Rio PMP-300 (32 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Price, music quality, portability, durable, ease of use
Cons: Memory, headphones

Lets be realistic... When buying the PMP300 you are looking for a good deal as well as quality for your money. The Diamond Rio PMP300 is exactly that. I have had mine for months and nothing has gone wrong with the player. I must mention; however;...

Pros: Cheap player, great rebate!
Cons: Rebate almost gone!

Just a note to remind anyone looking at picking up one of the PMP300 players: the current $50 rebate from Diamond is about to expire! The unit must be purchased on or before September 30th, 2000 -- and you must get the form postmarked by October 31st,...

Pros: lightweight (2.5 ounces), palm size, clear, high quality, durable
Cons: compatible only with windows 95

Mp3, could it be the sound of the future. The new craze in the music industry is mp3. A new format of music that is now possible to be listened to with the help of portable players like the Dimaond Rio. Diamond MM, the creators of the Rio PMP300 and Rio...

Pros: Enables you to play MP3 songs without computer.
Cons: External flash cards are expensive.

The Diamond Rio in my opinion is one of the best portable MP3 players out, if not the best. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. I've had one since August of 1999. I have had nothing but fun with the Rio. I haven't had any problems or...

Pros: Low price, good quality sound
Cons: Only 32MB

The PMP300 is pretty good. The sound quality is good. It's even better than my computer. But, it holds only 32MB which they say can hold 60 minutes of music, but if you want to listen to CD quality music (128Kbits), it really holds only about 30...

Pros: price, reliability, battery life, playback quality
Cons: battery cover is a bit weak, memory upgrade is expensive

The Diamond Rio 300, which retails for about $150 is a great player for the money. It is made by a respectable company, which offers great technical support. The battery life is very long, the playback clear and loud, and the downloading of songs using...

Pros: good mp3 player with some small problems
Cons: bad CS

I had it maybe longer than anyone else. I bought it just when it came out since I am such a MP3 lover. After about one year, I still enjoy it very much. I take it with me every time I take a ride. Nothing can beat it in the car. It's so much better than...

Pros: size, convinience
Cons: skips, batterys

Although the rio has its ups like not haveing to change cds, its small size easaly put in any pocket, and hold ing as many mp3s as most audio cd do. The rio is not the best choice for many resons. First is that if you bump it hard it skips or goas to the...

Pros: small, light, no skipping
Cons: lack of memory

The Rio is great for listening to music on the go. Unlike a cd player it never skips becaue it has no moveable parts. I would recommend it for anyone looking to get an mp3 player. The only drawback is that you get a small amount of memory, and extra...

Pros: doesn't skip, good sound quality
Cons: expensive, small song capacity

When I went to buy my first MP3 player, I heard this one was the best so I went at it. Too bad I didn't read into it first. While the sound quality on it is excellent, and it doesn't skip like CD players, I found it hard to believe that they found people...

Pros: price size and quality
Cons: memory

You get slamed in the face when you turn you rio on! rio is a modern marvel, the concept of takking music downloaded from the net and putting it on a small credit card sized walk man is amazing and the rio player defintly expliots this amazing wonder to...

Pros: Plays MP3s
Cons: Everything Not Listed Under PROS

Don't waste your time on this one. When I bought it I paid the full price of $300. That comes to around $9.50 per megabyte of music. Sure, it's portable, sure it plays MP3 files without the use of a computer, thats *all* it's worth. Try a CD-MP3 player...

Pros: Size/Cost/Quality
Cons: Size of Memory 32MB

I have seen opinions go both ways on the RIO. I personally really like it. I purchased the RIO knowing that it came with 32MB RAM. Given that I use this only when I am working out and biking, I do not need the highest quality of music. What I mean by...

Pros: cheap
Cons: low memory

Its is cheap and very good, the only bad thing is the low memory and the lack of upgrading but for a hundred bucks you cant go wrong. Everyone should buy this mp3 player so hopefully the prices of others should go down. This is an a + + + + + for me....

Pros: ok Memory, very light
Cons: memory upgrades expensive

This is a review of the SE version of the Rio 300. Pros: very light and small, attractive design, SE version has adequate memory (64MB) for enough songs, plus room for expansion card. Easy to download songs into it. CONS: Rio software will not let it run...