Did Best Buy just leak details on the Rumored 42" Apple TV!?

Best Buy appears to be sending surveys to customers getting feedback on potential new products and services — something that virtually every consumer-facing company does on a regular basis — but one thing stood out this time around: the very first product in this survey that Best Buy asks about is the oft-rumored Apple iTV, identified here as the "Apple HDTV." The big box wants to know how you feel about it based on some proposed promotional verbiage which boasts that "Apple finally reinvents what a TV can do," saying that it'll run iOS, support iCloud, be controllable from an iPhone or iPad, and have access to Netflix, YouTube, and Flickr — in other words, it's an Apple TV wrapped in an actual television set, exactly as you'd expect.

Slightly stranger, though, is that Best Buy says it'll have an "iSight" camera — a brand Apple hasn't actively used in some time for its webcams — and that it'll be ready for Skype, which probably isn't the way Cupertino would want to position the TV's video call capabilities with FaceTime on deck. Best Buy pegs the set at 42 inches and slaps a $1,499 price tag on it, a fairly hefty premium over models from top tier manufacturers in the same size class; even many 46-inch models retail for less.

Though we were originally sent a screen shot of the survey from an anonymous tipster, we've been able to verify that the survey does exist. Furthermore, it's administered by Confirmit, a Norwegian research firm known to count Best Buy as a client, so that lends a sense of legitimacy. A larger question remains, though: is Best Buy speaking with knowledge, or is it just riffing to get a sense of customer interest in a purely theoretical Apple television? Our guess is that it's nothing more than a shot on the dark, particularly considering the iSight and Skype mentions. Other questions in the survey gauge interest in a $10 home delivery service, scheduled appointments with Best Buy Mobile agents, and discounts on home theater bundles — not as interesting, granted, but far more "real" than the iTV at this point.

Be one of the first to get the all new 42" Apple HDTV at Best Buy for $1499. Apple finally reinvents what a TV can do:

42" 1080p LED flat panel display
Incorporates Apple’s operating system (iOS) found in its current Apple TV set top box which allows you to purchase and stream movies and other entertainment from the Internet
Download and use apps from the App Store. Can you imagine playing Angry Birds on a big screen in your living room?
Supports Apple’s new iCloud service for storing your movies, TV shows, and music content that you’ve purchased from iTunes and beam them to your Apple HDTV.
Use your iPad or iPhone as a remote control, and do everything from controlling your TV, to purchasing new shows and swapping content between your Apple devices and the iCloud service.
Built-in convenience with built in iSight camera and microphone for Skype.
In addition to iTunes, stream content from popular sites such as Netflix, YouTube, and flickr.
Available for $1499.

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$1499 is pricey, but I would still buy

nah....

an oversized imac. they should have just put lion on this tv and it would be a definite cop.

Really?! even it was say, $800?

I love my Apple TV 2 now, so if it can get incorporated a TV, I will buy

Looking at those features, I wouldn't get one of these unless they were cheaper than regular flatscreens that size

I guess it's good for people who buy a ton of movies and shows on iTunes, don't see much use for it other than that

I feel like Apple could release a washer and dryer at a 20% price hike and still sell a ton of them. People will buy anything with that damn logo on it.

$1500

That's money for a nice on sale 60" Sharp Aqous LED with a Netgear Neo TV for all the apps and !!

Mmmmmm as much as I would like a apple tv, i prob would just cop a nice cheap 55 inch tv and a mac mini, prob come out to about the same and would have a !! load more of features.

if thats what you want just get it off PSN

Lets see spending 1400 on a 42in TV that will be outdated on spec or getting a far bigger 3dtv with far better image and spend $100 on a smart TV box like you know the current apple TV, Google tv, or how bout ps3 or Xbox 360.

Really does apple really think they can succeed with that price tag. Did they learn from the apple TV box before the massive price drop.

or a tv with an Apple TV settop box which is essentially what this is

or Roku, or gTV, or a regular Apple TV box, I dont see how they will succeed with this price tag, but who knows, sheep will be sheep...

I've always been impressed with Apple displays, dating all the way back to the iMac G4's. Can't lie they're about to !! on the tv game badly.

[smiley]

If thats it then Im not impressed at all. 1500 for that !! !! load of turds gonna cop that !!. My Sony got wifi cluttered with all that youtube, hulu, netflix !! i dont use it seems like a !! load of wasted features.

I just wanna watch tv and have it look as crisp and clear as it can not all the extra !!. Less is more.

I want an iFridge. Siri how many eggs I got? Siri when does my milk expire?

The screen will most likely be Samsung, or Toshiba, or another screen that will readily be available in their own TV, which you could then put a Apple TV behind, and literally have the same exact setup minus the pretty apple logo on the TV...

but it will still look better than the Samsung/toshiba/etc when side by side through fanboys eyes...

Their monitor screens do look great, but I dont see another company selling them a better screen then the other company has in their own TV...