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Customer Reviews: Average Rating:  Rating :  - Good performer but too small for me
This product was listed as a recommended accessory for the flat panel TV I purchased here at Amazon.com. I knew I wanted/needed a battery backup unit so I looked into my options.
I want to say right here, right now - I'm a HUGE fan of APC and own several products from them for my computer and electronics!
I didn't know if 550VA was really the right rating for my setup so I looked into that. And I thought maybe there would be something more stylish. I found a great alternative but it was $[...]!!! APC, What are you thinking?!?
The $[...] unit is marketed specically for home theatre, A/V setups and is beautiful. It's not clear what VA rating it is but it's billed as a power conditioning filter also. While writing this I went to check the specs and there are now 4 models (2 black and 2 silver) at $[...] or $[...] each. That's better but it's still way out of my price range. That's 1/4 the cost of the TV for heaven's sake.
Long story short, this unit was only $[...] and nothing higher (short of the $[...] model) looked much better or hand significant advantages for my purpose, so I bought this one.
It has already saved my setup 3 times from storms but the last time it didn't protect my Home Theatre Receiver from going off and losing it's memory. The unit looks bulky and crap next to all my new compenents.
On the positive side, it's not huge, it has plenty of plugs and enough oriented properly to handle adaptors and things without sacraficing other plugs, AND it's APC which a big plus.
I would recommend this hands down over anything above it unless you can afford the really expensive home theatre models. + See Full Customer Review |  |
