Here's a recent thread which may be helpful.http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=HT&Number=146611&Searchpage=1&Main=146611&Words=belkin&topic=&Search=true#Post146611 My dad just got one of the cheap apc's (back-ups es 500 i think) for the tv,vcr,and dvd. We get lots of short (1-2 sec) outages here. If the set is on, you just cringe as the power flops off and on a few times. If the set is off, it goes stupid and comes on with static next time it's used. The little apc seems to be doing fine.