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(More customer reviews)In June `08, I stepped up and purchased a "big boy" home theater system. I went a little crazy and probably spent more than I needed to, but, when it comes to boys and their toys, there really is no limit!
Several factors made me get a power line conditioner like this. Here in Florida, we're subject to lightning strikes nearly every day from May-October, and the occasional brownout and blackout when hurricanes cross the state, so protection from nature's electrical disturbances was extremely important to me. In addition, I wanted to make sure that all of my electronics have as long of a lifespan as possible - part of that means making sure the power supply that feeds the theater's components maintains a steady output of 120 volts. I also wanted to have a surge protector that looked great with the rest of my theater, and wasn't just a flat strip or plastic laying flat on the floor behind the entertainment stand. Last, I have a `thing' for gadgets with blue LED lights on them lol So my mind was made up -- my purchase had to include a "real" power conditioner/surge protector.
Unfortunately, I didn't buy this product through Amazon, which I should have done because of the price difference, but, instead, I purchased this unit at one of the "Best" electronics retailers, along with the rest of the components for my theater. There were a couple other brands of line conditioners available to purchase (I think Monster had a few models on display), but I didn't like their models simply due to their aesthetics -- all of Monster's line conditioners were silver with faux wood grain trim, which would have clashed with my theater's components that are all black. Nevertheless, this Panamax line conditioner has done exactly what it's built to do - it regulates the power flow to my LCD TV, my receiver , my speakers, my Wii, and my PS3.
The back of the power bank even has enough outlets (eleven in total) with enough space to comfortably fit several AC adapters side-by-side. In addition to the components mentioned above, I've even plugged in the recharger for my PS3 remote controls, the recharger for the home theater's universal remote control, and my cordless telephone.
The Panamax has inputs and outputs for telephone and cable TV connections. Since lightning can travel through telephone and cable TV lines, I took full advantage of this and plugged in my cordless phone and my cable box into these outputs to shield my components from any bit of nature's electricity.
For convenience, Panamax designed a USB port on the front of the unit to recharge your iPod, PS3 controllers, or whatever else you have that's powered or recharged by a USB plug. There's also a separate AC outlet on the front, so you can plug in whatever else you need in a pinch instead of having to go behind the unit and plug it in (for example, I use that AC outlet all the time to plug in my Mac laptop's adapter).
So far, power supply has been extremely steady. I haven't had any screen flickering in the TV or noise popping in the speaker or receiver when lightning strikes close-by. The unit's even got a built-in display that indicates the strength of the voltage that's coming into the unit from your wall outlet. That's where that cool blue light comes into play :)
Overall, I'm very happy with purchasing this Panamax unit. It provides peace of mind for my new electronic toys, convenient power outlets on the front, plenty of outlets on the back, plus it looks great together with the rest of my theater components. I would highly recommend protecting your pricey electronic investments with this unit!
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The Panamax M5100-PM improves picture and sound quality. Its Level 3 Power Cleaning and Linear Filtration eliminates common symptoms of contaminated power (including loss of detail, pops, hisses, hums and visual artifacts) and allows your A/V equipment to perform up to its full capability. The M5100-PM monitors incoming line voltage and provides a visual indication of power level. Panamax's patent-pending AVM circuitry continuously monitors the incoming power as displayed on the digital voltmeter. In the event of an undervoltage or an overvoltage, a flashing red lightning bolt will be displayed in the voltmeter. Power to the connected equipment is automatically turned off if either of these conditions is detected. When voltage returns to a safe level, power to the equipment is automatically reconnected. The M5100-PM is designed to provide noise isolation between 3 isolated outlet banks, including 2 high-current outlets so that any noise created by an A/V component cannot contaminate the power going to equipment plugged into another outlet bank.
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