Blu-ray player and flat planel tv

[Gamekid]

Since the first blu-ray players will be about $1000.00 at launch time, then I suppose that the players will then drop down in price after a year or so. $1000.00 seems really expensive to pay. I've heard that in 2009, all analog tv signals will be gone due to an law placed by Congress. Is this true? Not to sound nasty, but what makes Congress think that everybody will have a flat planel tv by that time? It's true that most people have broadband of some sort in their homes as it's beating out dial up by over 50%. However, even at this point, dial up isn't totally gone. Not to offend anyone on this forum, but some people have dial up now as opposed to what they could have. Anyway, it seems like the blu-ray player launch would also lower flat planel tv's as the price for even a 30 incher is well beyond $500.00. Why exactly are flat planel tv's so expensive in the first place? I can understand that you can't exactly make a 30 inch flat panel and put on a $100.00 price tag on it. I'd think that the high price tag would be the result of the type of parts used and the fact that most of our electric gear is made outside of the united states.