SonicBlue (Replay/Rio) Bought By D&M

An anonymous reader writes "Here's the announcement that many have been waiting for all week. Yesterday, the ReplayTV and Rio product lines of now-defunct SonicBlue were auctioned off in a bankruptcy court. Despite earlier negotiations failing to result in a deal, the Japanese holding company D&M, makers of high-end Denon and Marantz stereo gear, bought the product lines for $36.2 million. The big question is what about all of the "lifetime subscriptions" that people bought? No answers as of yet, but we can all be hopeful."

Comments

Lifetime Support?

[fewnorms]

Heh, "...until death (or hostile takeovers, bankruptcy etc) do us part ...." =] So much for life time support I guess. However, Rio was a good brand a while back, so I hope the new company continues it's services.

Re:Hi-fi buys lo-fi

[Anonymous Coward]

you are probably not an audiophile

s/probably/obviously/

Re:Hi-fi buys lo-fi

[Zathrus]

They can't be very high end if I've never heard of them. Kenwood, Sony, Pioneer... those are high end.

Congrats... you've just named all of the major low-fi vendors.

Would you like to play again? Maybe, this time, try something more simple. Like automobiles. Hint - Honda, Toyota, and Ford are not the top of the line, despite sales figures.

Re:That's not much money

[Palshife]

Well, it was a bankruptcy auction. They usually start the bidding at 1 stick of Fruit Stripe gum at those things.