Great if you've got plenty of cash
Written: Dec 05 '00
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Pros: Great sound, USB connection
Cons: short battery life, expensive memory
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| tangent78's Full Review: Rio PMP-500 (64 MB) MP3 Player |
The sound quality is excellent and it comes with Soundjam, which does a great job of ripping songs off CDs, and the USB connection is also nice. The controls are easy, the backlight is easy to read, and this thing is so lightweight.
However, the headphones are throwaways and there's not a lot of memory to this. 64 megs sounds nice, but the manufacturer's claim that there'll be two hours of music is a big, huge lie. You'll get about an hour and twenty minutes at most, or on average, a CD and a half. This isn't a lot, and if I used mine for more longer, I'd be sorely frustrated. You can buy flash memory cards to increase the memory, but these are incredibly expensive. By spending another hundred dollars beyond the cost of the player and a 64 meg memory card, you could buy a Nomad Jukebox and have 6 gigs. It does serve my purpose well though.
The other major problem is the short battery life (16 hours of battery life is another dirty, dirty lie by the manufacturer), and the fact that it's not rechargeable. Rio needs to add in a rechargeable battery and an AC adapter.
Recommended:
Yes
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tangent78
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Location: Seattle, WA
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