most recent 30 from http://home4film.com 2010-09-08T20:19:06Z http://home4film.com/feeds/tag/monster http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://home4film.com/questions/849/monster-clean-power-stage-1-noise-filtration-do-such-power-strips-actually-cl Chris W. Rea 2010-02-06T15:20:06Z 2010-02-11T02:22:31Z

<p>I just saw an ad in my weekend paper's flyers for Monster's "Home Theatre Power Centre", which has a golden badge stating "Clean Power&reg;", "Stage 1", and "Noise Filtration".</p> <p>Are those claims simply marketing gimmicks or do those Monster power strips actually "clean" the power? What the heck is "clean" power, anyway? It seems kind of bogus to me.</p> <p>So, how would the Monster power strip be any different from the $10 ones you can get at the hardware store? Brand and warranty aside - is there physically more than just plain old surge protection in these devices?</p> <p>I do use a consumer-grade UPS (uninterruptible power supply) devices for my important home theatre components: HTPC, and PVR/DVR cable box, as well as my computers. Is the power I'm getting from the UPS sufficiently "clean"?</p>