Let me explain where the TV market is right now:
Its complicated. Much much more so than it was back in the 80's and 90's.
Where in the 90s, watching TV consisted of 1) Turning on the TV and 2) changing the channel, now you need to turn on all of your various devices, get them all on the right input/output, and then 'attempt' to flip through channels via either a slow manual flipping or with a menu screen, that is generally pretty slow too.
Watching a movie was all about hooking up the VCR, turning to channel 3, and pressing play. The tapes produced lower than SDTV quality, the tapes degraded and failed occasionally, but it was easy, and never failed to the point beyond use, like DVDs with a scratch, so long as the tape hadn't been recorded over or physically broken. Sound systems were stereo at best, but were still mature, and had sufficient power due to the allotment of size permitted by already bulky tube-based TVs.
There are oodles and oodles of new features with TVs these days. Great features. DVR features. Connectivity features. The ability to stream your DVR content over the internet to almost any device. Sound systems that simply blow your mind... The clarity of full 1080p HDTV is unrivaled and unquestioned compared to the 90's. However, the shear complexity and the lag involved with modern TV is a huge downer.
I can't just channel surf anymore. It is too aggravating with digital cable/IPTV. The DVRs I have used from 2 satilite providers, AT&T Uverse and Comcrap have all failed expectations wildly... The only thing close is using a cablecard with my own computer, but that is very expensive, as far as initial investment goes.
DVDs are so volatile. Bluray is gorgeous but so expensive.
Watching TV over the internet, via Netflix, or even via commercial ridden Hulu is a far superior experience in most cases of general use, even with inferior sound and visual quality.
If someone can make some kind of unified, easy RESPONSIVE TV system, they will get my business.