Monster Cable PowerCenter HTS 2000 MKII by Monster Cable
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Digital camera reviews of Monster Cable PowerCenter HTS 2000 MKII
Digital camera Review: Great Product, eliminated the humming
Summary: 4 Stars
Great Product, eliminated the humming at low volume in my surround system. However, due to the large size of the unit and the angle of the plug outlets, I cracked one of the plugs when I pushed the entertainment center back to the wall. It still works like new. Over all I would still buy it again. I was able to buy this HTS 2000 MKII from amazon for less than the HTS 1000 from Nebraska Furniture Mart, which was the cheapest place in town.Digital camera Review: Great Quality and value at Amazon's prices
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all my setup. Onkyo TX-SR805 A/V Receiver
Toshiba 32" HD LCD TV
Sony upconverting DVD Player
JVC optical output carousel CD player
Sony VCR
JBL speakers for THX 7.1 Channel sound
Digital HD cable from my provider
I have used this product for approximately a week now and here are my thoughts. Upon receipt my first thought was, "my this thing is huge!!" It is large, but hey, it provides 12 AC outlets and allows the extra space needed for those of us stuck with large power adapters, never alone the coaxial ins and outs and digital power and usage displays. It has the look and feel of quality about it that I am sure most of us appreciate. The color coded outlets along with the color coded labels provided to identify your devices power cords make setup clear and easy for both now and for in the future when you may make some changes by adding or replacing some equipment to your system. When routing your cable coax through this unit there is very little signal loss if any. This unit replaced a good quality surge protector that I was using to protect my equipment from power surges through the cable coax and the monster definately demonstrates less signal loss than the unit I had used in the past. Video on channels that had exhibited quite noticeable interference in the past are now much clearer and you really have to look for it now. I have lost no channels due to signal loss as some have reported here, as I touched upon earlier, my signal is actually stronger now because of the improvement over the surge protector it replaced. I have not noticed any real video improvement over the channels that were high quality prior to the use of the Monster. Audio, is clearer, and better defined when receiving dolby surround sound signals from the cable provider. I like the digital display for power provided to the unit and also the one displaying power use, it's informative and a nice touch. I am very pleased with this purchase and feel a sense of security in knowing my Home Theater setup is well protected by a quality product,that alone is worth the money spent.. I have no second thoughts of recommending this product to anyone in search of a high quality surge protector to protect their Audio/Video components.
Digital camera Review: Great for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been looking for a surge protector/power line conditioner for some time. After upgrading some components, I suffered from some mid-frequency hum in the speakers that I know was related to my cable tv coax and many ac plugs into two weak powerstrips. Well, I can tell you that this item solved my problems. No hum, and the filters I really think make a difference in audio performance. If I had an unlimited budget, I'd buy a high-end power conditioner, but for less than $200, this can't be beat. If you have a decent stereo and/or home theater, you need to get one of these.Digital camera Review: HTS 2000 MKII Power Center
Summary: 4 Stars
Update on 2-9-2008 - The switch has broken so now only the unswitched outlets work. I no longer recommend this unit.
This item is larger and heavier than I expected. It appears to be very well made, however the first one I received started making very loud buzzing noises with occasionally clicking after the first day. The replacement has not had those problems.
I have not seen a noticeable difference in how my home theater system works before and after switching to this surge protector. The benefits seen so far are:
(a) it does look nice (and as expensive as it actually is),
(b) it makes me feel that my equipment is protected (even though I cannot prove it),
(c) the labelled sockets makes it easy to identify which plug I want to pull, and
(d) its display of current being drawn is useful (e.g. it helped me discover that one piece of gear was wrongly on an unswitched outlet).
One thing to be wary of is Monster support. I sent an email to them when I encountered the problems with the first unit and have never received anything from them (other than their automatic confirmation of a support request).
Digital camera Review: How is it possible that it works this well?!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't get over it: my surround sound system sounds AMAZING! I had trouble getting the voices to come through and most of the highs were muffled (even after fooling around with the settings)... then I got the HTS 2000 MKII and I now have sounds coming out of the speakers that I never thought possible!! The sub no longer thumps, instead it creates the deep, rich bass without that annoying overdrive noise. The center channel came back from the dead and was so loud I had to actually turn it down! The rear channels are actually there now, and they too had to be turned down! AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING SOUND!!
The video improved, but I have always had good, clear picture, so it wasn't nearly as noticable as the audio clean up I experienced.
I got lucky and ended up placing this unit right where the cable and phone line comes into my house. I have the TV cable going directly into the PowerCenter and then it gets split off throughout the house. I was having daily problems with my cable internet modem before, but I have just noiticed that since I have run the cable through the PowerCenter I no longer find my modem recycling / resetting. Hmmm, wonder if this did the trick... Anyway, I didn't want anything going into my new HDTV that wasn't filtered first.
We get pretty bad thunderstorms in the Midwest, so I'll be running the phone line through it next, giving me total protection for my cable and phone lines.
The unit is made as though they expect us to run over it with a car. And the plug wire is as thick as my pinky finger! It's huge and will last you the lifetime of your system.
I HIGHLY recommend this unit to everyone that has a home theater. Even if you are just running a surround sound system and a regular TV, it's worth the money to hear your system perform as it was meant to.