Re: Re: Furman surge strip question

[Guest guest]

> Not really, just a blurb that didn't mention anything. I just sent them

> an email, I'll let you know what they say.

I just looked at my Furman PST-8D power strip. I think you are misunderstanding

the labels. There are 4 digital filtered outlets, and these have lines

drawn around them. The lines are in groups of 2, and it says DIGITAL VIDEO

FILTERING between the groups.

The remaining 4 outlets are just the regular linear filtering, and if you have

any analog stuff, you should plug those in there.

Marc

[Guest guest]

> Now, which gets plugged into the 4 digital outlets? DVD Player, CD Player

> sure but what about a VCR and TV?

Most TV's these days are digital, unless you've got an old tube set.

VCRs are analog.

Marc

[Guest guest]

If it was made since year 2000 it almost certainly has a switch mode

power supply and warrants " digital " filtering.

But I don't know what Furman really means by the distinction.

It could be that the digital ones are to be kept separate so they

don't contaminate the analog ones.

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:52 AM, torch369 <torch369@...> wrote:

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> I've got a CRT TV still, so analogue it is. I will remove the VCR and TV

> from the digital outlets and plug them in the regular ones.

> Thanks,

> Steve

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> > > Now, which gets plugged into the 4 digital outlets? DVD Player, CD

> Player

> > > sure but what about a VCR and TV?

> >

> > Most TV's these days are digital, unless you've got an old tube set.

> > VCRs are analog.

> >

> > Marc

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[Guest guest]

> I tested the Furman with my Entech Meter and it did test better than the

> Brickwall. .3 vs .9 for the brickwall. The TV looks a little sharper and

> the audio seems improved, however I am still getting static on my TV when

> my neighbor uses her treadmill. I don't get it, why is this happening

> even with this expensive product?

Maybe the treadmill is causing interference " in the air " , which is

interfering with your antenna/cable TV reception. No electrical power

filter is going to help that.

Marc

[Guest guest]

> That could be. Do you use the cable connector on the Furman to run

> to your TV? I have always found that using this on surge

> protectors diminished the signal. I wonder if it would help in

> this situation though?

Historically I've never run my TV cable connection through a power

strip, but that was because on analog cable I got ghosting on the image.

However, now that we're using digital cable, I doubt it makes much

difference. In fact, I'm purposely attenuating the signal of my digital

cable before it even gets into the house, to reduce my reaction to the

digital signals coming through the cable (I got new symptoms on the

day our cable company did its big HDTV/digital upgrade)

Marc