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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. Good Riddance! by drayzel · · Score: 1, Troll


    I'm not sure why everyone was/is such a fan of Sonic Blue and the other various bastard children of Diamond. I've had and seen nothing but problems with thier products. Shoddy workmanship, disposable products and low quality output.

    My Rio Volt 250 lasted 2 months, my brothers PVR was nothing but trouble, their video cards back in the day suffered driver issues for years after initial release.

    GOOD RIDDANCE! It sounds like D&M may be able to take the popularity of the name and turn out an adequate product.

    Of course I am a freaking idiot and my opinion is probably usesless... I guess that's why I was given MOD points today, so I would STFU... but my dislike for SB, Rio, DiamondMM etc. overcame my deisre for an over rated sense of power and control.

  2. News Flash D&M name mistake! by reality-bytes · · Score: 0, Troll

    The holding company (D&M) is a typo...


    Thats actually supposed to read "D.R.M."

    ;)

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