Sonicblue Acquires ReplayTV

rakeshagrawal writes: "This article reports that Sonicblue is buying ReplayTV. It's an interesting step in Sonicblue's transformation. They have quite an array of media devices/software items ranging from audio products, web tablets, home networking and now video. And as for ReplayTV and the PVR industry it means that TiVo may may have even less competition now ... WebNoize has another very interesting article on the acquisition and SonicBlue's overall strategy, but it's a subscriber-only thing :(" (Quick note to WebNoize -- wouldn't you like more people to read this?)

Comments

RE: Quantum digesting Maxtor

[Wyatt Earp]

Ummm...Quantum didn't buy Maxtor.

Maxtor merged with Quantum's Hard Disk Unitand all your Quantum (HDD) stock became Maxtor stock.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/137 27 .html

"The world's biggest hard disk drive company is to be created, through the takeover of Quantum's HDD business by Maxtor.

Constructed as a merger, the all-share transaction will see Quantun's HDD stockholders receive 1.52 shares of Maxtor common stock for every one share they hold in Quantum. This values the deal at $2.3 billion.

The enlarged business, to be named Maxtor
Corporation, produces more than 50 million hard drives a year."

UTV

[stripes]

it means that TiVo may may have even less competition now

Well, with Microsoft's second PVR (the buggy DISHPlayer7000 being their first) coming to market this year TiVo has a bit of competition on it's hands still...

Yes, I know UltimateTV isn't for sale yet, but competing with Microsoft's vapor-releases is harder then competing with it's real products!

While I don't know what TiVo's offical responce to UTV is, I like to imagine it is stright out of their comercials "Bring it on fat boy!"....

empeg + ReplayTV engineers = Goodness...

[Drakino]

Since Slashdot rejected the story, not too many people know that SonicBlue also owns empeg. Just imagine what kinds of on demand video and audio products could come out of SonicBlue now...

They also bought Sensory Science.

Interesting indeed.

Quantim now sells a kit

[maggard]

Quantum (the hard drive folks, just finished digesting Maxtor) have now developed a kit for manufacturers to build their own TiVo-type products. Also Linux based it's the Quantum QuickView. License it, pop it in your labeled box and you've got yourself a product. Guts supplied by the same folks that supply TiVo & formerly Replay. Before you write them they're only licensing it to big manufacturers and I believe it's a reference implentation, not at all a finished product.

I expect next Xmas there will be a lot of these in the stores.