it. First, if the power goes out, it definitely resets itself to auto-answer. The messages are saved, but the clock needs to be reset. But what's great is that all you need to do is call the machine and it uses caller-id to set the clock--incredibly easy to set (that is, if you have caller-id). Second, I have not had any problems with voice quality or with deadair filling the end of messages. Voices are clear and they cut off when the person hangs up. No shouting is required. Third, if the hardwired cord is too short, just go to Radio Shack and get an extension cord. My answering machine gets its signal from my adjacent fax machine, so the supplied cord is more than long enough. The audible message alert is better than in my old Panasonic because it's less loud and intrusive. My Panasonic was so loud, that if I got a call while I was sleeping, I had to turn it off to be able to sleep again, even though it was two rooms away. The AT&T alert is much softer. I could probably sleep right through it, though it's loud enough to hear in the same room. The AT&T definitely isn't as sleek looking or elegantly designed as my old Panasonic, but it's good enough (because of audible alert, it doesn't have to be in view all the time). I can't believe how cheap this thing is, considering how much it does. This one is a keeper!
Rating:
Summary: A nearly perfect answering machine
Review: After happily living with my trusty Panasonic KX-T8000 for 12 years, I decided to move the Panny to my other house to replace a tape-based machine that had gone kaput. So I needed a new one for my main house. My first criterion was that it must have audible message alert (who needs another thing to remember to check after a long day at work?). That really narrowed it down to just the AT&T. I had read here that of some problems that others had experienced, so I purchased it at BestBuy which has a liberal return policy. But I'm definitely keeping it. First, if the power goes out, it definitely resets itself to auto-answer. The messages are saved, but the clock needs to be reset. But what's great is that all you need to do is call the machine and it uses caller-id to set the clock--incredibly easy to set (that is, if you have caller-id). Second, I have not had any problems with voice quality or with deadair filling the end of messages. Voices are clear and they cut off when the person hangs up. No shouting is required. Third, if the hardwired cord is too short, just go to Radio Shack and get an extension cord. My answering machine gets its signal from my adjacent fax machine, so the supplied cord is more than long enough. The audible message alert is better than in my old Panasonic because it's less loud and intrusive. My Panasonic was so loud, that if I got a call while I was sleeping, I had to turn it off to be able to sleep again, even though it was two rooms away. The AT&T alert is much softer. I could probably sleep right through it, though it's loud enough to hear in the same room. The AT&T definitely isn't as sleek looking or elegantly designed as my old Panasonic, but it's good enough (because of audible alert, it doesn't have to be in view all the time). I can't believe how cheap this thing is, considering how much it does. This one is a keeper!
Rating: 
Summary: Total Junk
Review: Can not even understand my own outgoing message - sounds like talking through a blanket. Tried rerecording 25 times to no avail.
Rating: 
Summary: Compact, good quality, easy to use - but...
Review: First, the bad part. Even though this is 2004, not 1967, this answering machine comes with a hardwired phone line cord that is maybe five or six feet long - not long enough to get from my phone jack to the table where I keep my answering machine. And from a call to AT&T, I learned that apparently ALL their answering machines are like this. Huh? Okay, the better parts. First of all, the AT&T customer service person was friendly and helpful, and tried a few things to see if she could get me a free model to upgrade to. More importantly, this model is about half the size of my previous tape answering machine. The voice quality is excellent on both the outbound greeting and the incoming messages. Setting up all the features, including the clock, took about five minutes (if you have caller ID with the phone company, the clock can also be set via an incoming call). Message playback/save/delete is easy. When calling in remotely for messages, you can key in "5" to hear a menu of options, in case you forget which key does what as I always do. If only AT&T would have given this machine a jacked phone cord so I would have had the option to plug a longer line into it (you can buy a device to extend the cord cheaply at any electronics store), I'd have given it four or five stars. It's a delightful little gadget that is fine for any simple one-line home answering machine need.
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Summary: It's Awful
Review: First..it doesn't have a battery backup
Second, if you pick up while it's answering, it doesn't disconnect and you can't turn it off until the greeting is complete. That's enough for me. It's 3 weeks old and headed for the trash after I get a new one.
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Summary: Good Phone,Voice Somewhat Hard To Understand-1830-1980's
Review: I am reviewing a 1980's At&t 1830 Answering Machine/1-Line Telephone.
The Machine is excellent.
The reason for no Five Stars?
The English Man's Voice is a little bit hard to understand.
For example, when he says "Five" it sounds like he's saying "Fa".
The Ringers *could* be inproved a little bit, but it's O.K.
At&t should have NOT discontinued the 1830!
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Summary: The clarity of the recorded messages is poor
Review: I bought this answering machine because it looks good but I am very disappointed with the clarity of the recorded messages it is the first digital answering machine and it might be the same with all others but I used to have till now the one that records on tape and it is not to compare
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Summary: Sound quality terrible...but customer service was better.
Review: I bought this machine after reading the positive reviews on this site, and was very disappointed to discover that any messages left on it were completely incomprehensible due to a terrible static noise that intercepted the caller's voice. I sent it back to AT&T and in about a month received a new machine. Unfortunately, this one had the same problem. So I called the customer support center, and the service rep offered me a higher-level model (phone and machine combo) at no charge and free shipping. He also said that these machines (1719) rarely have any problems, which makes me wonder if something in my house is causing the interference. At any rate, AT&T customer service is clearly making an effort, which is to their credit.
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Summary: Returned Two of These
Review: I had one of the earlier AT&T digital models, which worked fine for about five years. Then it failed, and I bought the new model. The good thing about the AT&T models is that they use flash memory, so messages won't be lost if there is a loss of power. But the new model seems to be flawed. At the end of a message, after a caller hangs up, the machine records dead air for about thirty seconds before it resets. I returned the machine and got a second one, which did the same thing. The second one is also going back to the store.
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Summary: Returned Two of These
Review: I had one of the earlier AT&T digital models, which worked fine for about five years. Then it failed, and I bought the new model. The good thing about the AT&T models is that they use flash memory, so messages won't be lost if there is a loss of power. But the new model seems to be flawed. At the end of a message, after a caller hangs up, the machine records dead air for about thirty seconds before it resets. I returned the machine and got a second one, which did the same thing. The second one is also going back to the store.
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