Read their (manufacturer) specs with more care. That is if
you can even find numeric specs. Plug-in UPS manufacturers
make those specs difficult if not impossible to obtain. And
what would those numbers demonstrate? The plug-in UPS does
not even claim to provide effective protection. Since they
denied consumers of those specs, then urban myths often
promote that plug-in UPS for hardware protection.

Furthermore, the plug-in UPS can output transients when in
battery backup mode. This UPS works just as its specs claim.
When unloaded in battery backup mode, the 120 VAC power is two
200 volt square waves with a 270 volt spike between those
square waves. You tell me. What kind of protection does that
UPS really claim to provide?

Again, how to identify ineffective protector - such as that
plug-in UPS or power conditioner. 1) Has no dedicated
connector for a less than 10 foot connection to earth ground
AND 2) manufacturer avoids all discussion about earthing.

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Personally I would buy a reasonably priced name-brand power thing and
avoid the Monster pricetag, as posters have mentioned. Monster brand
has this 'feel' to me that is reminiscent of Bose - ok product, lots of
hype, lots of markup. Monster does NOT make the best speaker cables,
for example, no matter what they say - there's brands out there that
cost 10x Monster and deliver more thruput. But who cares on a
bigscreen tv.

If you wanted to go all out I'd recommend what a friend once advised me
to do with my computer - plug a powerstrip into the wall, a power
conditioner (UPS into) that, then another power strip into the UPS,
then the TV into that.

Battery backup of course is kind of goofy for a TV, who cares.