Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"
Is it just me, or is the benefit of having a TV this thin entirely lost on needing to have an external box for the tuner?
On the other hand, this would make it much easier to have the TV hanging on the wall, entirely alone, with less need to custom-route cables through the wall. All you'd need to do is get a power outlet moved to the appropriate hight, and then hide the tuner box and other components in a nice entertainment center. In other words, this would be great for a certain subset of installs, and either not matter, or be a hindrance for the majority of installs.
I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head in the first part of your second paragraph. I'd be surprised if the majority of people still just flop their TVs on a TV stand. Everyone I know who has bought an LCD recently has hung it, and has all of their equipment in an adjacent cabinet or shelf or whatever. This allows you to have a lighter TV, and thus, a smaller mount (since that's what REALLY takes up the space on a wall mount TV install).
Either way, regardless, even if lots of people wanted to just stick their TV on a table, there are plenty of TVs for them to choose from. Even if this TV only hit a niche market, I think it's concept will be plenty successful. I know I'd buy one.