Gene Munster has seen the future of television and it has an Apple (AAPL) logo on it.
In a note to clients Thursday, Piper Jaffray's senior analyst offered a scenario by which Apple would enter the cut-throat TV market by 2011 with an Apple-branded television set with digital video recording and home media functions (music, movies, games, interactive TV) built-in.
"Yes, TV hardware is a challenging business if you don't change the MORE
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