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Summary: it was great
Review: It was handy quick and easy to use. A pleasur
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Summary: Too short - Too limited
Review: This product is a great idea, but needs alot of work. First off it only holds 30 minutes of music - that needs to be expanded. The second problem is that to get the MP3s on the Rio you need a Microsoft WIndows machine. This completely ignores Macintosh and other operating systems.
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Summary: RIO rules--minidisc sucks
Review: How long does it take to make minidiscs? about 10 times longer than it takes to load up free Web tunes to the RIO. How much does it cost to store MP3 files in a computer: 17.2 Gigabytes is about $200 for a computer hard disk. It would cost about $600 to store all the same music on minidiscs. HELLO--the device is not a storage device, but MP3 is the better storage media. RIO is a short trip, exercising, taking the bus kind of device. Get one; it kicks butt.
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Summary: Very Limited
Review: I returned mine after 3 days - compression below 96K produces very poor quality for all but voice. Most downloadable MP3 music is 128K compression. At these rates you get 30-45 minutes of music and then you need to have access to a pc to change the music. May be OK for a jogger, but not much use if you are going to be away from your computer for long. You can get a good cassette player for less money that is not much bigger than the Rio... then if you're a jogger you still have the size advantage and if you aren't, you have the changable selections - and the ability to record about the same amount of music.
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Summary: NEVER BYE CD'S AGAIN
Review: With this new diamond mp3 player you can hold a ton of music.no more changing cd's or byeing Cd's.you won't believe that i hold 60 of my favorite songs.
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Summary: Too slow
Review: It takes about .7X minutes to load X minutes of music, e.g. 23minutes to load 32 minutes worth of music. Also, my early model has a64K and another 32K buffer, and you have to address each separately, loading one with music, then the other, instead of them representing a continguous data space. It's a pain, and there is more 'left-over' unused memory as a result.
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Summary: Top Drawer Product!
Review: I've used the Rio since it hit the market for music while running...about 5-6 hours a week. Now I have to listen to the news elsewhere since I'm not using a heaphone radio....and I'm suffering just fine!I'm particularly pleased at being able to load individual songs 'ripped' from my own CDs at whatever quality level I choose. I'm so pleased that I've ordered one of the new 64mb models so I don't spend so much time reloading my favorite playlists after my 13 yr old son sneaks the Rio out of the house for his runs....I run better listening to vintage Cream and CSN rather than the Backstreet Boys...(we don't have exactly the same taste in music). If you run while listening to music, you can't go wrong with the Rio! If you want to be able to mix artists with little hassle..the Rio is it! If you need more play time...more memory is available... enough said?
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Summary: Macintosh and RIO? No Way!
Review: The idea of the RIO player is great, however, the company has completely ignored the Macintosh Platform, not to mention the fact that they rarely mention it in their product documentation. I had to call four different numbers and send e-mail before I found out that the RIO doesn't work with Macs (no matter what hacks you try). In the age of cross platform portability it is a total shame that RIO can't step up and supply an option for the millions of Macintosh users.
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Summary: Bad sound, expensive media, short recording time
Review: I've compared MP3 with MiniDisc and CD. MiniDisc is nearly indistinguishable from CD; MP3 is not. Even at 256kbps, MP3 quality is clearly inferior to both MD and CD. At 128kbps, it isn't "near" CD at all. Added to that, 30 minutes of audio isn't nearly enough; I wanted something I could listen to on a six hour plane flight. An hour's worth of add-on RAM for an MP3 player is way too expensive when compared with $2.50 for a blank MiniDisc. Solid-state digital audio may eventually be the way of the future, but it has a long way to go yet. The one reason to get a Rio is if you need something that absolutely will not skip even when shaken violently. If you just need something that'll stand up to jogging, go with MiniDisc. I did, and I can still download MP3s and dub them onto discs to listen to portably, so I get the best of both worlds.
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Summary: Wonderful device that need Macintosh compatibility.
Review: This is a great device that is small, portable, and convinent, if you have a PC. But for the more than 70 million Macintosh users worldwide we must stay stuck to our computers to enjoy the wonders of mp3. Once this device or a sdevice like is has Mac and PC capabilities then it will easily deserve 4 stars.
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