Comments for APC S20 Power Conditioner with Battery Backup at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:34:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-1829 I have had this piece of equipment for two years. It has had issues several times where the alarm goes off and nothing connected to it works. I had an A/V company install it. Now that is a few months out of warranty it is fried and APC will not stand behind their product. For $1500, I think it should last longer than 2 years. I'm extremely disappointed. - ParkcityRS4 Tue, 05 May 2009 01:11:44 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-1314 I wa fortunate to pick up an new-in-the-box S20 at Tweeter the day before they slammed their doors shut, for $400 (yes, four hundred). I didnt have a choice as this was the only UPS device left in the store! I too was disappointed about lack of control. Other brands have IR output to shut down projection TVs and DVRs (Monster,Panamax) but this didnt. To get a Crestron device to add on that functionality would have been a fortune. A call to APC informed me that the RS232 protocol was "proprietary"- meaning I couldnt get it?? Im glad I found your article with websites of rs232 and power extension supplies. - stu Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:53:46 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-934 I recently bought an H10, supposedly new. My problem has been that the top outlets (6) do not seem to have power. I checked them with my 3 prong outlet checker and it says the neutral is missing. Have you heard of anything like this ? Please contact me at (kb3zs1@gmail.com) since I am not always on the web but do check my mail. Thanks, Tim - Tim C Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:05:06 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-58 I might also add that our house went without power for 5 days right before and during my time at CES. Power was intermittent as it came and went. During that time, I ran the generator several times a day to keep the refrigerator cold, and/or to watch TV. We actually watched several movies as well as news, etc., under generator power with no problems at all and no degeneration of audio or video quality other than the drone of the generator. During that time I could really see the APC voltage regulation working often down-converting voltage from 128V to 120V or up-converting from 106V to 121V. It seems I did lose some other electronics in the house during this period, but nothing protected by the APC. - Steve S Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:18:01 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-57 As I mentioned in the review, I did see fewer dropouts in stuff I was recording using my DISH DVR, and I should also say that my system turn-on macros seem to work more reliably with the APC unit involved, but other than that I can't say that the audio and video quality were improved. - Steve S Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:28:14 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-34 I picked up it's little little brother the APC H10 on CompUSA clearance last year for about $120 (list was $400 I believe) but I've been very happy with it so far. It's been protecting my plasma and my hi-fi gear and I especially like the voltage and line filtering/monitoring. Question though: did you notice any difference in audio/video quality with your components plugged into the APC vs not? - Roger Wong Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:55:51 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-10 Thanks, will add to specs. - Susan J Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:38:47 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-conditioners/226-a-secrets-power-conditioner-accessory-review.html#comment-8 Nice new look except for the fact that you don't list the price of the product anywhere that I can see. Why isn't it in the specifications list? - curmugeon1 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:06:54 +0100