because it had a few places for coax and a couple of phone and Ethernet jacks. HD Satelite Receiver has two coax coming into it. I'm not worried about any noise reduction, I just know that funky power can come in on any wire from the outside, not just the electrical outlets.
Absolutely. I had a router interface fry a couple of years ago when a tree took out the power/telco lines. One thing that I've never been able to find out, though, is which sorts of interfaces the RJ and coax connections on these surge suppressors are good for -- eg. they're only expecting POTS, or if they'll do appropriate things with gigE, ISDN BRI, etc.
I have my sub and receiver plugged directly into a separate outlets so they don't get strained sharing power with all the other devices on the power strip.
Any problems with ground loops?
