Desperately Seeking Decent Answering Machine!

[Darster]

I need to get an answering machine, and oh I long for those old fashioned tape days!

I have had 3 different digital answering machines, and none of them were acceptable....the messages were almost always garbled to the point I could barely figure out what the person was saying.

Can anyone recommend one? Even if it's an older model you are currently using, if it works great please tell me and I'll hunt one down on the internet.

I don't really need the type with the phone attached, just the answering machine, but if you have a good one that is the combo with phone, I'd still like to hear your opinions.

I went to epinions.com and they had some combo models listed, but I need more help please.

Thanks!