Yeah chumby (disclaimer: I worked @chumby) was involved with 3 Infocast branded products.
The Infocast 3.5" (basically the chumby One in a different box)
The Infocast 8" (basically the chumby 8 in a different box, though the Infocast 8" preceded the release of the chumby 8)
An Insignia/TIVO co-branded television set (TIVO did the main UI for that device, but it didn't have DVR capability) and chumby did a bunch of apps for it.
So, yeah, Best Buy actually outsources development of a lot of products under the Insignia, Rocketfish, Dynex, etc brands, so this business being suggested isn't new to them... they are already in it. But they generally just make "me too" products with this model, I don't think they have the will nor the vision to fund truly groundbreaking CE work.
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Yeah chumby (disclaimer: I worked @chumby) was involved with 3 Infocast branded products.
The Infocast 3.5" (basically the chumby One in a different box)
The Infocast 8" (basically the chumby 8 in a different box, though the Infocast 8" preceded the release of the chumby 8)
An Insignia/TIVO co-branded television set (TIVO did the main UI for that device, but it didn't have DVR capability) and chumby did a bunch of apps for it.
So, yeah, Best Buy actually outsources development of a lot of products under the Insignia, Rocketfish, Dynex, etc brands, so this business being suggested isn't new to them... they are already in it. But they generally just make "me too" products with this model, I don't think they have the will nor the vision to fund truly groundbreaking CE work.