[rconti]

I had an empeg in my '95 M3 from around 2001-2004 (?)

It was a 20GB version, if memory serves, which was the largest available at the time without going to a 2 hard disk version (2.5" HDDs).

It retailed for $2000 but I bought it for about $400 new. It was the v2 with the airplane wing looking screen, and it was 2 acquisitions in. I think SonicBlue then Rio? Or Diamond multimedia? I can't remember anymore.

Used it for a few years, and sold it on eBay for, I think, more than I paid for it.

[ryandrake]

SONICblue bought them and rebranded the product “Rio Car”. I had one of the original empeg units, and it was amazing. Nice cool conversation starter. And it was built strong. It still worked deep in the 2000s when I lost track of it maybe during a move. Sad, they are a cool piece of Linux history.