What the web needs: A site with comparative feature matrices for various types of products. It is hard to wade thru and find what you need. I end up finding out about missing features by reading Amazon reviews ("you wouldn't believe it but this unit lacks a back-up battery"). Seems inefficient.

For example, I want to find a CD Clock Radio that can:

• Wake me up to the CD track of my choice.
• Has battery back-up so settings aren't lost on power outages (beware lots of Sony clock radios lack this feature)
• Has a clock that glows very dimly at night. I don't want a night light clock.
• Can connect with an MP3 player (or, better yet, even be an MP3 player).
• Has an aerial that lets you extend it for good reception.
• Date aware: Automatically handles leap days and daylight savings time.
• Good quality speakers and durable CD drive and generally good quality construction. I don't need low price.
• Shows the time even while playing music (beware they don't all do this).

Finding verification that any given CD clock radio product even can do the first two items on my list is hard to do. I don't expect to find a product that has all the items listed above. But I absolutely want a back-up battery and ability to choose the CD track to wake to.