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!"
I'm not sure why this is even considered 'news'. There's nothing really new here. SuperFan has been around for 2 years and previous NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers received it half-price the past 2 years.
What really sucks is that DirectTV has a monopoly on the NFL television rights. For NFL fans who need Sunday Ticket to see their favorite team every week (like me), DirecTV is really the only way to go. That's probably the only reason DirecTV keeps 50% of their subscribers. I'm willing to bet that if other providers were able to offer Sunday Ticket, DirecTV would lose a lot of business.
While I will likely stick with DirecTV for the forseeable future, I'm growing tired of hearing about the supposed 'hundreds' of HD channels coming when 90% of them will be local networks. I'm tired of the talk ~ I want to see ACTION!
I switched to satellite programming years ago because of my hatred for cable companies but, unfortunately, DirecTV is getting closer to that side of the fence now more than ever.