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New Apartment killing TVs

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sciencewhiz

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My Grandfather recently moved into a new apartment, and since then his original 10 year old TV died, as well as two new TVs that he bought from best buy. These are all just SD CRTs.

The only thing that I can think of that might cause this would be some type of problem with the power in the apartment. Both the TV and cable box are plugged directly into the wall. I'm sure if he goes back to best buy, they will be happy to sell him a $300 Monster power strip, which I'm sure is overkill.

Does he just need a cheap surge suppressor, or what else should he be looking for in the way of power conditioning?
 
Get a surge protector. Get a decent one with some sort of warranty. I buy the ~$70 APC UPS with the surge protector. It give you time to gracefully power down equipment during a loss of power. There are less expensive versions, especially if you find no need for the UPS circuitry.
 
Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
My Grandfather recently moved into a new apartment, and since then his original 10 year old TV died, as well as two new TVs that he bought from best buy. These are all just SD CRTs.

The only thing that I can think of that might cause this would be some type of problem with the power in the apartment. Both the TV and cable box are plugged directly into the wall. I'm sure if he goes back to best buy, they will be happy to sell him a $300 Monster power strip, which I'm sure is overkill.

Does he just need a cheap surge suppressor, or what else should he be looking for in the way of power conditioning?
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And I was sitting here thinking you were joking about it being 300 dollars.
 
I would call the landlord or whoever and get the electricity fixed before entertainment. Something much worse than blown TVs can happen.
 
I wouldn't buy the cheapest surge protector but a decent power conditioner should work. There is also a device that monitors 'noise' on the line (could have sworn it was called a power sniffer but I'm not sure) that might be helpful
 
"Monster Clean Power stage 3 advanced power conditioning for significant component isolation and noise rejection, resulting in better picture and sound"
For some reason I can't help but snicker at that comment. I can see people explaining that their new power strip turned their 720p HDTV into a 1080p one. 😉
 
Before I bought anything I would use a meter and check the actual voltage at the socket.

Unfortunately a power strip alone cannot boost voltages if they are too low. Ones that act as surge protectors are generally one or two time devices.

Almost every surge protector on the market uses mov's for protection and these either burn out providing no further protection, or they short making the protector useless.

As for noise , they usually run the power wire through a ferrite bead.

There is about 3.00 worth in parts in 99% of the power strips out there.



 
I would get an Uninterruptible Power Suply.

A good UPS works just as well for a TV as a PC. Aside from providing a few minutes more of The Simpsons during a blackout, even cheap UPSes have power filtering far better than any power strip.
 
Originally posted by: Mutilator
"Monster Clean Power stage 3 advanced power conditioning for significant component isolation and noise rejection, resulting in better picture and sound"
For some reason I can't help but snicker at that comment. I can see people explaining that their new power strip turned their 720p HDTV into a 1080p one. 😉
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They may have an argument there for people with a cheaper CRT. If the high voltage power supply in the TV isn't a quality unit, then a noisy power input could make it worse and result in some distortion at higher brightness levels. You're right though, it is quite a leap for them to make that claim.
 
Originally posted by: Mutilator
"Monster Clean Power stage 3 advanced power conditioning for significant component isolation and noise rejection, resulting in better picture and sound"
For some reason I can't help but snicker at that comment. I can see people explaining that their new power strip turned their 720p HDTV into a 1080p one. 😉
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You can only turn your 720p HDTV into a 1080p HDTV if you buy the Bose Lifestyle 5.1 cubes 😉
 
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