Any experiences with the Philips Wake-Up Light?

There is such a thing? Link? This could be what I’ve been hoping for all these years
I’ve been smashing down on my snooze button…

There you go :-)

Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYvaBVAtyHA
http://www.wakeuplight.philips.co.uk/

I have the “moonbeam” alarm clock, which is similar to that, only it doesn’t fade up. Mine flashes a soothing glow for five minutes before you set the alarm, and if you don’t turn it off, it has an emergency audible alarm that will go off.
It actually works quite well, but only if it is dark out when you get up. If it flashes in a dark room, there’s no problem because your brain must turn off this incessant blinking light, and you wake up.

However.

I learned the hard way that if your room is lit by sunlight, you won’t see the calming, wonderful blinking light, and sleep right through it. This triggers the audible alarm (which on my alarm clock is a bell). The first time this happened to me, I think my heart exploded and I wet the bed with terror as I fell to the floor in agonizing horror of this sudden jolt from my peaceful slumber.

This is the one I have: moonbeam

My mother sent me one in college, and I had somehow set it for 4AM. It was awful. I couldn’t turn it off, and I couldn’t find the plug to unplug it.

I think I threw it down the hallway.

I like clocky better.