Turning the backlight off, well, you can't see the time in the dark

The backlight is really too bright, unless you want a nightlight in your room

Its an upgrade over my old Sony dream machine which was the huge white/black one with green numbers, no LED backlight and analog tuning wheel.

On the backlight low setting, the faint blue digits on a faint blue backlight is illegible at a distance of 5 or more feet, and the backlight is still a little too bright by which to sleep.

On a nightstand near my head, it might be more readable, but then the backlight would be even more disturbing.

really dark LCD, repetitive sound samples, too short for bedsideThe first thing you notice using this clock is the extremely bright backlit display-- the whole rectangular display is illuminated, not just the numbers/symbols.

As may other reviewers point out, the backlight is really, really bright.

On the backlight low setting, the faint blue digits on a faint blue backlight is illegible at a distance of 5 or more feet, and the backlight is still a little too bright by which to sleep.

The backlight is bright, low and off.

If the backlight -- even at the dimmest settings -- is too bright, then I suggest simply leaving the backlight off and hitting the large snooze button a few times (which toggles the brightness) when you want to check the time in the middle of the night and turning it back off

The backlighting is too bright, the speaker is tinny, it is difficult to locate the OFF button in a line of similar buttons,and it is cumbersome to reset

I like all of the basic features, the LED backlight and large numbers, temperature reading is pretty cool too since I have a gaming computer in my

But for someone who needs total darkness to fall asleep, the backlight off function is GENIUS

As other reviewers have mentioned, the backlight is too bright even on the lowest setting

Major concern is the backlight

The blue backlight is BRIGHT

The backlighting is very bright, but the dimmer setting is equivalent to a dim night light.

At night, the undimmed backlight is enough to light up a room and the clock face is blinding

On the backlight high setting, the dark digits are legible, but the backlight is extremely too bright by which to sleep

Despite setting both alarms (A & B), neither has gone off in two days of use

If the light does not bother you, get this b/

I love that it has 2 alarms (A and B) and you can set them for weekday or weekend using any of the sound options and even pick the volume (levels 1-30) for the alarm level to sound off

Nice L I T T L E