I bought a RioVolt about 3 months ago and I friggin love it! I archive my mp3s on CD anyway so this is the perfect player for me. My DVD player also reads mp3 cds so I can't go wrong. The player also reads CD-RW discs so if you want a daily selection of songs you got it made. On top of that it is upgradable by d/l a new patch onto a CD-RW, pressing play, viola, upgraded. It currently reads *.mp3 and *.wma files, but I'm sure other formats could be added. The last patch added support for reading WinAmp playlist files (*.m3u) 2 double AA batteries last about 10-12 hours because it loads the current mp3 file up and then stops spinning...very cool! For around $150 bucks it is a great deal.
I really can't say enough about how cool this bad boy is!!
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I bought a RioVolt about 3 months ago and I friggin love it! I archive my mp3s on CD anyway so this is the perfect player for me. My DVD player also reads mp3 cds so I can't go wrong. The player also reads CD-RW discs so if you want a daily selection of songs you got it made. On top of that it is upgradable by d/l a new patch onto a CD-RW, pressing play, viola, upgraded. It currently reads *.mp3 and *.wma files, but I'm sure other formats could be added. The last patch added support for reading WinAmp playlist files (*.m3u) 2 double AA batteries last about 10-12 hours because it loads the current mp3 file up and then stops spinning...very cool! For around $150 bucks it is a great deal.
I really can't say enough about how cool this bad boy is!!
Anyway, that is my 2 cents :)