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I have had many years and many UPS models from various companies so I know a bit about them. The basics (surge/battery protection) are all very similar to each. The most basis models do just that, surge/battery protection with no LCD screen. -This model is the next level up which includes LCD. In my opinion never ever buy a UPS without an LCD (trust me when power is out you want the information it provides). -The next level up would be a "sine wave" power unit (this one is a "step" power unit). Don't worry "step" power is fine for residential use. -The next level is a network attachable UPS unit which gets more expensive watt for watt and really is for business (can control multiple computers from one unit). -The next level is network attachable rack mounts, and then data center units (these look like refrigerators) can be over +$100,000 Of course within each level the price can very because of battery size, so a big battery "step power" unit might cost more than a small battery "sine unit". This unit is 3.5 star in my opinion. 1 star is taken away because the LCD does not provide the single most important information I like, which is watts being used. You can use a separate device I like called a "kill-a-watt" to check your devices but I think it is informative because if the unit says 390 watt max I want to see where I am at and not just a percentage. Is this a deal breaker...no because at this price point its o.k. The .5 star deduction is for "just adequate" build quality but I rounded up because of price point. If the price was higher I would have rounded down. I have the CyberPower 1500pfclcd also for my main computer and that unit is head and shoulders above this in everyway including build quality. But for T.V., printer, ps3, etc. this is fine. CyberPower is a good company so don't worry. This unit gives a 3 year 100,000 warranty which is good for an entry level LCD unit. Hope this helped. UPDATE: 3-10-2014 THE UNIT HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND DOES NOT WORK NOW. WE HAVE HAD NO SURGES BECAUSE MY OTHER UNITS (also Cyberpower and APC) ARE WORKING FINE AND HAVE SHOWN NO ABNORMAL POWER FLUCTUATIONS. Stay away from this low quality Eco line of units. I was leery of this units build quality from the beginning. Sham on you Cyberpower. Will update on how they handle the warranty. UPDATE: 3-29-2014 I contacted Cyberpower about their unit and what it was doing. They responded within 24 hours which is good service in my opinion. They fully acknowledged that what it was doing is a malfunction and their unit is defective / faulty and they will exchange it. So far so good. However then they refuse to pay the shipping and claim I must get it to them. The shipping cost is about 20 dollars which I think since they fully admit its their fault they should pay. I don't know how APC would have handled it because I have never had a bad unit, but I feel they should have covered it. They quoted 4-6 weeks which I feel was absurd, but I had no choice. The unit arrived in 3 weeks which now thinking about it is probably what it really should be. They probably quote longer so you feel like they got it back to you early or to not have people calling to find out where their unit is if its a few days til the 3 week mark so I look at it as not early but adequate. All in all I will raise my 1 star to 2 star because they got back within 24 hour and did exchange it. I would give it 4 star if they would have paid the shipping but not paying since they fully acknowledge its their fault is not a way to keep customers. Thanks for reading!