Sonicblue files for Chap 11

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 21, 2003 @04:28AM

An anonymous reader writes "ReplayTV and Rio maker Sonicblue is a goner, filing for bankruptcy and selling their assets to D&M, the Japanese parent company of Denon and Marantz. No word what will happen to all those Replay users out there -- that $140 deal on Amazon isn't looking so hot now, is it?"

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I guess they had to sell the dept. too by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-21 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny

"from the dept."

Pretty sad. Can't even afford their dept. here on Slashdot.
1. Re:I guess they had to sell the dept. too by jmoriarty · 2003-03-21 05:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  There is a NULL in there that you missed. "from the (NULL) dept." implies that SonicBlue has turned into nothing, and that if anyone tries to dereference their assets it will blue-screen the parent company's accounting. See? It is a coding reference and a Microsoft dig all in one!
Re:Damn! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-21 04:43 · Score: 1, Funny

and I even had bought stock
Hahahaha, I'm laughing at you, and not with you!
I got one by hendridm · 2003-03-21 04:48 · Score: 3, Funny

Maybe he meant "debt" instead of "dept", or maybe just "from the debt dept"?
Re:Damn! by Gortbusters.org · 2003-03-21 04:53 · Score: 2, Funny

I already sold it... I KNEW someone was gonna score a funny moderation point off that one!

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Re:FYI, chap 11 vs 7 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-21 04:53 · Score: 1, Funny

if they are selling off their major product lines, I wonder how they plan to achieve profitability. ... must ... resist ... Aaargh!

1. Sell of major product lines
2. ???
3. Profit!
Re:TiVo's savior: Sony. by mgs1000 · 2003-03-21 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Expect, if that happens, Sony will replace the hard drive in the Tivos with memory sticks.
Re:Poor Sonic :-( by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-21 04:56 · Score: 1, Funny

awwwwwww you poor WinWanker (c) (tm)
Office is the Bermuda Triangle of Santa Clara by Ars-Fartsica · 2003-03-21 04:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Former resident: Exodus!
Re:No Surprise by ryanvm · 2003-03-21 05:18 · Score: 3, Funny

However, suddenly, while watching a recorded episode of "Enterprise" on Sunday, January 19th, about halfway through the episode, the ReplayTV got stuck, with no movement whatsoever.

That's a new feature in the latest PVRs. They can detect when you've been laying around in Cheetos-stained underwear watching Star Trek for more then 7 hours. They're doing this to avoid lawsuits from fat people for ruining their lives.
Uh Oh by arvindn · 2003-03-21 05:24 · Score: 2, Funny

So it's the Blue Screen of Death for all the ReplayTV's out there?