Rio PMP 300 MP3 Player

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Summary: First model out - - - Watch out!
Review: I purchased this product for a wopping $220 US as soon as it was on shelves... I know, kinda a silly thing to do. I've been into the whole MP3 thing since MP2's first came out, so needless to say, I was eigerly awaiting this product.

GOOD - Lightweight, small, quick to upload to

BAD - Somewhat flimsy design, display is hard to read, holds only 6 songs at CD-Quality

UGLY - Bad memory causes skips over time, extra flash cards are super expensive

So, my suggestion, if you want something that is cheap, consider the Rio, at under $100, to be a great substitute for a tape walkman. If you can afford it, go with MiniDisc, otherwise buy the Rio, keeping in mind that it is NOT a great alternative to a CD-Diskman, or an MD-Player!

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Summary: cool
Review: for the price this is really cool, you will need to buy extra memory, but it works with free mp3 players to load. the headphones are ear type so get a real pair, otherwise this worked great

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Summary: Diamond Rio - The Score
Review: Ok, I Have Had My Rio For Over A Month Now And I Think It Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened To The Music Industry. In A Few Years This New Standard Will Be Wide-Spread, And Will Be The Future In Digital Audio.

As For The The Rumors About The Case Being Flimsey And Insucure, Is Totally Fictional. I Have Dropped My Rio Lots Of Times And I Is VERY Strong.

It Is Worth While To Buy The Extra Memory, If You Are Away From Your PC Alot.

This Product Is Way Better That Mini-Disc Because Of The Costs Involved

Diamond Rio = $100.00

Mini-Disc = $250.00 - ?

Plus You Have To Buy Discs.

The Rio Is Worth Every Cent Of Your Money [e-mail]

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Summary: Great gadget all around
Review: I own one of the original PMP 300 MP3 Players and it has served me well for over a year now. I have never upgraded the memory though I plan to, but it still will store around 8-10 songs depending on the quality and length. Moreover it runs forever on a single AA battery and never skips whatsoever. The transfering procedure is a little slow but not horribly slow. Finally I also found out this great website where you can download excerpts from audiobooks since they don't have nearly the quality of music you can put hours of them on the Rio.

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Summary: Pretty cool!
Review: I own a 300SE and aside from the fact that it has updated firmware and more memory it is exactly the same. I was worried about things that I had read stating that the case was shoddy, the volume level was insufficient and the memory didn't hold enough. I just wanted to say that all of this IS NOT true. It seems really solid to me, not that I'd ever drop the thing or be rough with it, but it does just fine while jogging or riding a bike...as for the volume level comments perhaps people are just listening to songs encoded at a low base level because I listen to mine on level 5 of 20 and it's fine for most songs unless I'm in a REALLY noisy environment...lastly I listen to all of my songs at 128k. and I can fit an acceptable amount of music on my 64megs--no it isn't as much as a CD but with 2 32meg smartmedia cards on the way that should be more than enough to get me through all but the longest of plane flights. With the portability of the transfer cable and software I can just burn all of my mp3s to a Cd or 2, throw it in my luggage and change the songs out from wherever I happen to be...much more efficient than lugging around all of my CDR mixes and other CDs. True the parallel transfer is much slower than the USB that the 500 offers, but do I really want to use USB when places that I travel might not offer USB support? Also the backlight of the new 500s are supposed to drain the battery power and I don't find the lack of a backlight to be as big of a problem as I thought it would be, however. I would definately recommend purchasing the rio remote as it super easy to use and extends the headphone's cord length by a good 2 feet. See ya!

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Summary: This thing rocks
Review: A great little gadget. The design of the buttons makes a lot of sense and at the same time looks really cool. The program it comes with to transfer files from your computer is small but excellent. Has most of the functions standard to CD players-- Hold, Intro, Repeat, and Random. It's also got some EQ options, and a button called "A-->B" which repeats a section of a song - I don't really see a need for this, but it's cool anyway. Besides the somewhat-steep price, the only cons are that it seems to eat up battery power rather quickly, and only holds about half an hour of CD-quality music without a memory upgrade. Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone with access to mp3's.

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Summary: Great Product
Review: This product worked fine with my computer despite what I had heard. It is lacking a little in memory as I was only able to save around 9 songs on the internal memory. The sound quality is great and the software it comes with is a breeze to use. I would recommend this one to anybody. You might want to order more memory with though.

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Summary: Despite What You Might Have Heard, This Product Works Fine
Review: Some of you might have heard that the Rio PMP 300 is not as good as the 500 and you would be crazy not to buy the 500. The truth is that you have plenty of memory for around 10 3 minute songs! However if you don't think that this is enough, all you have to do is buy the 32 MB upgrade.

The software is exceptionally great. It provides ease of use as well as varied options to edit your playlist. It also has drag-and-drop capibilities.

Overall, save yourself a hundred dollars and buy the Rio PMP 300. You won't have missed anything by taking this one instead of the other model.

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Summary: A good little device
Review: I got this MP3 player after seeing it in a magazine article about cool new technology. The price was (and still is) a little steep, but I love my little Rio anyway. The software that comes with it is pretty easy to use, and it's not too hard to connect it to your computer. I don't like the fact that it can really only hold 6 or 7 songs, unless you buy extra memory, which is very, very expensive. I also wish it came with an FM tuner, for when I just feel like listening to the radio without carrying around my big ol' Walkman. But overall, it's a nice thing to have; very lightweight, doesn't skip, excellent sound quality, and runs on just one AA battery!

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Summary: My second review of the Rio pmp300
Review: I reviewed the Rio pmp300 a couple of weeks ago, and I still love it! I am writting a second review to let people out there know that I found an extremely easy way to download mp3's for the Rio. You don't have to spend hours searching the internet for the music you want. It is called Napster, I can't give the url so just type it in Yahoo's search engine. Once you install the software, you will have access to more that 200,000 mp3s. I also found a way to download files from the Rio into your PC it is called Rioexplorer. I can't give the url for this either but you can download it from download safari. This program basicaly turns the Rio into a large portable hard drive. With the information I have given you here you don't have to contemplate buying a Rio, just go do it. After downloading these programs you won't ever have to buy cd's again, and your zip drive just became obsolete. Rio Rules!