ok. Alan had been very explicit in the useness of power conditioners. I do have a power conditioner. It is a Monster HTS800. It is the cheapest one from Monster but it is very good. I bought it because I have some real problems with power in my house and I want some insurance for my equipment. I can say that really there are no audible diferences with the Power Conditioner but... there are really some clear video diferences with it. Also it helps in color coding all of your component cables. Another thing tht worried me was taht I got DirectTV and here in Puerto Rico were I lived there are a lot of thunderstorms. In the Monster, you plug alll the coaxial and phone lines so everything is protected; and it only cost $75 and they gave some thousands of equipment in insurance if something ever happened. I think it is a good buy and addition to any home theater... my 2 cents.
