DS Forums

 
 

Home phones with illuminated display


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-01-2006, 19:44
beachbum
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 219

Can anyone recommend any landline phones with an illuminated display?

I need to change my phone and like most people I've got used to all the features offered by mobiles but sadly still lacking on fixed line phones...... and a back-lit lcd is one of them.

Many people these days spend much of their evenings in softly lit rooms you'd have thought the manufacturers would have seen the need for this.
beachbum is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 08-01-2006, 21:14
qpw3141
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 4,238
If you get one, be careful to check it out first.

I got some moderately expensive panasonics, and although the phones are fine in general, the displays are really poor. Particularly if you are not looking at them head on.

This is a problem if you have caller display and 'pick up to answer' set, since it's all but impossible to see who's calling with the phone a foot or so below eye level, and it's already answered and the caller information has disappeared before you can see it properly.

I could disable pick up to answer, but I generally prefer it.

I've seen phones with that high contrast blue backlighting and they seem much easier to read.
qpw3141 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2006, 03:47
BexTech
Banned User
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Back where I belong.
Posts: 12,574
The first thing I do is disable answer on pick up, I hate that feature.
BexTech is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2006, 10:27
qpw3141
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 4,238
Originally Posted by BexTech
The first thing I do is disable answer on pick up, I hate that feature.
I liked it until I got caller display.

I think I might disable it now, though.
qpw3141 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2006, 11:04
HandyBendyWendy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Herts
Posts: 2,847
We bought the BT home phones that look and work just like mobile phones with a colour screen that lights up when the phone rings and is menu driven like a mobile and with different ringtones and wallpapers. Even has a couple of games on them, not that anyone ever has time to play them! They are tiny too with good sound.
You can also insert your mobile phone sim to copy across all your addresses.


They are BT Calypso 1100. There's also Calypso 120 which you can also do text messages on and several other home phones that have a large LCD lit display.

Last edited by HandyBendyWendy : 09-01-2006 at 11:39.
HandyBendyWendy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2006, 13:25
mrfreeview
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 1,105
Remember the TRIM-phone? That had an illuminated dial!

However today a dim (no pun intended!) would be taken as to how the GPO achieved this - it was actually Radioactive!
mrfreeview is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply



Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:50.