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SonicBlue (Replay/Rio) Bought By D&M

Posted by michael on from the play-it-again-sam dept.

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."

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  1. This might hold an answer by austinij · · Score: 5, Informative

    Silicon Valley Biz Ink is indicating that all current customers will be retained. Hopefully, it works out that way.

    -- I

  2. Doesn't any one RTA? Subscription info... by splatter · · Score: 5, Informative

    "D&M Holdings intends to keep all ReplayTV
    customers and will design, manufacture and distribute a line of ReplayTV and
    Rio products."

    Sounds like they plan on continuing as normal. Hopefully D&M won't be buryied like Sonic Blue.

    --
    "(I) have this unfortunate condition that causes me not to believe a single thing any politician says when a mic's on.
  3. Re:Too bad by jackalope · · Score: 5, Informative

    The ReplayTV OS is a modified version of VxWorks from WinRiver.

    One shouldn't immediately assume that there are only 2 operating systems in the world. There are a slew more than that, especially in the embedded device arena.