Power Conditioners

[slimmer]

MODS - Sorry if this should be located somewhere, but...

I've been looking more and more into power conditioners, line conditioners, surge/spike protection, noise suppressors, ETC. and I'm jumping off the fence and agreeing that I should obviously have more than just the 6-outlet surge protection bar behind my HT unit.

I've always believed in the idea of "you get what you pay for", but I've done a little reading and decided not to go too expensive (hey, if I had the budget to purchase a $1500 power conditioner, I would also consider upgrading the wiring throughout the house, a better receiver/plasma/blu ray, etc. I don't, so I won't). That said, what is the difference between them all?

I can't justify spending $300-500 on a conditioner, so I found some basic Monster conditioners in the $100-175 range. Then I remembered using an APC UPS/surge protector for my home PC that was $60.

Any recommendations? Thoughts? Gift certificates? Any help would be appreciated.

Slim