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!"
Who says format competition is 100% bad? Heck, BD campers should be glad studios have deigned to use non-MPEG2 codecs. Without the competition and the huge quality disparities, everything would still be MPEG2, rather than merely half of everything.
Agreed. This was a "neato" feature when DVD first came out to add to the "wow" factor. But imho, like you, I think it has run its course. There are few films that have actually taken advantage of the special features. Lord of the Rings and The Matrix are the only two that I was really impressed with.
If it is something that must be done out of precedence at this point, then our community at least, would I'm sure appreciate edition that do away with this nonsense and use the room to put 1+ films on the same disc or a less compressed file.