With the cost and complexity of computer equipment and home entertainment or theater systems in today's homes, is installing Isolated Ground circuits overkill? I researched the NEC 2002 and it is rather vague when it comes to residential applications.

What do you "Sparkies" recommend when faced with a customer who has an elaborate system in one corner of the living room or den with one outlet and the proverbial 2 powerstrips hanging off the duplex? Dedicated 20A circuit with a gangbox?

I ask because not a month goes by when I see a mention of a fire that starts in the area of an entertainment center in the local papers.