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!"
Recording full HD is not processor intensive since the stream itself is in MPEG2 and it is just saved directly to disk. However, encoding analog video into MPEG2 will take some processing and that is what this article addresses I assume. Playing back HD is a different story since the MPEG2 streams have to be decoded and displayed. My dual processor Power Mac G4 (1.25GHz x 2) can do 720p fine but 1080i files drop frames like crazy. I am excited about this development. I think they might have dropped eyeTV 500 (over $300). The eyeTV hybrid is only $150. However eyeTV 500 can do clear QAM in addition to ATSC. The hybrid cannot do clear QAM. This would be nice for someone with a Mac Mini. Just plug in a hybrid on the back and your Mac Mini entertainment center just gained a tuner!! Cool.