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As far as lightning protection, virtually no surge protection device will protect completely from a direct lightning strike. Any in-line device causes some signal loss, but measured signal loss in the HT1010SAT3 is minimal, of no real concern and less than most other protectors in both the TV and SAT frequency bands. Make sure your antenna system ground is electrically connected to AC power system ground, cable TV/Internet service ground and telephone ground per the National Electrical Code. This is a great protector. Consult a qualified Electrician if you are unfamiliar with safety grounding. A small $10 in-line SAT amplifier such as the Eagle Aspen SA-2050+ will more than make up for any signal loss in any protector in the SAT band.
Otherwise, the best protector in the word will not help a poorly grounded antenna system. I am a Telecom Engineer. I installed six of them over the past two years at work - no issues. Use a good 8' ground rod at the antenna with a #6 or thicker ground wire (review the National Electrical Code Articles 250, 800, 810, 820 & 830 to name a few).
Buy some other product. The suppressor did not protect any of my equipment after a lighting hit a tree in my back yard and sent a surge thur the satlite dish into the house.
Could it be that all of these new sets are "upconverting" the signals making channel changing so much slower). It gives us valuable input in making our decisions. We've seen the same frustrating delays with several other HD TV setups with both satellite and cable. We also tried a Cyberpower 1090 which also only has 2 coax conn, and it worked fine as well.The good news is that I bought this from Amazon, (it arrived in 3 days,) and returns are easy and with free return shipping.
Our cable signal was so badly degraded through this Tripp Lite that the tv couldn't read the signal and said it was too low to read. I ordered another 3 coaxial surge protector, (also through Amazon, of course,) this time a Panamax M8-HT. reasonably priced, nice setup, and even extra cables included, (although I had already ordered high end digital coaxial cables). I'll review that after setting it up. Unfortunately, we didn't have the same good outcome of the other reviewers with this Tripp Lite HT1010SAT3. This Tripp Lite looked like the answer.
We have a new Samsung 46" HD LCD (LN46A6500) with a spectacular picture, a new Onkyo receiver (TXSR606B) and Harmon Kardon surround sound speakers which have totally changed our listening and viewing experience, and a new Panasonic DVD/VCR recorder, also wonderful. The satellite picture was considerably degraded.the clear sharp edges were noticeably blurred and the channel changing was just as slow,(which I think is a result of the constant adjustment the tv and dvr tuners have to make because every program is filmed and broadcast in different formats ranging from digital 480i, 720p, 1080i, to 1080p. I compared this with two other surge protectors with coaxial connections that I already had. And thanks, Amazon, for this review forum. I searched extensively to find a surge protector with 3 coaxial connections since we have a Direct TV HD DVR with 2 inputs, (to be able to record 2 channels at the same time,) as well as limited basic Comcast cable since we have 5 televisions and only 2 satellite boxes. Our research confirmed that all of the inputs into this pricey setup needed protecting, although not the overly-exagerrated and costly protection (Monster) that the big box Best Buys and others would have you believe were necessary.
The Philips surge protector I had connected to our other HD set, (Sharp LC32D64U, another spectacular picture)., worked fine, but it only has 2 coax conn.
Everything seems to work perfectly. As an additional step also ran the ethernet cable between the Comcast modem and my router through here as well. Almost half the price here. Great product, looks solid and seems to do the job, I don't want to ever find out if it is effective in a big power surge or not but makes me feel better. I ran my Directv HD DVR (two cables) through this and also my Comcast (used for high speed internet). No complaints so far.Only item I would mention is that the satellite/cable ins are very close to each other, but not really a big deal.Oh and also, I bought this from MacMall for $38.99.
I ran the power and cable tv coax through it for my 42" plasma, and it cleaned up a lot of snow on the cable channels. I am very suspicious of most electronic gagdets, but this one was definitely worth it.This has both surge suppression and noise filters. The TV even switches channels faster, which I suspect is due to reduced noise.
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