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!"
The purpose of a combo disc is to ensure you only have to buy one copy of the movie to play on all your players.
Here's an example: My Sister-in-law wants the latest Disney movie for my nieces. She has two choices: A Blu-ray disc to play on the (admittedly non-existent, but let's pretend she has one) Blu-ray player in the living room, or a DVD that'll play on the living room player (albeit in poorer quality), the kid's room DVD player/TV, and her SUV's entertainment system.
Which do you think she'd buy? Which would she buy if the Blu-ray disc was actually combo DVD/Blu-ray format?
For Blu-ray to succeed, it has to be more useful than DVD. Better does not just mean higher quality, it means there should be no downside to using it.
I continue to be surprised at the number of Blu-ray fans who don't "get it" and insist Blu-ray should be as limited as possible, nothing more than an incompatible high definition format.