When my whole house generator (Guardian) is running my HDTV will not turn on. Is there a solution? The Dirct TV receiver and the DVD player all run. I can run my air conditioning and my furnace but the TV will not turn on

I have DISH so don't know Direct all that well but isn't your HDTV service coming in through Direct, the receiver you say is working

I'm not sure what you are asking here.

Are you saying that your HD TV will not power on and display HD signals? Or are you saying that your TV will power on but not display HD signals.

Next question, if the is out in the general area that you are in, how do you know that you are receiving the signal in HD mode?

Does this generator power the entire home or just a few circuits?

The generator powers the whole house all circuits are connected. The TV will not turn on at all. I am not concerned about receiving the HD, I cannot get the TV to power up. The Receiver for Direct TV comes on and the DVD player powers up but the TV will not all connected to the same surge protector. I only mentioned the TV was HD because I thought that my have something to do with the power required to run it.

No, power requirements are the same. Try switching the plugs faround so each has a new receotacle, still the Tv not working or did the problem move to a new unit?

I have tried this I even pulled the TV plug out of the surge protecter and plugged it directly into the wall. I checked with Best Buy since this is where I bought my TV and the told me I need an uninterrupted power source for the tV to work but they wanted me to buy a Monster Power supply for $219.00 I do not have a home theater just the TV so I thought this was a lot of money just to get the TV to run during a power outage especially since I have a generator that runs everything else.

Test the power with a meter to see if you are getting 120 vac out of the generator