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Summary: Best Gadget to come along since P38's (military can openers)
Review: I was going to originally purchase a CD-ROM writer so that I could burn some CD's of my favorite songs for use in my weightlifting sessions. A friend happened to remind me of the Diamond Rio PMP 300 so I shifted the funds from the CD-ROM writer to the Rio....and, boy, was I impressed! Best lil' gadget to come along in a while! No more bulky discmans to lug around (along with the CDs that would be required). No more skipping songs when you're doing cardiovascular workouts. And the sound quality is great!The price might seem kinda steep, but hey...weren't walkmans when they first came out?? Come now, I know some of you remember those archaic mechanisms. For the price, you just can't beat a portable music player with no moving parts to break. No cassette tapes to jam. No CDs to scratch. Kudos to the folks at Diamond!
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Summary: huh are we really serious here?
Review: listen, we all think it is a great idea but it simply isn'tenough for me. i dont think that mp3' s are horrible. i actually lovethem... but i feel that the technology needs to advance some more. unfortunently, those of us who know economics, know that if we dont purchase these items and supply demand, it will eventually disappear into the night. by the way, forget mini disks! they s**k! good idea, but when its this hard to find good titles whats the point? im not gonna pay $---.00 of dollars so it can record a song i can put on a simple walkman. we should consider making mp3 cd players. that way a cd could hold up to 30m songs or more. add it up, thats more than an hour of music (like with the rio. come on people lets put our heads together!!!!!!!
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Summary: Great for running, walking, it never skips.
Review: The Diamond Rio PMP 300 is in one word, "great." it is simple to use, very trustworthy, and reliable. It beats any cd player any day.
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Summary: Just great
Review: This is the best thing ever done... Very small and not heavy, the rio is just great. I can every night chose a new selection of songs I will listen.
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Summary: 64 MB FOR ONLY $250 !!! WOW! what a bargin (NOT!)
Review: Okay, the Diamond Rio PMP 300 SE is one of the less baddest MP3 portable players. You all agree if I say that this player is way to expensive. It can hold only a little more than 1 hour of audio (Yeah... yeah... I hear you saying "no way, I have over 2 hours of music on mine") I'dd like to hear good quality audio instead of a lousy 64Kb/s And there is something else.... a Flash card that can store a half an hour of audio cost you more than a HD of 2 Gigs Conclusion : Wait until there is a serious MP3 player competition going on between the manufacturers. Or.... buy one now and cry if the price drops down 50 % within a year. IBM!!! get your lazy a** over here!!! and fill the body's of the next generation MP3 players with your holy Micro HD's
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Summary: I like the new technology but the price is steep
Review: I have heard alot of problems with CD players (I have one) you either have to hold it PERFECTLY still or spend $130 for a non-skip that STILL skips more than my sister on a jump rope. MP3 is definitely a turn in the right direction, but I am gonna wait for 2 reasons: 1. price 2. they might come out with better ones that hod say 132mb of songs or something.
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Summary: The Rio Mp3 Player is Great!
Review: I have seen all the before mention complaints and I think some people should just give it up. I have all my Mp3's running at 96k and I can't hear ANY difference between them and CD. The sound Quality is great, if you use a program like RealJukebox, the volume is better and so is the sound quality. The Rio is a MUST BUY!
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Summary: The Rio Sucks
Review: I have a Sony Mini-Disc Mzr-55 and my friends dad told me that the Rio is much better, well im sorry to disapoint you but the product sucks. first of all a mini-disc costs less than a rio disc and it has more memory (Rio=64Mb, MD=650Mb). The sound quality is the same or better than a Cd. the MD is easier to record with, you can connect it to anything (Portable Cd Player, Stereo system, Computer, other MD's and any systems with a line out), the Rio can only connect with the computer and you have to download the songs that you like or transfer them from CD to MP3. thats why i chose the MD and i got it for a lower price than the Rio.
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Summary: this product is awsome
Review: i think it is awsome. since i download lots of MP3's i can use this so much. i was looking for this all over and i found it here.
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Summary: Big step in the right direction...but...
Review: I just purchased the PMP-300(standard edition) hoping that some of the complaints that I read were exaggerated. Well, unfortunately...I have to confirm 2 of them. With this model...you only get 32megs of flash memory so I was hoping that at the 64Kbps recording...it would be somewhat acceptable. Boy...was I wrong...no way can I record and listen to music at this rate. However, the 128Kbps is a big improvement with a big sacrifice. Your recording time gets cut in half which only allows for 6-8 songs at most. This is not going to get me through my workouts at the gym...the primary reason I purchased the unit. I got tired of fighting with my sony cassette player...tape getting tangled up, auto reverse going into an endless back and forth cycle, and so on. The other concern was the volume level. I'm sure it's in my best interest to play at moderate levels but there are times in which the volume has to be turned up...this unit's highest setting(at 20 from a scale from 0-20) is a comparatively moderate level at best. So, where does that leave me? I'm going to get the extra cash around and get the PMP500. I have looked at quite a few different models on the market from many other manufacturers and I believe that Diamond Rio will still dominate with this new player thanks to the USB connection and the 64megs on board with an optional 32megs upgrade. It also adds quite a few other goodies like seperate bass and treble controls. I'm willing to pay the extra money thanks to having a small taste of MP3's potential with the PMP300. Can't wait for the PMP500 to hit the shelves! Drew
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