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 actually don't think these things'll matter for most consumers - especially once we see the new crop of A/V receivers with HDMI 1.3, many of which will (should, at least...) have the ability to decode the audio stream internally. Denon's are coming this summer I believe?
People who're going to invest in a next-gen high-def player are also probably going to want a receiver with HDMI switching, and probably don't already own one, IMHO.
I guess the other option is sending the HDMI feed directly to the display, with the audio digitally back out as PCM to the non-HDMI receiver and switch everything manually or with a Harmony-style remote, but IMHO it's a more elegant solution to have an HDMI 1.3 Receiver w/ 2-3 HDMI Inputs do the switching and decoding, with the source components being an HD STB (i.e. Comcast) and high def player (i.e. PS3 or second-gen Samsung), along with a solid HDTV display option (I'm looking forward to seeing the upcoming offerings from Samsung, Sony XBRs, and Pioneer Elites in *hopefully* summer 2007)