At 10:19 6/17/2005, Christopher Fisk, wrote: >On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Thane Sherrington wrote: > >> When you put a UPS on home theatre, do you need a pure-sine wave or >something >> like that? > > >I've had my Surround Sound, TV, DVD, etc all on a beefy UPS for a couple >years now (Should probably test the battery soon =) and havn't had any >problems. When the power went out in the entire northeast a year or 2 ago >my UPS kept everything running for an hour. (Tivo, 32" TV, Surround Sound >-- Was enough to finish watching the show I was watching).
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