Seven questions about Amazon's mystery streaming box

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the answer is yes. Amazon is said to be readying its own streaming TV box to take on the likes of the Roku, Apple TV, Xbox, PlayStation -- and every TV manufacturer that now builds smart-TV apps like Netflix and Vudu directly into televisions. Related stories: Amazon to release set-top box for Internet video, report says The economics behind Amazon's possible set-top box gambit Roku 3: The CNET review The Seattle-based e-tailer already has an ambitious home video strategy. Amazon Prime customers get thousands of free movies and TV shows (in addition to free shipping of real-world goods) with the $79-per-year membership, and the company is ramping up production of original series as well. But ambition does not a successful TV strategy make -- just ask Google (Google TV) and even Apple (which still calls the Apple TV box a "hobby," while rumors of a "real" Apple HDTV remain nebulous. With that in mind, we've come up with seven questions about Amazon's rumored streaming video box. Here's what we'd like to know:

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