Rating: 
Summary: More excellent features than you'd ever guess
Review: This machine does everything I ever wanted, and more:Have you ever had to wade through 20 saved messages,
one by one, on other machines, just to get to the
very last one, which you wanted to hear again? Panasonic's KX-TM150B lets you go immediately
to the very last message, if you want,
and then work your way backwards -- I've never
seen so handy a feature on any other machine. Many other machines force you to play an entire
message all over again if you missed something
that you wanted to write down, but this machine
has controls that make it behave just like a
cassette tape machine -- hold down "rewind"
and it backspaces, release the button
and you hear the backspaced section again;
fast-forward plays at 2X normal speed;
you can also just "pause" and resume again
(to catch up as you take notes, for example). If you've ever been frustrated by slow operations
on other brands (e.g. Sony), compounded by long,
droning announcements that you can't skip,
you'll like the fact that every operation here
is instantaneous, and you can always interrupt
any operation to do another instead. The 50-memory Caller ID matches up with each recorded
message, and lets you dial back automatically at any time. Did you know that you can edit the
saved Caller-ID numbers to adjust for different local
dialing rules (and up to two different local area codes)? During any live phone conversation,
if someone is about to tell you some information that you'll
need to write down, don't reach for a pencil -- just press
"2-way record," let the caller talk, and re-play it later. The number of rings before answering can be set to
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or Toll-Saver(2/4) The voice menus and prompts are very intelligent,
both for direct and remote operations. I've installed four of these in different places,
and I've found the sound quality to be as uniformly good
as any consumer digital answering machine I've ever seen
in this price range -- perfectly clear speech, far better sound
than previous models, so when I read other reviews complaining
of bad sound, I wonder whether they bought damaged or refurbished
goods, or had they poured cola into it, perhaps? Flash memory saves messages indefinitely, even if AC
power fails, and these Panasonics even remember the date
and accurate time for power failures up to five minutes. I have experienced over two years of flawless performance
from four different units (two KX-TM100B without Caller ID
two KX-TM150B with caller ID); good job as usual, Panasonic!
Rating: 
Summary: It does the job
Review: This machine was fairly easy to set up. I like it when the instructions are clear, and these are. When I read the other reviews, I noticed that some people pointed out that it's necessary to not speak too close to the microphone when recording the greeting -- I heeded that warning, and everything has worked just fine. I really like the feature of the machine holding the last 50 phone numbers of callers -- my old answering machine only held one. My only quibble is that the LED display is just a bit small, and I have to hold it just so in order to read it. That problem may be solved by getting a new pair of glasses. :)
Rating: 
Summary: Decent unit for the first year
Review: This unit is nothing fancy but worked fine for the first year. The caller ID screen is small and difficult to read without proper lighting. After a year the recorded messages were choppy and difficult to understand. Repair from Panasonic would cost more than the unit itself.
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