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!"
My take on both types of downconversion:
HD to Analog - I'm glad that the broadcasters are coming around on this one. Cablecos are going to need some kind of basic analog-cable package to ease the post-shutoff pain for analog customers, and I wouldn't want to be the marketing guy in charge of selling such a package if the broadcast channels WEREN'T included.
HD to DTV - I think broadcasters are being paranoid if they think that cable wouldn't carry their HD signal - that'd be business suicide! Beyond that, I've been trying to figure out the purpose of HD/DTV downconversion in the first place, and I have a guess (pure speculation here). My old bedroom set is hooked to an SD cable box, and you can get the audio (but no video) from the HD channels. So maybe HD/DTV downconversion is to give setups like that a taste of the HD channel universe. But who knows what they're actually thinking?