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My thoughts as well.

I'm going to use it for my computer and 3801 that is hooked up to my computer which I use daily, so hopefully I won't lose any settings in it but wouldn't be a big deal if I did. I would love to use something like it for my home theater but it's not feasible.

Well, my DVD changer didn't lose its settings after being unplgged for 3 days, so that's something.

Now try your receiver .

That is promising. I say everyone unplug everything and let me know how you make out, and I'll let you know how I make out when I get the power bar . I would like to use it for my sub, CD player, and possibly DVD player (the first two don't retain any settings). The unique thing about the power bar is that it also has two "always on" sockets, if anyone missed that.

Called Samsung and they said that the settings on my TV would be reset if the TV was unplugged for any longer than a minute. In other words, write down the settings!!

Oh, that's pathetic. A minute?

Yep, I don't know if the representative was being very conservative but that's no word of a lie. I have found Samsung's customer support to be subpar and very uninformed. I've called a couple times and have received incorrect information i.e. when I was waiting for my TV to be delivered I called and asked where the inputs are located on the back of the TV, and I was told they were in the center, but upon receiving the TV they were on the back left side, which was a pain in the butt because I had to purchase longer cables to reach all the way across the back of the TV.

Edit-I just received the power bar, so hopefully I'll be able to get someone to help me hook it up before the end of the weekend. Pretty slick shipping though; ordered yesterday, received today.

I finally got the power bar hooked up so here is my professional review .

The unit is really slick, it has two "always on" outlets, as well as 8 outlets that are activated via the remote. I have my ultramafic bed (no standing power)and phone plugged into the "always on" outlets, and I have my computer, computer monitor, headset, and 3801 plugged into the remote control outlets. The remote switch is affixed to the wall via an adhesive pad (supplied on the back of the remote cradle) beside my bedroom light switch. Now I just power down my computer, turn the receiver off, flip the RF switch off, and voilà, everything is turned off completely and I'm no longer wasting energy in standby mode!!

I've had no ill effects to my receiver (touch wood), but I've only been turning it off completely during the night for the past couple of days.

Overall it was well worth the money, but then again I'm extremely energy-efficient and even the smallest amount makes a difference to me.


And no I'm not going to download REW and test to see if it made a difference in the sound of my monitor nines