OK, take this for what it’s worth: TVPredictions.com, whose most interesting feature is a sidebar on the homepage listing the “HD Hottie” of the day–a picture-a-day of some young starlet, preferably in a bikini, who’s currently gracing hi-def TV screens–has offered the prediction that Apple (AAPL) will scrap its AppleTV interactive TV device next year.

Predicts “Swanni,” also known as Phillip Swann, the author of just about all the posts on TVPredictions, “In 2009, dismal sales of Net TV set-tops will turn into non-existent sales, no matter how many different ways the products are promoted. So, I predict that Vudu will close its doors in 2009 and Apple’s Steve Jobs will finally call it quits on his least favorite hobby, AppleTV.”

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