Rio PMP-300 (32 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Lightweight, convenient, durable, long lasting power supply.
Cons: Limited Memory

I picked up a Rio 300 for about $60 due to a couple $50 rebates a year or two ago. At that price - it's a good deal.

Functionality is great - it is easy to use and the buttons are easy to reach.

There are four graphic equalizer...

Pros: lasts long with 1 AA battery
Cons: looks kind of ungly

The Diamond Rio Special is great I got one off of e-bay it runs off of just one battery for a LONG time. Definitly a great product because I have dropped it a lot of times and it is stilling working perfectly. And best of all it has 64 MEGs of ram. It is...

Pros: Portable, Lightweight, Non-Skipping, & more
Cons: Can't Hold A Lot Of MP3's

Portable and Lightweight -- Download MP3 music and audio files very fast and take them wherever you want to go, without the disadvantage of skipping, size, and you get to have more than one artist so you can choose only the songs you want to hear. Rio...

Pros: great sound; does not skip; light; small
Cons: expensive

Here is the scenario. Your have managed to collect a large amount of (legal) MP3's (probably because you are a college student). All the music you listen to is contained on your computer. You have no CD's. You want to make your music collection...

Pros: ...Size, combines the best of discmans and walkmans...
Cons: ...lack of features, poor battery life...

...If you get a Rio MP3 portable player, you are buying into the digital music revolution. As with all technology, this Rio MP3 is only the beginning, and we'll soon see smaller players, better features, and cheaper prices. The problem is deciding...

Pros: New Low Price
Cons: Low Storage Space

The Diamond Rio is the undisputed leader in the world of portable MP3 players -- but they have areas that could use some improvement.

The included software is great, but it will not work under NT. This is a big problem, since that is what we...

Pros: Lightweight, convenient, easy to use
Cons: Need to improve the hardware and storage capacity, and wait for the prices to drop.

As an 'early-adopter' techno-geek type person, the minute I first read about the Rio a year ago I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. And so I put in my order...waited...got busy bootlegging mp3 files off the university-affiliated FTPs (just kidding,...

Pros: Interesting Concept, Light and Small, Great color scheme, Gets lots of attention
Cons: Very Expensive, Not much memory/not many songs, Little upgrade potential and flash memory is expensive, Unit seems fragile, volume limited low

I was one of the fortunate enough who got a Diamond Rio 300pmp at a drastically reduced price. However that is the only motivating factor that I had in this purchase. At a price of $150(us dollars) with a $50 dollar rebate the RIO for $100 is still not...

Pros: Small, lightweight, straightforward use
Cons: Parallel interface, No room for names, small memory

I received this as a gift about a year ago, so can't really complain about it being too expensive. I don't see too many people buying this since there are newer and fancier models out there now. That said, you can probably get a great deal on this unit...

Pros: Small, light, cool-looking, skip-free, only takes one AA battery, a minidisc contender
Cons: Difficult and slow to encode MP3s, but this is applicable to ALL portable MP3 players in the category, small 32MB of ram, bass just OK

This is the best purchase a runner could ever make, next to a good pair of Nikes. The Diamond Rio, by it's very nature, is solid-state and skip-free, making it a good choice for almost everyone from the jogger through the couch potato. The innovative and...

Pros: efficiency, decent price, never skips, cd quality
Cons: don't buy it if you're poor

Well, I own a mini disc player and several portable mp3 players. Without a dount, the Diamond Rio is my pick of the liter out of the mp3 bunch. It comes at a decent price, offers superb quality (nearly never skips), and best of all, it's portable! But...

Pros: small, last hours on end with 2 AA's, CD quality sound
Cons: cost

This is a great product for a music lover. It is relativity cheap. It’s an alternative to buying a CDR drive, since you can get your mp3’s into a portable audio form without burning a CD. This was perfect when I went on a trip. I just used their software...

Pros: fast and easy to use and you can use it anywhere!
Cons: comes with only 32mb of space

I received my Diamond Rio PMP300 for my birthday this past January, and I have to admit that I was initially not very excited about getting it. I mean, I am on my computer several hours every day, and I already had over 100 mp3 songs that I loved on my...

Pros: Plays Mp3
Cons: Too Costly, sound quality is low.

This product hit the scene a while back, and had everyone wanting to know what it was and how it worked. Everyone seemed to want one and it looked as if Mp3 Players were going to be the hottest thing yet. But to everyone's displeasure, Mp3 Players have...

Pros: Very small, light weight, portable
Cons: No backlit display, low memory capabilities

I'll give it to my 11 year old daughter because I will be buying something with a little more oompf for myself!

Of course, this was the plan when I bought it (in Singapore so with Currency conversion, it was a better deal). It serves its...