Rio PMP-500 (64 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: No skipping - perfect workout partner
Cons: 64mb of storage - When do we get a gig?

I've been waiting - and waiting for the price to come down. So it finally did and I snagged me an MP3 player. For $229.00 it's well worth the money. I'm very active, I run, I work-out... I need my music and I don't like it skipping and I definately...

Pros: It is rugged with no moving parts so it never skips and also it lasts longer
Cons: It can't hold THAT many songs

A lot of people I know believe you shouldn't buy this product because the music industry doesn't approve of MP3 as a format. Don't listen to them. Because even if you could never download a single piece of good music off the web (which of course, you...

Pros: faster download
Cons: no FM radio, pretty expensive

This newer Rio 500 makes an important improvement from the Rio 300 by adding more smartmedia ram, and using a much faster USB connection. It also comes in 3 new colors which are pretty stylish, grey, treal/blue, but not the purple (bleh!). Its expandle...

Pros: good software, works great, 64 megs ram
Cons: cheap carry case and earphones

Happy fathers day daddy. I was surprised to get an mp3 player for Fathers Day, especially one this nice. My wife knew I wanted one so she searched the internet looking for a good one. I am quite pleased with the one she picked.
The PMP 500 has...

Pros: Small and light, minimal gadgetry, decent display, good software plugins
Cons: carrying case design, standard headphones

I got the Diamond Rio 500 in a package with a CD burner that I bought. I figured "why not" and bought the package.

First, the PROs:

- The small and light design are great. The whole point of MP3 players is the lack of bulk...

Pros: USB for fast transfer of files, skip proof and long battery life, Macintosh Compatible
Cons: memory is expensive

I did a few research on portable mp3 players before I made my purchase. After all things considered, these are the reasons why I chose the Diamond Rio 500:

1 - I have a Macintosh with USB
2 - This player has 64 Megabytes of memory ( 64...

Pros: Small, Light, cool looking, lots of memory, good headphones.
Cons: Expensive (But worth it.).

Over the holiday season and my birthday i really wanted an MP3 player. It took a while but i eventually saved up enough money to buy this $260 piece of software/ audio player. It was worth every penny i conjured up, i have used the Diamond Rio 500 much...

Pros: expandable, high quality sound
Cons: medium battery life, rioport software could be more intuitive

After shopping around for a portable mp3 player for about 4 months, I finally decided on this one. I purchased it in January 2000 from value america for $199 after rebate.

The rio500 comes with 64mb of built in memory, and one expansion slot...

Pros: small, expandable (to 128MB), solidly constructed, audible compatible.
Cons: cheap headphones, included case sucks.

Introduction
When I started shopping for an mp3 player, I had a few requirements: 128MB of mp3 storage space, small in size, USB connectivity.

The reason I wanted at least 128MB of memory is that I usually listen to continuous...

Pros: Great Features, Easy Interface, Indiglo Screen
Cons: Expensive,

The tiny little Diamond Rio 500 is a great little companion. I use mine quite often, when I go bicycling or exercising. It's very convenient to have digital quality without much hassle of buying CD's or such. MP3's are today's technology, and the Rio 500...

Pros: 64MB SmartMedia...
Cons: Instruction manual, headphones..YUCK!

There are a lot of upsides and a lot of downsides to this product. First thing that I need to say though, is that they have updated one very important aspect of the Rio 500. There is now availability to use a 64 MB SmartMedia card which makes a huge...

Pros: everything but the price
Cons: price

This is one of the best purchases I have made in quite awhile.
The Diamond Rio 500 is compact,easy to use and has an excellent sound quality. I made use of their online software help, and their technician
quickly solved my problem...how often...

Pros: Great sound quality, downloadable firmware
Cons: Case packed with player is downright awful; No radio tuner

Having not known a whole heck of a lot about MP3 Players, I did a little research and decided to buy this one. I have had it now for about 6 months, and I am very pleased with its performance. I have gotten great quality from the player with all of my...

Pros: Inexpensive, well designed controls, good screen
Cons: Potential battery problems, bad software

I purchased my Rio 500 from buy.com for $199 minus the discount I got for
using a new customer coupon. Given that this 64MB unit is now available at
this price point, I think that despite its problems the Rio 500 is still
the best option...

Pros: Lightweight
Cons: Short battery life, bad software, bad case

I bought a Rio500 and regretted the purchase 5 minutes after opening the package.

To load software from the computer to the Rio500, you use the AudioManager software that comes with your Rio. On 3 of 4 computers I tried the Rio software on,...