ReplayTV Founded within a month of its rival, TiVo Inc., in the fall of 1997, ReplayTVInc. Considers itself the granddaddy of the video IED business. After blowing through its seed money, ReplayTV announced its departure fromthe hardware side of the business in November 2000, ceding sales of theReplayTV-based ShowStopper product to the consumer arm of Japanese electronicsgiant Matsushita. Later, SonicBlue, which had already acquired the Rio divisionof Diamond Multimedia and was aggregating technologies in the IED space,snatched up ReplayTV. For additional details, see Table 3.1. ![]() Apr 07, 2003 i wasn't sure where to post this, but this forum seemed the most active so i thought i'd throw it in here. In light of the recent bankruptcy announcement by SonicBlue. •Can you use a ReplayTV without activation?: Early ReplayTVs (20XX and 30XX series) as well as the ShowStopper line from Panasonic were sold with service activation as part of the purchase price. These models do not require activation verification during the net connect process and can be used as a manual recorder. I just unpacked a new sealed 5040 unit but of course it won't activate as ReplayTV is gone. I have several other units on WiRNS but if I use the IP. The author does not endorse nor condone voiding the ReplayTV warranty. Can you use a ReplayTV without activation? How long will the guide service. If you connect to our service without signing up for a PercData account, we'll activate your unit. Your ReplayTV will connect to the LaHo service. Table 3.1 ReplayTV Vital Statistics Status Wholly owned subsidiary Parent company SonicBlue Inc. (SBLU)2000 revenues: $536.7M Business model Developer of personalized television software and services Founded September 1997 CEO, Founder Anthony Wood Backers, Past and Present Paul Allen (Vulcan Ventures), Marc Andreesen (Netscape, Loudcloud), William R. Hearst III (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Time Warner, The Walt Disney Co., NBC, Liberty Media Group, Showtime Networks, Intel Headquarters Mountain View, California SonicBlue suffered along with the rest of the tech businesssector in 2001, laying off some 600 of its 800-plus employees. The company surprised many observersand even some of its partnersin the early fall of 2001 by announcing its return to manufacturing video IEDs (see ). Hardware The existing ReplayTV/Panasonic ShowStopper product line offers two styles:with TV or without. All models are designed to work with any combination ofantenna, cable, and satellite programming sources. Table 3.2 The Panasonic ShowStopper Product Family Model Hours of Storage List Price* Description PV-HS1000 20 $499.95 ShowStopper Hard Disk Recorder with ReplayTV PV-HS2000 30 $699.95 ShowStopper Hard Disk Recorder with ReplayTV PV-HS3000 60 $799.95 ShowStopper Hard Disk Recorder with ReplayTV PV-SS2710 30 $799.95 Panasonic PanaBlack TV/ShowStopper Hard Disk Recorder Combination *Current as of December 2001 The standalone ReplayTV models (see ) are basically the same units, differing only in terms of their hard drive storage capacity. The front panel of the ReplayTV ShowStopper, built by Panasonic, hasrelatively few functional elements. This is a device for which you had betternot lose the remote control; without it, your only operational options will beto turn the machine on or off. In addition to the power button, the unitfeatures status indicators to show whether the device is running or is instandby mode, whether new content is available to watch, and whether a recordingsession is in progress The back panel is where the device gets down to business. Inputs are providedfor an infrared emitter (the 'IR Blaster'), a serial connection to acable or satellite receiver, an RJ-11 telephone jack, and an A/C power cord. Inaddition, places are available to plug in an F-type coaxial cable or antennaconnector, and two audiovisual inputs (consisting of right- and left-channelRCA-type audio inputs and a composite video or S-video input). Two similar A/Voutputs are provided as well. ![]() ![]()
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