The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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thats h4idols fault too
@ The Jeremy HDDVD DOES have the same bit transfer capabilities. And wtf is backward compatibility? DTSMA and lossless audio is available on numerous movies. I think you may have this confused with SDDVD.
Actually, the bitrates each format requires is actually a little different, just not currently relevant. HDDVD requires a max of about 30Mbps, Blu-Ray maxes at about 40. For current standards, 30 appears to be more than enough, I've seen stunning video in all three codecs at around 20. The only thing that I see that might need 40 is if you do full HD video in stereo, go to full HD progressive at 60fps in real video frames or at higher resolutions, but those aren't current technologies anyway.