AT&T 1719 Digital Answering Machine with Audible Caller ID

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Summary: Works very well
Review: I have had this machine for well over a year now. It works great. I have bought two more for other members of my family. Can't beat the price either.

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Summary: Great answering machine
Review: I highly recommend this answering machine. It is one of the easiest to use and all features work well. You'll definitely get your money's worth with this one!!

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Summary: Fails to record all incoming messages
Review: I owned this unit for a few weeks before I realized it was not recording all incoming messages. I followed the troubleshooting guide and found the problem - messages will not be saved if the caller speaks too softly. I left myself a few 'test' messages and basically you have to shout in order to guarantee the message is saved. Rather than asking callers to shout at the machine I'm going to buy a different one.

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Summary: Great Answering Machine!
Review: I purchased this item at Walmart, for the same price. I almost didn't buy it because of the negative reviews, but I sure am glad I took the chance! I was tired of the monthly voice mail charge on my landline. I have had no problems, at all, with this machine. I've been using it for 2 months now. Set it up myself! The machine "speaks" the callers phone number on the second ring. It "beeps" when it has unheard messages - which is a plus if someone in your home forgets to check for messages.
It's simple and easy to use. I highly recommended it!!

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Summary: Forget it; returned three
Review: Machine has a fatal flaw.

The first one I bought did not work at all, and I replaced it.

The second one was fine for about a month, then began cutting out messages when I accessed them remotely. Yet messages were there when I came home. Great, got to come home to get a message!

ATT was very responsive and sent me a new machine. Worked great for three weeks. Hit the dust--same flaw re remote access--this week.

ATT is sending me the 1722. Have no idea whether it too is defective. Let's hope not. Wish we were back in the good old days when Lucent not VTech made ATT machines.

Only good thing I can say is that ATT does respond to calls.

Do not bother to buy this machine. For $20 the hassle and lack of a working machine it is not worth it. Three strikes...

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Summary: A little bit of a disappointment
Review: My tape based answering machine finally needed replacement. When I looked at what was available, I was surprised to find that the selection was so much smaller since the last time I bought one. The expensive models have multiple mailboxes, a feature I don't need. I selected this model because it seemed to have the most of the important features as the model I was replacing. It even has a few extra features that I don't need, like caller id. But it also has a few shortcomings compared to my old answering machine. The sound quality of both the outgoing and incoming messages is understandable, but not as clear as I would like. I was disappointed that it only provides the day and time of the message, not the date. My old system provided the month, date and time. I have used the remote feature which works well. Its not the perfect system, but should be good enough for non-business use.

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Summary: Good value
Review: Well I bought this as a gamble as there were no reviews on it I could find. The UI is a bit difficult to figure out at first, until you get the idea that "tap to view, hold to set" Sound was/is great. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone. Oh, one more thing. It's cheap

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Summary: Won't reset after a power failure
Review: While it will retain messages, it won't reset it self after a power failure. So if the power goes out even for a minute, it won't record, untill you reset it.