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!"
Yes a FREE BLURAY PLAYER WITH A TV may have made some difference.
What are you going to do say no I dont want the free player?
Are you seriously claiming that a blu ray player promotion on a TV set is the reason that HD DVD sales tanked in the same time frame? Here, let me quote you the Home Media Magazine article:
"According to raw retail data collected by NPD, consumers bought just 1,758 HD DVD players the week of Jan. 12, down from 14,558 players the week before. In contrast, consumers bought 21,770 Blu-ray Disc machines, up from 15,257 the previous week. "
So HD DVD sales were 12% of the week before. There is a simple reason for the slump - Warner knocked the stuffing out of HD DVD with their announcement.
If its any consolation, I expect the recent firesales by Amazon and others may allow sales to pickup a little over the next few weeks, but certainly nothing that heralds a recovery.