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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It's incredibly short-sighted to say this is 'good news' for Blu-ray.
Small sized TVs - and they are, by far, the bulk of what is being discussed here - even if they are supposedly 'HD' are absolutely not good news, for Blu-ray - or high def more generally .
If there were ever HD TV sizes guaranteed to get people dismissively saying "is that it!?" it's got to be a 32" - 37" set (even 40" - 50" is not exactly ideal).
Unless you're going to treat your TV like a PC monitor and sit inches away HD is pretty much wasted on that size of set.
Combine a small HD TV and a relatively expensive Blu-ray player & the relatively expensive movie and what do you get?
Turned off customers telling their friends and rels that it's a rip-off and a waste of money, is what.
http://www.carltonbale.com/2006/11/1080p-does-matter/
Sorry but you can't beat your own biology & the physics involved.