"they just buy it because flatscreens look cool"
who cares why they buy them. They buy millions of them. 2 years ago nobody had them now 25-36% (I don't see why your link should be more believable) have a HD set. Besides these are the households with more money.
So I hope we can agree that we have a lightning fast transition to HD capable TVs (nobody buys them?). It is true though (and nobody did deny it) that many of these HDTV owners have no HD inputs but this will change once HD players get into DVD player pricerange and people get accustomed to the new technology. A couple years ago LCDs were luxus items.







