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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The truth is that Blu-ray is a dead format now too.
Oh sure, it'll hang on in the minority niche for a while but we all know it's days are as numbered as DVDs are - but probably much more so.
I jumped into Blu-ray myself this year - but then I accept it's a minority niche , and likely to be short-lived, format and always have done so.
Those who delude themselves that it ever stood a hope of 'being the next DVD' have just been kidding themselves.
We can see quite clearly now it is never going to be 'the next DVD' and we can already see the next format on the way (digital downloading).
The Samsung guy was probably more honest than most when he reckoned Blu-ray has about 5yrs left.
High margin niche for the 'philes' who want the current best quality available (although some transfers continue to disappoint).
Blu-ray could have had a decent run as a PC storage media but even there they ruined it with their ridiculous greed.
Now it's too late as HDDs and flash drives come in at ever lower prices.