Don't Get Struck by Lightening! Use HDTV Surge Protection
As anyone who has been the victim of a power surge or a lightning strike can tell you, using HDTV surge protection in your home is a must. Every year, thousands of people end up with fried appliances and computers because they didn’t make that small investment in a surge protector. Even if you don’t live in a area that gets thunderstorms often, like the Pacific Northwest, you are still subject to power surges due to maintenance work on power lines and similar kinds of things. If you’ve just invested the money into a HDTV, then here is a look at HDTV surge protection.
There are two basic lines of thinking when it comes to HDTV surge protection. You can go to your local hardware store, buy a basic surge protector and use that. While using a basic surge protector is better than not using one at all, there are things you need to look out for. Not all surge protectors are made equally. Check to see if the one you bought can stand up to a lightning strike. Some of the protectors on the market are only good for power surges.
A second choice is to actually buy a surge protector made for HDTV’s. These protectors, which retail for about $50.00, not only protect your HDTV and its components like a home theatre system, a HDTV cable box and an expensive game system from lightning strikes and power surges, but they also come with a filtering system designed specifically for your HDTV.
An HDTV uses much higher frequencies than a regular TV. Sometimes, with regular surge protectors, the high frequencies used by HDTV can bleed through and affect the quality of your picture. With a HDTV surge protector, filters are used that make sure that doesn’t happen. They may cost a few dollars more than a regular surge protector, but the investment is well worth it.
Surge protectors should be a major part of everyone’s home. With the invention of surge protectors that not only protect your HDTV but also filter out frequencies that can disturb your picture quality, there is no reason why these HDTV surge protectors aren’t part of everyone’s home.