You know that old thing about wanting a nail? You know, about how the horse didn’t want a nail, so the horseshoe was captured by the enemy? Maybe there was something in there about the rider changing horses in mid-stream, and getting eaten by a fox. I might be remembering that wrong. Anyway, so they couldn’t find a nail and the kingdom was lost, is what the deal was. Hence the timeless catchphrase “my kingdom for a horse”. The horseshoe/nail story is one of the most famous things ever written by Shakespeare. Or Mark Twain, or Ben Franklin, or whoever it was. So yeah, if your “kingdom” consists of fancy home theater and audio components, the Philips Power Sentry Theatre Director is the “nail” that can keep its horseshoes from falling off. For less than a Franklin (see what I did there? in the business we call that a “call-back”), it protects your pricey gear from being fried by power surges, power spikes, lightning, or the impish electricity sprites who live in the outlet in the wall. But it’s not all about surge protection – like a nail, the Power Sentry Theater Director offers a variety of applications. (Also, if you hammer the Power Sentry from the wrong angle, it will bend.) Isolated noise filtering, voltage regulation, and EMI/RFI eradication keep electrical hijinks from degrading your AV signal right in the middle of the “good parts” of Wild Things. Backup battery power prevents sudden shutdowns during power outages. We’re not sure what “line conditioning” is. But every time we ask somebody who knows, they can’t stop boring us about it, so we assume it’s important. Wouldn’t you feel like God’s Original Chump if you dropped several wads on a high-end home theater setup, then it was scorched into Sizzlean because you didn’t spend another half-a-wad on the Philips Power Sentry Theatre Director? It’d be just like that whole thing about the nail and the horse and the battle. Wait, was that why Goliath lost the Battle of Jericho? Is that where that story comes from? I wonder if they even had horseshoes in Bible times. Well, whatever, you get my point. Warranty: One year Philips Features: Single unit that provides battery backup during outages and delivers pure, stable power for high performance AV. The preferred choice of power protection for high performance home entertainment systems H Type Power Conditioner combines surge protection, isolated noise filtering, and voltage regulation. Eliminates stress on component power supplies Eradicates EMI/RFI and voltage fluctuation as a source of AV signal degradation Protects equipment from damaging surges, spikes, voltages fluctuations, and lightning. Output Output Connections: Ten (10) NEMA 5-15R (Surge Protection) USB: Yes Input Nominal Input Voltage: 120V Input Frequency: 50 or 60 Hz +/-10% (auto sensing) Input Connections: NEMA 5-15P Cord Length: 8 feet ( 2.4 meters) Surge Protection and Filtering Surge energy rating: 4520 Joules EMI/RFI Noise rejection (100 kHz to 10 mHz): 80 dB Dataline protection: RJ-11 2-Way Modem/Fax/DSL splitter with protection (four wire dual lines), Co-axial Video / Cable protection Battery Type: 12V 9Ah X 1 Backup Time: 9min @ 50% load Rechage Time to 90%: < 6 Hours Surge energy rating: 3000 Joules Display type: LCD DISPLAY Physical Net Weight: 26.0 lbs. ( 11.8 kg) Dimensions: 3.46×17 x 12.75 inches HxWxD Environmental Operating Environment: 32 – 104 °F (0 – 40 °C) Operating Relative Humidity: 0 – 95% Operating Elevation: 0-10000 feet (0-3000 meters) Conformance Regulatory Approvals: UL 1778, CSA-C22.2 No. 107.1 Standard Warranty: Limited Lifetime Equipment protection policy: Lifetime, $500,000 Discuss this product Price: 89.9900 I want one! Less