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Good initially until you decide on a higher end unit for surgeFebruary 10, 2007 4 star rating mainly b/c haven't had any issues and is a good mid-level protection device for your A/V setup.
I bought this device specifically to clean up the AC power driving my audio/video setup which includes a 50" HDTV, receiver, cable box, and DVD recorder. The other obvious reason is surge protection. I don't think 1650J is sufficient but it will hold me until I make up my mind on a higher end unit. I currently have my HDTV (LCoS projection) plugged into a battery backup which is then plugged into the HTS200. The battery backup also has 800J of surge protection. It's a good start but I am looking at the MKII2600, APC A/V and the Beklin PureAV. Leaning towards the MKII2600 but the APC looks good as well. Don't think I would trust Belkin but some say not a bad product for the price. These choices are mainly for the higher surge protection. I am not expecting improvement in picture quality or sound as I didn't with the HTS200. Just a piece of mind when a brown/blackout hits and you have some surge and AC line protection. I think the biggest word of advice is: If you own a rear projection TV with LED or a bulb - plug it into a battery backup and then into your main surge protector whether it be a home theater reference setup from monster or APC or Belkin - whatever. Those bulbs can blow easily. And you don't need the expensive pure sine-wave battery backup. Just get a unit that has AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation). That is more important. Cheers...
