Surge Protector for flat panel??

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OK, cost for a plasma tv? I'm guessing $3,000 and you want to put it on $17 worth of protection?????

For my home, office and other IT clients I only use APC products. For protection there are 2 specs you really want to look at:

1. Max hit the protection device can take
2. How fast does it clamp (in other words, how fast does it react to the surge.

Only you know how much protection you want to pay for as to the cost of the item being protected. APC has outstanding warranty/insurance on their protection devices.

My , you can get an inline APC UPS for $50 - $70 about anywhere. Does a TV need to be on an UPS, no, but the power feeds the battery and the battery feeds the TV. Re-conditioned power is cleaner and better for elctronic devices. Besides, more devices are damaged over time by brownouts than surge hits.