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!"
That's idiotic advice, because it presumes that later he'd want to trade up to a bigger analog-only TV and would still need a converter box to use it.
But analog-only TVs are almost always cathode ray tubes, which are big, bulky, and much less reliable. Years from now only a few will be available, and even fewer will be worth the effort of obtaining and setting up, other than for retro-tech hobbyists.
Much more likely that he'd want to trade up to a larger, LIGHTER, flat-panel digital TV. And thus have no need of the converter box.