Atomic radio-controlled clock with large digit display
The Elgin alarm clock 4248 by Geneva Clock Company is an elegant multi-functional electronic LED clock. It features an easy to read extra large font 1.9" digital display which shows time, day, and month. The casing is brushed silver in color and the face has bright green illuminated LED numbers and letters. This clock is perfect for home or office, kitchen, bedroom, or family room. It is also the ideal gift for an aging parent, especially with failing vision or memory issues. One quick glance from across the room, and you have all the information you need!
| 44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:  Beware: Terrible viewing angle!, By Sweet Clarity, The Sequel (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Geneva Clock Co 4248 Elgin Alarm Clock (Kitchen) At first glance, this clock has a clean graphic interface and nicely uncluttered design, but (as another reviewer has also noted) it harbors a major, deeply irritating flaw that only becomes apparent after you actually try to use it on a daily basis: Its viewing angle is very constricted, making the time and date display difficult to see except from certain limited perspectives. I bought it to assist a relative who has memory problems, and it concerns me that there may be many disabled or elderly individuals out there who purchased this clock hoping to make life easier. It does precisely the opposite. When the numbers and date appear blazing bright at one moment and then suddenly dim or disappear with a slight shift in perspective, it could provoke needless confusion and fleeting anxiety about one's vision. I'm amazed that the manufacturer allowed the release of something with such poor engineering. Would strongly recommend *against* buying this awful clock! 28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:  Hard to view from different angles, By HIpSavvy "Hipsavvy" (Menlo Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Geneva Clock Co 4248 Elgin Alarm Clock (Kitchen) All in all, this is a reasonable alarm clock for the price. We bought it for our baby's room hoping for something that would stay lit all the time but not be too bright. In this sense, it serves our needs. The one problem with it though is that the display is impossible to view from any angle but from the front and above. It is somewhat bizarre that it is this way as I have never seen anything like it. Perhaps it was designed this way so as to not give off too much light in a bedroom, but it would be very hard to see from your night stand. To see it from a seated position (as in from the baby glider), it has to be placed on the floor across the room in our room configuration. The shelf that is right at eye level next to the chair won't work. It would have been nice if the product listing said something about this "feature." 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: Unacceptable display., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Geneva Clock Co 4248 Elgin Alarm Clock (Kitchen) I ordered this clock despite the bad reviews because I was hoping it would be better than nothing for my parents. Unfortunately, as reported, this is a display unlike any I have ever seen. From only one angle are the figures clear and legible (directly in front looking down). This is simply not an acceptable clock. Check out the photos of it that I posted. |
The large display radio controlled Atomic Clock is easy to see and it automatically sets itself to the correct time.
