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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The AppleTV update is pretty slick. Being able to get to the music and movie/tv store is cool. You can't buy movies from the AppleTV, only rent. At least I didn't see any that I could buy. TV shows are purchase only.
Not sure if the trailers are in high-def or not. The trailer for the Italian Job looked only OK, not great. Didn't try to rent the movie.
The menu system has changed from the Front Row-like system of old. It'll take a little getting used to. The options for all of the personal content is the last option in each section (TV, Movies, Music) which makes it a little more cumbersome to get to. Obviously Apple wants you to go to the Store and buy new content. We've seen all of this on Apple.com and at the Keynote in January.
The installation was painless. The unit went through a number of restarts before the update was finished. Total time with download and installation on a cable connection was less than 10 minutes. The only things that I had to change on the AppleTV after the install was the resolution of my television and my Apple Store account information. The AppleTV defaulted back to 720 instead of 1080p. I also think the 1080p mode is new. I only remember 1080i being there before. I may be wrong on that.
With some decent promotion by Apple, the AppleTV could eventually move out of the "hobby" category that it is now in. This looks like a very solid update.