ICLight, I think I've got the GE/Thomson answering machine (3-line, 40 minute job) of which you speak and I've yet to find the answering machine that beats it in terms of sound quality. $350 Siemens Gigaset rig? NOT. $200 AT&T 2455? Nope. $220 Panasonic Gigarange SST (the little silver one)? Again, no. Believe me, I've purchased and then returned every one of them because I just couldn't understand how such expensive phones offer inferior recording quality to a $35 digital answering machine. They still sell it and IMHO it's the only one I've ever come across that sounds as good as if not better than the old tape variety.
Now as for this VTECH phone I just picked up its 1-line brother the Model 1962 last night at OD and tried it out today from work. I've got NO COMPLAINTS whatsoever about the voice quality of the phone and the basic feature set. However, once again the answering machine is the weak link. It's very muffled/fuzzy. Not all phase-shifted Cylon "intruder alert intruder alert" sounding like some of the really bad ones, it just sounds like the person recording the message had a washcloth draped over the mouthpiece while they were speaking. However, it's a forgivable flaw in a $20 (after rebate) digital spread spectrum phone. One other stoopid "feature" is the extendable antenna. I thought those went out of style years ago.
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