Electronics : Uniden CEZAI998 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone with Corded Base and Digital Answering System |
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Rating:  - * Great Phone-Great Price ... After hours and hours of reading reviews online, I bought this phone for my 80-year old mother. She has a hearing deficiency, and like most her age she wanted something easy to use, without a lot of unnecessary buttons and menus. I started out looking at the Clarity phones which are sold by many audiologists. They are much more expensive than this Uniden, and the reviews I read were more negative than positive. Also, this has the desk-phone which works even when the power goes out, and it lets her keep the phone at her ear while she uses the keypad to key in things like her bank account number. Another key feature is that the keys are large and well lit, and labels for volume or ringer buttons are printed in crisp black letters on the white phone. This is VERY helpful compared to most phones which just have the labels as raised letters in the plastic. I will probably buy another phone like this for my own home even though I have more "advanced" ones already. Sometimes simpler is really better. Rating: - * telephone ... Telephone setup was challenging. Still having problem with static when calling, both incoming and outgoing. Not sure how to correct the problem; sometimes static clears during conversation, but it returns in same conversation. More information needs to be provided in setup instructions and/or "problem solving" portion of brochure to correct this problem. Also, should include in brochure about connection issues when customer has DSL Internet service provider. Overall, I am pleased with the telephone "box" and cordless handset, the backlighting, the "announcer" feature for incoming messages. I am not pleased with sound quality due to constant static in the line. Rating: - * Great phone! ... I needed a corded phone in the event of power failure, plus I wanted a phone in my bedroom but had no phone jack there. This phone works great for this; I have the corded phone in the living room and the cordless satellite phone in my bedroom. Nice big numbers and easy-to-read caller ID, plus the voice-announcing caller ID is great - I don't even have to get up to see who is calling, the phone says the caller's name!!! I would definitely recommend this phone, it's well worth the price. Rating:  - * VERY DISAPOINTED ... My old GE corded/cordless phone which I have had for over 5 years, blew out callerid when we had an electrical storm. I ordered the new version of GE phone, and it had a tin-ny sound and bad volume. I read the great reviews of the Uniden phone corded/cordless, so even though it cost more, I ordered it. Well, it is just awful! The base callerid and all works great, but MY OWN VOICE sounds so flat and so bad I can barely concentrate on what I am saying! It is poor poor quality! And the cordless handset my voice again sound strobing and harsh. Alot of distortions, in and out volume. I am SO disapointed! How can my old GE phone with less GHZ have better sound quality than the two latest phones?? I conclude that they just don't put the time and effort into landline phones anymore, because most people use their cell phones. After thinking of what I should do, I decided I'm going to return this phone as well, and use my old phone with no callerID. I am going to purchase a seperate callerID which cost like 50 dollars, but it's worth it. I use my home phone more than my cell, and I always counted on the sound quality being better. I am very disapointed in Uniden as well as GE. WHERE IS THE QUALITY IN AMERICAN PRODUCTS ANYMORE!? Rating: - * A good product ... This product does everything promised, and a few more things I didn't expect. My only criticism is that the cordless phone is heavier than I expected. However, I would buy this phone again. |
But don't worry, there's plenty of wizardry and action in Goblet of Fire. When the deadly Triwizard Tournament is hosted by Hogwarts, Harry finds his name mysteriously submitted (and chosen) to compete against wizards from two neighboring academies, as well as another Hogwarts student. The competition scenes are magnificently shot, with much-improved CGI effects (particularly the underwater challenge). And the climactic confrontation with Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, in a brilliant bit of casting) is the most thrilling yet. Goblet, the first installment to get a PG-13 rating, contains some violence as well as disturbing images for kids and some barely shrouded references at sexual awakening (Harry's bath scene in particular). The 2 1/2-hour film, lean considering it came from a 734-page book, trims out subplots about house-elves (they're not missed) and gives little screen time to the standard crew of the other Potter films, but adds in more of Britain's finest actors to the cast, such as Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody and Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter. Michael Gambon, in his second round as Professor Dumbledore, still hasn't brought audiences around to his interpretation of the role he took over after Richard Harris died, but it's a small smudge in an otherwise spotless adaptation. --Ellen A. Kim
On the DVD
The highlight of the two-disc set is a half-hour conversation with actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. They discuss their reactions to the film and other topics with British writer Richard Curtis . Then they answer questions from contest-winning fans, such as what are their favorite kids' books (Watson bypasses the obvious answer in favor of Roald Dahl and Philip Pullman) and what scenes are they looking forward to in upcoming films. More routine extras include the "Reflections on the Fourth Film" featurette (14 min.), though it has comments from some of the other young cast members, and "Preparing for the Yule Ball" (9 min.). The 10 minutes of additional scenes are mostly skulking and skullduggery, plus a long musical number from the ball. The remaining material is grouped along the lines of the Triwizard Tournament, with behind-the-scenes looks at each of the competitions (about 22 min. total), two longer featurettes on He Who Must Not Be Named (11 min.) and the workday of the other contestants (Robert Pattinson, Stanislav Ianevski, and Clémence Poésy, 13 min.), and four games, playable with the directional arrows on the remote control, that can be frustrating to figure out. --David Horiuchi
