Thanks to the power grid here in southern Louisiana I am scared to turn on my projector anymore. I know you guys in California have it worse than us and thus why I thought I might try to get some opinions on this.
First, I have done my research on this before looking at previous posts. There are two schools of thought with digital projectors: 1. you can turn a projector off without letting it cool down properly because the laws of thermodynamics tell us that we wouldn't want to cool the bulb down any faster than we have to if we want to avoid damage. 2. we need the fan on for proper cool down because where the damage will occur is when the bulb does not cool down evenly and thus why the fan stays on after the bulb is turned off.
I don't want to get off topic and debate these two schools of thought but I thought I better mention it because it seems to get brought up when speaking of UPS/surge protectors.
From what I have read there is one very important point that gets brought up with UPS. It must output a sine wave signal if you want top notch performance out of your equipment. Of course this seems to cost more money for this option.
So my question is this: given there are so many choices out there for surge protectors and UPS's which is the best choice for around $200 street price? Of course UPS with a sine wave output I would think would be everyone's favorite option. However, I can't seem to find one close to this price range with these properties. Are there any which can give off CLEAN power and offer UPS? If UPS is out in this price range what then would be best. Panamax appears to have some great home theater surge protectors but I have heard some claim that Isotel actually outputs a cleaner signal. Is there any truth to this? Is there another manufacturer or option that I am overlooking here?
First, I have done my research on this before looking at previous posts. There are two schools of thought with digital projectors: 1. you can turn a projector off without letting it cool down properly because the laws of thermodynamics tell us that we wouldn't want to cool the bulb down any faster than we have to if we want to avoid damage. 2. we need the fan on for proper cool down because where the damage will occur is when the bulb does not cool down evenly and thus why the fan stays on after the bulb is turned off.
I don't want to get off topic and debate these two schools of thought but I thought I better mention it because it seems to get brought up when speaking of UPS/surge protectors.
From what I have read there is one very important point that gets brought up with UPS. It must output a sine wave signal if you want top notch performance out of your equipment. Of course this seems to cost more money for this option.
So my question is this: given there are so many choices out there for surge protectors and UPS's which is the best choice for around $200 street price? Of course UPS with a sine wave output I would think would be everyone's favorite option. However, I can't seem to find one close to this price range with these properties. Are there any which can give off CLEAN power and offer UPS? If UPS is out in this price range what then would be best. Panamax appears to have some great home theater surge protectors but I have heard some claim that Isotel actually outputs a cleaner signal. Is there any truth to this? Is there another manufacturer or option that I am overlooking here?