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For this kinda dosh, I kinda expected a better looking watch. There's a lot of better looking Eco drive watches. Kinda moot though since I can't see myself shelling out that kinda cash...
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TheEndless wrote:pufferfishy wrote:It only takes 500Watts and it's "ideal for most home theater systems"??  Wow - not even close. It might support a projector or a smallish DLP - but that's about it. Hopefully folks won't be fooled into believing they'll be able to plug in a TV, stereo, DVD, and maybe a game console - because this device cannot support them all at once - it will pop. UPS devices are the ultimate rip-off - a few batteries and a power inverter, and they sell them for an arm and a leg.  Seriously folks - if you don't know what your gear consumes you should find out before ordering this. Unless you have a projector or TV with a bulb that would be damaged by a power shut off (no cooling fan) you're better off spending your money on a power CONDITIONER than a UPS device. 500 Watts is actually more than enough to back up a DVR, HTPC, and network router, which is all you would really want on battery backup in a home theater system. I believe 6 of the outlets on this are backed up by the battery, and the rest are conditioned/filtered. Any of your higher powered devices (TV, receiver, subwoofer, etc) shouldn't be plugged into the battery outlets, as they're not critical in a power outage. The whole point of something like this is to make sure you don't miss your recordings, and maybe make sure your game survives a grey out. It's not intended to let you continue watching television during a power outage. I also use one of these guys: http://www.newegg.com/Pr...px?Item=N82E16842107125
TheEndless If you're going to spend $100+ then you may as well get something that can handle everything. For $174 at newegg you can get the 900W cyberpower with a sweet lcd display that shows you the power you're using. I got the hd tv, game consoles, dvr, dvd on it. Granted not everything is on at once, but at least 2-3 are, and I've continued playing my game right through power outages.
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