I am currently in the market for a new alarm clock radio.  The problem
is that I, like many people, prefer to sleep in a dark room and thus
dislike annoying backlighting that cannot be deactivated.  I want
either a system that has backlighting that can be turned down to the
point at which it is disabled.  Can you find it for me?

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Clarification of Question by cademir-ga on 24 Sep 2002 22:33 PDT

To clarify...I would accept either a good quality (highly rated with
warranty) radio alarm clock that either had a very passive backlight
(the kind that doesn't project searing eyebeams into my retinas while
I sleep) or one that has a deactivatable backlight.

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Request for Question Clarification by nauster-ga on 24 Sep 2002 23:09 PDT

What about this?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B0BF/ref=pd_sim_ki/104-7223122-2819104?v=glance&s=kitchen

It's not a clock-radio, it's a clock and alarm. It's expensive, but
gets reviews as being a quality product, and the only negatives seem
to be that it's too hard to see the main panel in the dark. Which I
think you'll regard as a plus! A reviewer at another site said "It
will not keep you up at night if you are like me, and have to have
total darkness to sleep.":
http://beta.epinions.com/content_65327959684

I'm a little worried by the fact that the manufacturer warranty only
lasts for 90 days, and that it has no radio.

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Clarification of Question by cademir-ga on 25 Sep 2002 00:13 PDT

Hrm...something higher quality, perhaps than this, as it also would
appear as though it's easy to mash several buttons by mistake.  A good
step in the right direction, though.  ;)