Linda, I am again impressed both by your thoroughness and your generosity. Thanks so much for the information you just posted. Now - did you read the Consumer Reports of October 1996 page 8 - "A video monitor for the nursery?" They were comparinge efficacy of the monitor in the dark. Their last statement was "Most of the staffers who tried one felt an audio monitor was enough; thgey didn't need to watch the baby on TV to feel reassured." It seems to me Consumer Reports needs to identify the "reassurance" these parents needed and for what age babies. I know mine needed to be within my touch, not my hearing or sight, for me to "feel reassured." Please someone more thoroughly versed on the subject address the issue with them! Jeanette Panchula, BSW, LLLL, IBCLC, RN Puerto Rico