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Does "less is more" apply to TV?

Next week, CBS will be airing the 60-second pilot episode of The Courier, the networks' first major forray into the realm of the "micro-series" genre; shows specifically produced and exclusively broadcast on handheld devices like PDA's, iPods and cell phones.

Now don't get me wrong. The last thing I want to do is come across as ornery or technophobic, but does this make sense? In entertainment and interaction, isn't (at least in terms of screen size) bigger always better?

It's better in audio, but bigger can come with the right headphones. It's better in computing, and even in video games, but almost any user/gamer/player will sacrifice some screen size, and a bit of functionality perhaps, in return for benefits like freedom and mobility.

But with television (and movies for that matter) the screen is virtually everything. It's the reason the TV exists. With TV, the screen is the functionality. No?

Either way, chalk me up in the "late adopter/laggard" column on this one.