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The unit is one of those great "put it in & forget about it" parts that are vital to the overall success of a modest home theater installation. The only shortcoming to this unit is plug spacing which hampers connecting wall-mount-type power supplies.
Great quality product compared to others. Works as advertised but I did not see a change. I bought the powercenter to protect my equipment and piece of mind.
but it should have some sort of a reset if ther is a spike. the spike fried an xbox that was not hooked up to a surge protector. first spike my house ever had fried this product. i have know idea if this product helped or not.
PS. It actually cleared a few channels up, so I was impressed. Overall, good product and recommended. I have this connected to my 40" Samsung LCD and the picture is amazing. The surge protector is large (normal surge protector on steroids), so look at the dimensions. Quite a few outlets for power and antenna. Before using this product turning on lights would make the picture flicker, but now it is GONE. I had the antenna directly into the tv, but tried to go through the surge protector.
I spoke with two audio/video professionals about this problem and they agreed; the units do not permit the Dish Hi Def signal to pass through the unit. I found this unsatisfactory because this is the newest version of this unit, the HTS1000 Mk II. I have read that older units will not work with Direct or Dish service; this was the newest unit and was supposed to have the bugs out of it. The product was certainly well made and heavy. Case closed. When hooked up to the Dish per the instructions, the television signal will not come through the unit. However, it does not work with my Dish High Def Satellite service. When disconnected and plugged in the old way, the Dish signal comes through.
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