Just thought I’d log the recent purchases and rationale for them that I made to support my gigantic TV upgrade. [Read more →]

I’m being told now by co-workers and other well-meaning, well-wishing geeks that now that I have an HDTV (or will soon), I should invest in power conditioning/surge protection and possibly even UPS for the thing.

Is this just a load of hooey, or is it something I should be concerned about? Honestly, having a central point of power with 10 or 12 outlets might not be a bad idea for me as my current “solution” is two daisy-chained relatively cheap ($20-$30) surge protector power strips.

Opinions?

Edited: On further talking with geeky folks I know, it sounds like it wouldn’t be a bad idea for me to buy a computer-wise UPS (technically, these are actually SPSes, since the UPS part isn’t always on, but kicks in during stress) that would support the total load of my devices, because UPSes automatically also do power conditioning. There’s a decent looking APC UPS for about $200 (Heck, looks like it may be $40 lower at Circuit City) that looks good.