Rio PMP-500 (64 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Great sound, Great design, Fast and Easy
Cons: NONE

I purchased a Rio 300 and It was a good player. Than I realized that this is not the best technology that is out there so I purchased the Rio 500. It is a great improvement over the Rio 300 and most of all a great overall player. The Rio 500 features a...

Pros: So Cool! Very Modern, Sleek Looking, Great Quility
Cons: A Lot of Money, "Battery Guzzler", You Will Be Asked A Lot of Questions

About 2 months ago after thinking about it for weeks I finally went out and bought a MP3 player. Looking at my choices at Circut City, I ended up with the PMP500. I was about to get the 300 but I thought this one was alot better looking and had better...

Pros: 64megs, lightweight
Cons: battery life

This is my second plunge into the world of MP3 players and the experience has been considerably better than my first. The Rio 500 offers about as much as you could expect from an MP3 player these days (outside of the cheap headphones). The USB upload is...

Pros: Light, Easy to Use, Small Learning Curve
Cons: Limited expandibility, Pricy

This product is great for people who want mp3's on the go. I own two portable mp3 players, the Sony Walkman and the Rio 500, and the rio 500 is by far the better choice. The learning curve is simple, it's lightweight, has never skipped on me, and is a...

Pros: small, light, easy, fun
Cons: uses batteries quickly, expensive

I bought this player after a month of watching my friend use his. It was torture. Now that I have one, I am incredibly happy.

The Diamond Rio is by far the best Mp3 Player currently on the market.

It is very small - about half the...

Pros: Great and Easy to use
Cons: Could do with being a bit louder

The Rio 500 Mp3 music play is light and very easy to use with its Muti Wheel. Download a song or copy it from a CD and you can upload it to your player in under 10 second using USB. The sound quality is great with a bit rate of 128, anything lower you...

Pros: Buttons easy to find and use. Sound quality. Compact size.
Cons: Do not purchase TEAL or PURPLE models! Case not well designed. Battery life.

While I love this player, I want to start out with an important con because you should know this before purchasing:

I originally purchased the Teal model. I had problems getting my system (PC) to recognize it. I also had problems with one of...

Pros: great sound, nice size, easy to use
Cons: expensive, headphones

When i was looking for a mp3 player the rio 500 caught my attention. The first reason i chose it was because it was very small and was the best one that you could buy at the time. The player starts with 64 megs of memory and is upgradable to 128 but you...

Pros: GREAT
Cons: NONE!

this king is back and better than ever! no one could ever imagine that this player would turn out to be something as good as this! i'v3e had mine for a while and it works great sharp lcd screen nice features, alot of storage great design! everything! i...

Pros: Easy to use, battery lasts a long time, no moving parts.
Cons: Software is difficult.

I purchased the Diamond Rio 500 for use in the gym. For what I use it for, it is great. Tapes and CD's tend to skip. You can buy larger storage and store all of your favorate songs on one card. The diamond is small and GREAT for working out, running....

Pros: Compact Size. Includes a Padded Case for Use at the Gym.
Cons: Software not the best but Serviceable.

Ive used the Diamond Rio at the Gym and while running. It is a great machine and a very good value overall. Headphones make a very big difference. The standard ones included are uncomfortable (ear buds) and dont play as loudly as others (I would...

Pros: cheap, fast transfer, 64Mb's of memory, sound quality
Cons: player goes dead while transfering music, rio's software

I just had to get an mp3 player, so i was looking around and i found a hp 9150i cdrw drive bundled with a rio 500 for $150. I instantly bought it.

The rio is the best thing i own, besides my cdrw drive. I have a minidisc player too, and i...

Pros: attractive, great sound
Cons: volume could be higher, not much storage

i bought this mp3 player at 800.com for 250$ not too long ago. i was pretty excited about the 64mb of ram in this mp3 compared to alot of others that were already out at 32 or 16mb. but once you get going and downloading more and more music and want to...

Pros: Durability Great Sound and Features
Cons: Head Phones hurt, like sitting on a bike without a seat

This MP3 player is awesome, it is very easy to see, and very accessible to extra memory cards on the back. The features for sound are also a great feature, and the backlit LCD screen adds alot to this player. Without any moving parts, I think its...

Pros: Small, Light, Good on Batteries
Cons: Software absolutely sucks.

I bought my Rio500 because I needed something small, light, convenient and good on batteries. I already owned a minidisc player but found it a real chore copying songs onto minidisc. The Rio500 works fine with only two drawbacks - the software and the...