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!"
It`s funny because I live in central Europe and the story sounds good if you live somewhere outside Europe or at the other pond, but for me as HDTV set owner in Europe and hopefully HD-DVD owner (if there will be no second delay PR next week and I get my player shipped out) it isn`t reality. First, the channels named in the story aren`t available for everyone. For example the BBC in HD is on ASTRA 2, a satellite that you can receive in countries like Germany, Austria etc., but you need to move your dish cause most europeans receive ASTRA 1 satellite, that`swhere most of the channels are home, doesnt matter if free or pay tv. ANIXE HD has a long way to go. They show some very old movies and series in HD, but the picture isnt that good. I guess only highlight there is that they reair Roswell episodes in HD. ProSiebenSat.1 HD (two HD channnels) is just related to german speaking people and they show like Greys Anatomy, NCIS, Criminal Minds and some movies Sundays and Mondays in HD. The Quality is good and those are the two best free tv channels showing HD content so far in europe. The other named channels are pay TV channels, like Sky (again ASTRA 2) and PREMIERE (ASTRA). I guess the biggest HD supporter in Europe for Pay TV is Discovery. Every Pay TV which goes HD in Europe gets Discovery first on bord. So, I would like to see some more channels in HD like he said but til the end of the year?...wow he loaded up big man, hopefully he can count days, 30 left.
I guess he meant SD channels cause there are a few on the run, like Comedy Central from you US guys and another sports network, all free to air, but HD..... .
Well, HD-DVD coming out next week and you already can buy HD-DVD titles on european Amazon, I guess that will push HD in Europe to the next step.