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 couldn't agree more. Granted I don't know a hell of a lot about this device or SDV in general but if this is just a USB dongle and communications are still going to utilize the coaxial cable, why can this not be accomplished via a software/firmware update from TiVo? I know they may be provider specific but TiVo already knows who your provider is.