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#1 Posted : Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:07:14 PM


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Philips SPB4230WA Theatre Director Uninterruptible Power Supply
500 Watts, 1000 VA & 5100 Joules of Power - Ideal for Home Theater Systems

The ultimate in home theater protection is simple, powerful and stackable. Designed to fit on the shelf with your electronic equipment, this advanced battery backup with surge protection can be placed with your DVD player, A/V receiver, satellite receiver, etc, looks like a magnificent component. The intelligent LCD panel displays comprehensive information and rotates 90 degrees. As good as it looks, it performs even better. It features s-OV technology to isolate, regulate and protect your connected home theater equipment. Offering genuine surge protection, it is the only UPS with UL surge protection listing. To ensure the best performance, the system has 3 phase noise filtering. This item retails for over $200.00 plus a bundle to ship. Everywhere but ThingFling!

But you haven’t seen anything yet!! Take a look at all the features:

1000VA, 500W

This power rating advises how much total power you are able to back up without overloading the battery.

s-OV technology

This technology automatically senses an overvoltage and reacts quickly by completely disconnecting power from the main source, while continually delivering power to connected equipment from battery power. Power will be automatically reconnected to the main source once the surge event is over.

AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator)

Provides consistently clean power. Adjusts power to the nominal level if the input power is a too high or low.

1-line splitter

These connectors route the telephone line through the surge protector and split the line to allow two devices to be connected. It offers the convenience of leaving two devices connected constantly even though they may not be used simultaneously.

Data line/phone protection

These connectors accommodate either an RJ45 or an RJ11 cord. They route either line through the surge protector to guard against spikes and surges that may occur in the data or phone lines.

Phone/data jack

MOVs or sidactor are used for protecting the phone or network lines. They protect against surges/spikes through the phone or network lines.

4 sets coax protection

Gold-plated connectors route the coaxial signal through the surge protector to protect the line from surges and spikes. Allows 4 cable devices to be plugged into the same unit. Gold connectors act to reduce noise (snow, vertical lines, etc) in picture and keep data safer from devices with cable modems.

$1,000,000 equipment warranty

Protects your connected equipment for the life of the product.

Pure power noise filtration

Built-in filtering technology ensures the best performance from your components. It guards against signal interference and loss of data. The higher the dB rating the better the noise reduction.

Right angle plug

This flat design allows for more positioning options and lets furniture sit more closely to the wall.

Intelligent LCD panel

Illuminated display showcases all system operating information at a glance. Rotates 90° to accommodate vertical or horizontal positioning.

Specifications:

  • 12 Outlets
  • 8 Feet Power Cord
  • Maximum input voltage (VAC) - 125
  • Nominal input frequency (Hz) - 60
  • Maximum output power (Watts) - 1875
  • Maximum line current (Amps) - 15
  • AC line clamping voltage - 330
  • Energy dissipation (joule) - 5100
  • Noise Filtering:
  • EMI/RFI: 150 KHz ~ 100 MHz up to 80 dB
    • Bank 1 - up to 40 dB
    • Bank 2 - up to 58 dB
    • Bank 3 - up to 80 dB
  • Maximum transient current (Amps: all lines) - 255,000
  • Transient response time (nanosecond) - <1
  • Power cord length - 8 ft.
  • Coax clamping voltage - 75
  • Coax attenuation - <1.0 dB to 2.4 GHz
  • Phone (RJ11) clamping voltage - 275
  • Network (RJ45) clamping voltage - 8
  • Line to battery transition time - 2 milliseconds
  • Unit dimensions - 16.9 W x 14.7 D x 3.46 H
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#2 Posted : Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:13:41 PM



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So the expensive speakers are already gone. Wow , I didn't think that could happen. I still didn't expect this to be the next item.
Just couldn't resist
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#3 Posted : Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:14:21 PM


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please bring this item back Smile i desperately need one... my UPS (sitting on floor) was just lost to a water heater flood... lol.
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:23:19 AM


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It only takes 500Watts and it's "ideal for most home theater systems"?? d'oh! 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. Evil or Very Mad

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.
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#5 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:55:13 AM



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pufferfishy wrote:
It only takes 500Watts and it's "ideal for most home theater systems"?? d'oh! 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. Evil or Very Mad

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.

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#6 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:08:20 AM


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This UPS is capable of 1000VA. The wattage available is entirely dependent on the type of equipment plugged into it. The 500W rating comes from an assumed worst-case power factor of 0.5, which is very poor and unlikely (most UPSs assume 0.7). If you were to connect, for example, a device with active power-factor correction (APFC), it has a power-factor of 1 and the ups will be able to provide 1000 usable watts to the device.

The more expensive UPSs make great power conditioners - 100% of the time they are charging the batteries from the mains, while supplying all power to the equipment from the inverter (the mains is never directly passed to connected equipment). Passive conditioners, however, are a joke.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:26:13 AM


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TheEndless wrote:
pufferfishy wrote:
It only takes 500Watts and it's "ideal for most home theater systems"?? d'oh! 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. Evil or Very Mad

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

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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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#8 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:57:33 PM


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The big feature of the UPS is to supply power when the AC line drops out.
UPS's are usually rated by how much power they can supply and for how long.
eg. 2 Amps for 33 minutes or 660 Watts for one hour
This product seems to have neither specification.
Its description reads like a surge protector.
Perhaps the low price (and low shipping) is because the heavy battery is not included?
www.p4c.philips.com/file...spb4230wa_17_pss_aen.pdf
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#9 Posted : Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:04:51 PM


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Outside of powering a DVR and low wattage devices, this unit is nothing but something that looks high tech. I have a very similar one (probably made by phillips too), and it's not very good unless your power goes out for 1 minute and comes back on.
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#10 Posted : Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:34:41 PM


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Jeffro_Home wrote:
Outside of powering a DVR and low wattage devices, this unit is nothing but something that looks high tech. I have a very similar one (probably made by phillips too), and it's not very good unless your power goes out for 1 minute and comes back on.


I beg to differ, I have a model like this one(Looks exactly like it but black and my lcd screen doesn't work.) if your not a large plasma user, this thing will power a 42" lcd for at least 22mins. (longest time I've been down and had the tv, cable box, router and dvd (dvd not turned on, but drawing) attached. In addition it handled a 55" sony projection tv for about 10 mins without quitting (used to be on that) and the power came back up without us missing a beat. I don't think mine is anything special, but so far so good. I wouldn't put this thing on a large plasma, refrigerator, sump pump or anything like that as they will outdraw it and most other ups's under $800.
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If this was about $75-80, or was in a almost mystery box, I would get it. I can get a CyberPower AVR CP1200AVR 1200VA 1200VA/720W UPS for $122 free ship.
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#12 Posted : Friday, March 26, 2010 6:26:32 AM


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Since we are prone to thunderstorms here in the Midwest, I bought one of these when they were offered on March 16th. I replaced a Monster Power power conditioner that also had protective circuits for coaxial cables, telephone, and networking (Cat 5+) cables, since a nearby lightning strike several months ago had wiped out our large screen LCD, an HDMI switcher, and a connected DVD recorder. According to the power company, the wires connecting the devices, or perhaps even the electronics within the TV, rather than the power was the primary receiver of the damaging electromotive pulse (EMP) from the lightning. Everything is now shielded with an additional grounded shield between devices. Now the TiVo will also have a bit of extra protection provided by the UPS. With any luck, the next lightning will not cause problems, but if it does, the $1,000,000 connected device insurance protection of this UPS should apply.
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Interesting how folks that clearly don't know much about UPSs, don't seem to read and/or understand the provided specs, have something that 'looks-like' the Philips, have something that similar, etc. ALL wanna dump on this unit.

If someone that actually OWNS this unit would be so kind as to gives us their thumbs up OR down, it would be much appreciated. If they'd like to share more than just an UP/DOWN vote, the facts would be welcomed by this shopper.

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thinker45 wrote:
According to the power company, the wires connecting the devices, or perhaps even the electronics within the TV, rather than the power was the primary receiver of the damaging electromotive pulse (EMP) from the lightning.

First, surges created by EMP are so tiny as to be called noise. Protection already inside every appliance makes such noise irrelevant.

Second. You had damage. That means energy was inside the house. And therefore seeking earth ground via appliances. Energy was inside because you did not have proper earthing and one 'whole house' protector. Once inside, that energy hunts for earth via appliances. You saw what resulted. And nothing inside the house (ie UPS) will avert that damage.

Third, it is electricity. It did not enter, damage an appliance, and stop. It is electricity. First the same current is everywhere in a path from cloud to earth. Later, one item in that path fails. It is electricity. To create damage, the current must have both an incoming and outgoing path to earth. The most typical surge is incoming on AC mains. Then to earth ground, for example, via TV and cable TV coax. Cable TV if properly installed has a world's best protector. No magic box. Just a wire from the cable to earth ground. And why an AC mains surge hunted for earth via TV and cable.

You did not have an earthed 'whole house' protector. So you had no effective protection no matter how many UPS and power strips are purchased. Protection is always about where energy dissipates. Never about a protector. Either you earthed that surge before it could enter the building. Or that energy hunts for earth destructively via appliances.

Notice that UPS does not even list numbers for surge protection. It claims protection only subjectively in a sales brochure. Because protection in its numeric specs is near zero. No problem. They are selling to people whose eyes glaze over with every number. And lying in sales brochures is legal. But they cannot lie in the spec sheets - where no protection claims exist.

You had surge damage because some utility wire entered without first connecting short (ie 'less than 10 feet' ) to single point earth ground. You did not have protection that has been well proven for over 100 years. That exists in every facility that can never have damage. And that typically costs tens or 100 times less money. Shielding for EMP did nothing useful. Energy was permitted inside the building. Protection is always about where that energy dissipates. IOW a protector (or UPS) is only as effective as its earth ground (which is not wall receptacle safety ground).
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