Belkin makes clear: a product design, the remote screen is essential (try to play a lcd screen behind a refrigerator or 4 feet under the radiator ...)
Sure, I wish I had a battery for the data to be stored in memory when I remove the plug
We not realize energy waste in a home. For example my microwave consumes 3W in standby which is about 1 day to more than 1 hour of TV or four hours of lighting. All that to do nothing, apart display the time, that also made my coffee, my Blu-ray player, my freboox ..... With my bedside lamp in 1 hour I consume more than my desk lamp (LED) for 10 hours for the same quality of light.
We can not turn everything off, but connect a remote jack off such a blow part TV / Blu-ray / hp ...
I wait to see how the winters consumes my radiators in the day.