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!"
> There is plenty compelling about Blu Ray, not least that it allows you to watch HD content on your HD television
Yeah, like Laserdisc allowed you to watch NTSC content on your NTSC TV. That was compelling too, right?
Yes, there's going to be a push for it over this holiday season. No, I don't think people are going to buy it. You need perhaps to step out of your HD cocoon and look at the real world. People are after "good enough". Blu-ray offers nothing over DVD other than enhanced video quality, and requires people make a major infrastructure investment for it to be as useful as DVD.
Honestly, higher quality video is not compelling. That's why BD isn't taking off, and why it's somewhat improbable it will be anything other than a niche format for the foreseeable future.
> Even if does become a niche (a very large niche) It sure as hell doesn't mean that some bizarro multi layer disk would have increased sales any further.
Dude, if you're not going to read my comments, why the f--- do you bother posting?