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A Best Buy online survey is asking participants how they would feel about a 42-inch HDTV from Apple. The specs it describes are impressive. But at $1,499, Apple's plan to revolutionize the way we watch TV could be priced out of the market.

Apple and Netflix have gotten chummy lately, but that may be about to change. When Apple brings out its soon-to-appear next-gen HDTV, there's no question it'll have all sorts of clever high-tech goodies. What is a question is how it will serve up video content.

At a much-anticipated event Wednesday, Apple announced an overhaul of its Apple TV service and equipment. The size of a hockey puck, the new Apple TV box is designed to allow users to stream TV shows and movies with greater ease and at a lower price. Steve Jobs also discussed new features for Apple's iPods, and a new social network connected to iTunes. (Video from Sam Gustin.)

As Apple prepares for a press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, speculation about the coming news is running rampant. Will the company announce a refreshed iPod or a new Apple TV device with Netflix programming?

Apple is reportedly attacking the potentially lucrative TV business, holding talks with the networks about offering two-day TV show rentals and retooling its current set-top box to slim it down to an affordable $99.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is gearing up for a media event on Sept. 7 at which Apple is rumored to announce 99-cent TV show rentals from major networks, a price drop of $2 compared to the current cost of purchasing a TV episode. This is a departure from past attempts at offering a TV show...

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