Monster Cable MP HTS800 Home Theater PowerCenter HTS800 – Customer Reviews
It is what it is
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I guess for $50, this is an ok product.I am usually very against monster products, but I'd seen this for almost double at big box retailers, needed a surge protector for my new DLP tv, so figured what the heck.It arrived without incident, I hooked it up and so far so good.It basically a power strip with labels that also happens to be purple... for the "neato" effect I guess.Anyways, no idea if its worth more than your run of the mill surge protector.But the claims of independent circuitry to minimize cross-interference is what I was really interested in, as I have my reciever, cable box, DVD player, and subwoofer all connected...All in all a good buy I guess, at least you paid a lot less than retail... :)
10/3/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Doesnt improve picture
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Before I purchased this PowerCenter HTS800, a problem I had was when I would turn on my DVD player or PS2 or Surond System, you would see the interference it caused when turned on and off.I cant even watch tv with having the surrond system on because it created such annoying interference.My main problem was certain channels had snowy interference, lines going up and down and overall noticeable interference.These channels were the ones my programs came on and liked to tape.I was sick of looking at a dirty picture so I decided to look at what Monstercable offered as a remedy already knowing that its the most expensive but has the reputation as being the best there is.So I found this PowerCenter HTS 800 and read the description and customer reviews and made the choice of spending the money because of the positive feedback. I also thought that my problem was also caused by the coax cables I used so I also ordered 3 Monster Standard THX Certified F-Pin Coax 8ft Cables to replace the ones I used.I recieved the PowerCenter first so Ihooked it up to my TV, DVD player, VCR, Surrond Sound System & PS2.Also took the main coax cable into the PowerCenter HTS800 Coax IN and my no name brand F-pin Coax Cable from the PowerCenter Coax OUT to the VCR IN and my no name brand F-Pin Coax Cable from the VCR OUT to my JVC 27in Flatscreen TV.I had made sure all the wires were not touching or close together in any way for all the components buy using twisty ties you use for plastic bags etc. and a staple gun to seperate each wire in back of my entertainment center.Absolutely had NO DIFFERENCE in picture, everything that was happening before was still present so that told me that this product was no different then the yellow power strip I've used for over 10 years.Complete waste of money.But when I recieved the F-Pin Coax Cables a few days later, I did a quick experiment to convince myself that the Powercenter HTS800 was complete garbage.I unhooked the PowerCenter from all my electronic components and rehooked up my old yellow power strip.Then I replaced all F-Pin Coax Cables with the new Monster Cable Coax Cables.Again I had made sure all the wires were not touching or close together.BINGO!!!!!!!No more dirty picture on my favorite channels and all other channels.It was clearly the old Coax Cables I used that caused the picture interference.Also, I could now watch my tv programs with surround sound because the picture interference that was caused when my surround system was on for watching regular tv was gone.The new MonsterCables solved my problem.I highly recommend MonsterCable for their cables but not the powerstrips they make.They are no diiferent then a Belkin or no name brand.
9/24/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
MONSTER POWER!
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I been purchasing Monster products for decades and have never been disappointed with their performance. I am very pleased with HTS800!
8/31/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
Buy with confidence.
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I lost my previous RadioShack surge strip and the various pieces of equipment attached to it in the Queens power failure and wanted something dependable. The price is great for its rating and all the stuff included, and it is kind of cool-looking too!Recommend without reservation.
8/29/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
decent powercenter
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This seems to be a decent one to protect my electronic equipment. Connections with this powercenter is a breeze with color coded terminals (comes in handy trying to reach behind the TV and find out inputs and their corresponding equipments).
Ofcourse it all depends on how HTS800 performs during voltage spikes. I haven't had any so far. Until then, I give it 4 stars.8/10/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
