The amount of electronics thrown away rather than recycled in 2007.
The EPA reports that 82% of electronics disposal in 2007 ended up in the garbage (mostly landfills) rather than a recycling center. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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I know there will be some people who will buy into one or the other of these, but what do you guys think are the chances of basically a stalemate? That is to say, what are the chances that basically everyone says "I don't want to buy until there's a clear winner" and thereby neither HD-DVD or Blu-Ray sell much and are forced to unify?
In my opinion, however, it seems that Sony has over-hyped their product, much like they did the PS3. I think since HD-DVD is coming several months before BR, it has a better chance of winning out. Even if Blu-Ray has more capacity (which I think is one of the things they're hyping to some degree), if they can't make use of it then I don't know how much good it will do them now...