Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"
This isn't really supprizing at all, since blu-ray members will get more money in the long run if the format wins they are taking profit losses now in order to try and assure a win, after that they can jack up the price, or leave it there until their wallets cannot hold anymore.
Its a good system really because no one would buy blu-ray if they thought both the system and the movies would be more epensive when they couldn't use them without a new TV. Now Blu-ray has a higher start up cost, but movies are cheaper, and when you upgrade your TVs, your liberary will seem to upgrade to. Genius.