Uniden DECT 2080-5 DECT6.0 Expandable Cordless Phone with Digital Answering System, Call Waiting/Caller Id, and Extra 4 Handsets and Chargers
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Rating:  - * Uniden DECT 2080-5 Cordess Phone with Answering System, etc. ... Uniden DECT 2080-5 DECT6.0 Expandable Cordless Phone with Digital Answering System, Call Waiting/Caller Id, and Extra 4 Handsets and Chargers. Excellent phones. Design is very impressive, hand held receivers are very light and numbers on keypad are easy to use. My order was delivered on date promised. I am very pleased with this product and would definitely order from this company again. Mrs. Haywood Rating: - * Good phone. A couple of odd omissions ... So far (only had it a few days) this has been a great phone. Sound is clear, the intercom feature is wonderful, it does a good job with caller ID, and the buttons and menus are reasonably easy to use. I have a handful of nitpicks; I list them here figuring Uniden probably reads these reviews. They do if they are smart, anyway. 1. The range is pretty decent, but another 20 feet would have allowed me to put the base in a better place in my house. 2. The manual says the batteries will need to be replaced after a year.. A year for a rechargeable battery? Come on, guys. Given that we have to buy the batteries from Uniden (since there's a special connector for them, don't you know) that's a bit of a screw. Use **standard battery bays** and have a rechargeable battery that has a long life. If I'd known this one before I bought, it might have convinced me not to buy. This "special battery" thing is why I didn't give it 5 stars. 3. There doesn't seem to be a way to tell a handset to ignore calls. I want to be able to switch any given handset OFF, the equivalent of unplugging an extension. Options seem to be to take the battery out or move the phone out of range. How about you implement holding down the Hangup button for 5 seconds or something, to turn off the ringer and block the intercom? Or at LEAST a vibrate-on-ring feature? Something people can sleep through? 4. The phonebook could be bigger, and - major point - the base should have a USB connector so I can download the phone book and caller id history to a PC. If the batteries are going to die after a year, I'd rather not lose the phonebook. 5. When I capture caller ID into the phone book, I may have to edit it (adding or removing a 1 in front, etc.) There's an obscure way to add or delete a 1 from a number when it's in the caller ID history (the * key), but being able to edit the phonebook in general (other than deleting digits and retyping) would be nice. 6. There should be a way to tell the handset that Privacy Mode is the default for all calls. This could be critical in a small business office. 7. "Precautions! Before you read anything else, please observe the following". This is on page 53 of the manual. If you want it read first, it ought to be on page 1, don't you think? 8. The bases could be heavier. It's too easy to knock a phone over from the side, and then it's not charging. Cats, you know. They do it on purpose. Spiteful little creatures with evil agendas... but, um, back to the topic. All that said: I love the fact that the handsets flash when there's a new message waiting, and being able to manage the messages from any handset or external call. I love the intercom and speakerphone mode. I like being able to copy the phonebook between handsets. The controls are about as intuitive as any complicated device can be. Range and sound are good. I bought the 5-handset version, based on the reliability to date of my old Uniden 900Mhz cordless (still in service and covering the one corner of my house this new unit doesn't quite reach). If the phones hold up that well, this will have been a good deal. Addendum: not a big deal for me, but it will bug some people - you can set distinctive ring for caller id calls. Great feature. But there are only 4 melodies you can assign: Für Elise, Aura Lee (?!), Star Spangled Banner (??!) and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. (??!?!) I can hardly think of four stranger choices, and there's no way to load new ones in. And only 3 generic ringing noises to round out the set... Rating:  - * Junk ... After owning a set of Uniden phones for several years (1 lost, 1 thrown in the pool...needed a new set), we purchased a new set of Uniden DECT2080 phones at Costco (set of 5, I think). After less than a year of light use, 3 of the 5 of the phones are not working (specifically...the little menu button in the middle of the phone which allows you to select caller ID, ring volume etc.). Thankfully, I bought the set at Costco and Costco said they would cheerfully return the entire set (love Costco!). I'm not sure what brand we will buy now since we purchased about 5 sets before buying these at Costco. What a disappointment in Uniden...emailed them about my problems with the phones and they didn't even respond. That's when I decided the JUNK should go back to Costco. Don't buy this product....junk, junk, junk! Rating: - * This phone has it all. ... Back in 2004 I had never heard of Uniden but purchased one on a 'Manager's Special' deal. At that time Panasonic was my phone of choice and I still think my KX-TG1035 is great but my new Uniden DECT 2080-5 is even better (My old Uniden still works but I needed DECT 6.0). The DECT 2080-5 has excellent sound quality, reception, programming and looks. Nice colors! It also has one feature that other brands seem to think is trivial. When a message is received on the answering machine it beeps instead of just flashing a tiny light. I recommend Uniden at this time as they seem to be trying harder than the other brands to satisfy their customers. Their bean counters haven't attacked the product yet. Rating:  - * Good features but I have problems ... I bought this a couple of weeks ago. This is my first Uniden phone, I've always used Panasonic. Went with this on because the Panasonic DECT I looked at had no backlight on the number keys. I'll get straight to the point - the biggest problem I have is lost connections with "Out of Range". It has happened enough times already to make me return this phone. Otherwise, when it works, the clarity is good, the feature set is good though I resented the fact that sometimes it would not show proper Caller Id Name (shows phone number) and instead show caller location. Well, moot point now anyways as I think I'll stick to Panas. Disclaimer: Its entirely possible I got a defective piece. |
The real joy of the set, however, is nine NBA playoff games presented as they were originally broadcast and almost in their entirety. They last about 90-100 minutes with TV introductions and post-game interviews, but minus halftime, commercials, and some slower moments. The games include such absolute classics as the game in which rookie Magic Johnson started at center in place of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the 1987 "baby hook" game against the Boston Celtics. If you're used to watching current NBA games you might be tempted to just skip to the end, but it's surprisingly rewarding to watch the game develop, to watch the game's superstars strut their stuff (or see a couple of 1972 reserves named Phil Jackson and Pat Riley), and to observe how radically the sport has changed over the years. Variable picture quality and technical glitches are unavoidable (even the 2002 game looks washed out), but this is the first time complete or nearly complete NBA games have been available in the home-video era, and they probably still look better than the VHS tapes you've been saving over the years. Yes, it'd be easy to argue about which games from the Lakers' long history should have been included, and the highlight videos don't have a ton of replay value, but the NBA Dynasty series is a major milestone in archived sports. --David Horiuchi
