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!"
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My own experience with CableCard was good and bad. It was awesome from a hardware and software perspective, little to no problems with comcast or pairing. My disappointment came fro mthe picture quality from my cable provider. At the time I was a DirecTV subscriber and had Comcast HD cable simultaneously to test. I found the picture quality on Bay Area Comcast to be subpar. On picture quality, your mileage may vary.
Overall I LOVE the TV experience in Vista Media Center and pray for a DirecTV solution in the future, or severe improvement in picture quality from Comcast.
I have an HP d5000t with CableCARD tuner and there are a lot of issues that the Dell 420 crowd and myself have had with the cheaper solutions. HP and Dell don't know how to support these systems. Do not discount the value of good support for these things. VMC is very buggy when it comes to DRM and CableCARD.