The percentage of electronics at the end of their lives which were recycled.
The EPA found that the percentage remained consistent from 1999-2005. Even as recycling rates went up, the amount of electronics reaching end of life outpaced the increase, leaving the figure static. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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The big sale on Amazon is for hd-dvd, that is why the graph looks the way it does. When the sale is over, as has been the pattern every time, the red graph drops to the lowest level of the chart. Blu ray has no sale right now at all and is still above the hd-dvd with a big 50% off sale.
I do agree with you on the player issue. Panasonics have had very few problems and the Sony stand-alones too. It's the Samsungs that are crap, so please don't give all of the manufacturers the bum log.