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Rio Car (Empeg) Sounds Like History

Posted by timothy on from the didn't-play-oggs dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "An unoffical announcement on the empeg BBS (home of their finatical user base) is that SONICblue's current aftermarket car linux product, the Rio Car (formerly the empeg Car Player) has been EOL'd. While it remains the most advanced car player available, there was not enough demand to keep that group profitable. It will continue to be sold through their e-stores (Non-USA and USA) until inventory is exhausted. This was/is the ultimate in car stereo for MP3 playback. Disappointing."

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  1. I have one gotta go get another one by anewsome · · Score: 2, Funny

    These players ROCK. I have a 60GB model and I better go get another one before they are all out. I can't believe that they EOL'd it. Don't have time to post a witty comment here,.. I gotta go buy another one for my other car.

    --Aaron

  2. grrrrrr by victwenty · · Score: 2, Funny

    this really sucks, i've got a 40gig empeg MKII and love it. i've been wondering how long it will last before i start having problems with the hard drives but it's been rock solid over the last year. still, i've wondered when the day will come that i'll have to replace it or just want to upgrade.. i certaintly hope that if any company picks up the flames they will keep it open (and linux based). i'm not familiar if all the empeg source was under the gpl or just kernel mods, but it would be nice if any remaining closed code was opened..

  3. Re:Price... by IronClad · · Score: 2, Funny
    No waiting for the head unit to read the director listing on the CD

    Sheesh, $1000 / 3 seconds delay when you change a disk. Even my billing rate isn't that high. :)