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!"
Weren't they suppose to go out of business a year ago. How did that prediction work out?
Vudu...
Following in the footsteps of MovieBeam, MovieLink, etc.
The quality may be better than the above parties, but who cares? Hardly anybody is buying these Vudu boxes, and Vudu's future is far from certain. Maybe you want to take a chance on them, but I don't. And it's not because I am cheap. I spent $500 on a Pioneer Blu-Ray player. But you know what, I have a lot more faith in Pioneer being around in a year or two than Vudu, and besides even if Pioneer were to go out of business, their assets would likely be bought up by another manufacturer (i.e. Panasonic or Sharp). And my Pioneer Blu-Ray player will keep on working as all the major studios are releasing on the format (Sony-owned United Artists, Paramount, etc.).
Disney sold MovieBeam to Movie Gallery (which owns Hollywood Video). Movie Gallery is in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and shed its MovieBeam assets, I believe.
MovieLink lost tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars before the movie studios sold it to Blockbuster for about $2 million. Blockbuster is perpetually losing money.