Your article is much too short and should go more into detail about the pit falls of not having one of these conditioners on an HDTV or good stereo equipment.  Many customers I deal with believe that a good UPS will take care of these problems.
A UPS is a battery backup not a power conditioner; it will protect equipment that is highly sensitive but it will not keep your music destortion free.  You will probably see color distortions in your TV. A UPS does not clean the electricity and allows for ups and downs, and fluctions in current that you won’t notice immediatly.  As your equipment ages in just a short time (6 months or less) you will notice the differences as you loose that warm feeling from your system.
One thing I can promise is that your will shorten the life of a plasma set, and kill any good amp.
I am sure that soon a UPS and conditioner will be combined but until then for the TV and Stereo choose the power conditioner.  Living in Florida and the Caribbean with it’s many power fluctuations during the Hurricane season and with unreliable power grids, I have lost enough gear just to tell from experience the power conditioner is king for protecting gear in any price range. Consider it a small investment.
A good conditioner gives you enough outlets for all the different components without having to string surge protectors into the mix.  Remember a surge protector is not a conditioner and is just a waste of money unless you’re running a lamp, and if you run high end stereo gear you will hear hissing and crackling when using a surge strip. Think of a surge strip as a high end extension cord.
Finally make sure to find a suitable ground for your conditioner.  Why spend thousands on good gear just to have it annoy you.  Snap, Crackle and Pop belong in a cereal bowl not on your stereo system.
You can get a conditioner at most stereo retailers and DIY, or help out a starving electronics pro and let us excite your hearing and visual senses.