He also notes that Toshiba has sold 200, 000 HD DVD players in the US, in comparison to the 30, 000 standalone Blu-ray players sold, and that it's not clear yet howmany Blu-ray movies the two million PS3 owners are going to be watching.
It is possible to calculate from the two unemployment curves approximately howmany job-years of temporary employment Romer and Bernstein were forecasting would be created by their stimulus program.