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It's almost irritating how many news outlets have this dreamed up image of a Apple making an HDTV. Yes, Steve Jobs did say "I Finally Cracked It" when it comes to television but there's nothing to "crack" when it comes to getting someone to buy a TV. Most of us have an HDTV and the market is saturated enough to not want to be a newcomer. One thing is for sure with an Apple branded TV set, it's going to be expensive. I bought a 42 inch tv for $900 years ago and plan on owning it until it dies. After that I want to get a 3d tv. It's going to be hard to convince people to throw out their HDTV. Especially when someone has invested so much in one already. It's also not really "green" of Apple. What's going to happen to all of these now outdated TV sets that people are replacing? Sure, you could recycle them but you're still causing more harm than good here.

This is what I think so far

• Apple is working on something TV related. It's going to be a set-top box for sure
• The old Apple TV remote is going away
• It may involve almost every major cable/tv network (think when apple was courting record companies back in the day)
• You'll need a CableCard for it to work
• If Apple does it right, they're going to kill TiVo. Absolutely crush them

If you really want to get a jump on what Apple is going for I really recommend you check out patentlyapple.com. They have a whole section on Apple's TV patents here: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/tech-tv/