As far as I can tell no one makes HDMI pass-through units that will display
the information on the screen.  There are a few high-visibility units on
ebay that may work for viewing across the room, that depends on the person
and the room though.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:13 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm trying to save my Mom some money with the obscene amount she pays
> Comcast each month for the black&white 4x3 TV shows she watches, but one
> of the things she really likes is that with her Triple play, the Caller
> ID Information for her landline calls pops up on the TV Screen.
>
> It looks like standalone Caller ID Boxes may be a thing of the past,
> unless I'm searching amazon for the wrong thing.    Hearing and vision
> are not that great, so needs to be a large bright display. Ebay has some
> old models, but they don't look very large, or bright.  I'm guessing
> there's not a box that the HDMI Cable would pass through and add caller
> ID as an overlay as the screen.
>
> Many of you have been doing Telco fora long time, what CallerID devices
> have there been over the years that might work?  I'm thinking something
> like the size of a tablet that you could see from across the room.  If
> it could announce it audibly too, that would be nice.
>
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