Power - It's not just the on-off button

Furman/Panamax Merit-x Power Conditioning Series
Furman/Panamax’s Merit-x line of rackmountable power conditioning products has three new models: the M-8x, with eight filtered and protected rear-panel outlets, the M-8Lx, with pull-out light tubes for discreet rack illumination, and the M-8Dx, which has a laboratory-grade front-panel digital voltmeter to monitor incoming voltage.

Excerpted from CEPro article by Lee Distad

07.14.2008 — Power management devices like surge suppressors, line conditioners, and uninterruptible power supplies are now standard fare for custom installations.

From rack mounted units to ones small enough to hide behind a flat-panel television, they've established themselves as a major product category in their own right.

One innovation that has come down the pipe in the last couple of years has been single units that incorporate surge suppression, line conditioning and UPS, as opposed to having different units for each.

More importantly, many power centers are now Ethernet enabled, making them part of the home's network.

With remotely switched outlets, this means that now your installer can "hard boot" a  locked-up PVR remotely, instead of having to make a service call.

Foss-AVI is a supplier of Panamax Power Products.