Refurbished Rio Nitrus for $49.99

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Rio Nitrus



$49.99 + shipping/taxes

 

[sparkyclarky]

Not a bad deal at all. I just picked up a Carbon (sort of the succesor to the nitrus), and it seems like a decent player so far. The UI isn't anywhere near iPod level, but it isn't bad. The 5 band customizable EQ is a nice addition.

 

[gsaldivar]

NICE! :thumbsup:

 

[Childs]

Nice Deal. Bought 2 for spare presents.

 

[k1114]

Not a bad player, although kind of sketchy (they have strange problems) - still worth the cost

 

[Ensign]

Thanks, OP. Decisions, decisions!

 

[Rupster]

I just wish it was "drag & drop"

other than that, this gets great reviews

 

[naich]

Is this really from IBM? I'm a little suspicious of the site. Has anyone ordered from here before?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: naich
Is this really from IBM? I'm a little suspicious of the site. Has anyone ordered from here before?

It's ibm.com -- who do you think it is? LOL

 

[tempuraki]

darn it, i bought one and i don't even know why... oh well, next day shipping shows up to be free for me, weird...

 

[Dyloot]

Originally posted by: k1114
Not a bad player, although kind of sketchy (they have strange problems) - still worth the cost

That's the story of almost the entire Rio line. I've owned four different Rios over the years, and all had nagging problems, and three eventually died. Sonicblue had a pretty poor reputation, and it appears now that IBM has bought them?

Dyloot

 

[dmaduram]

I'm thinking about buying this, but there's a negative review over here:

http://www.andrewdavidson.com/articles/rio-nitrus-mp3-player-review/

"the Nitrus doesn't remember any of your folder hierarchy when transferring files. You must rely entirely on your MP3's tag information. This is the critical, major flaw that would prevent me from ever recommending the Nitrus. The flaw is shared by the PMP-300, but with the PMP-300's much smaller memory, the song organization is nowhere near as critical. The Rio Volts, thankfully, lacked the flaw by the simple fact that they used the folder organization already present on MP3 CDs."

My mp3 collection is pretty unorganized, so I guess I'll have to do something about that if I buy this thing ~_~

 

[Funkertosh]

Thanks OP!

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: Dyloot

Originally posted by: k1114
Not a bad player, although kind of sketchy (they have strange problems) - still worth the cost

That's the story of almost the entire Rio line. I've owned four different Rios over the years, and all had nagging problems, and three eventually died. Sonicblue had a pretty poor reputation, and it appears now that IBM has bought them?

Dyloot

The single issue that's keeping me from buying it (besides the fact that I have no need for it - but that does not really matter ) is the reliability issues that people experience (based on Amazon and Cnet reviews). $50 is a great price but not if the thing dies in 3 months.

 

[Kostya17]

Thanks, sil3nt t0rnado!

ordered one.

 

[tempuraki]

just got an update email:

"Unfortunately, due to inventory constraints, we not able to fulfill the
item that you ordered."

oh well, good luck everyone.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: tempuraki
just got an update email:

"Unfortunately, due to inventory constraints, we not able to fulfill the
item that you ordered."

oh well, good luck everyone.

when did u place ur order?

 

[cstring]

what the hell, order 1 anyways.

 

[gorcorps]

"Unfortunately, the product number you entered cannot be found. Please check the number and try again or enter another number." Looks like I missed out... dam

 

[ICR5]

OP: mark as Dead

 

[spanky]

aw junk, i got the email about inventory blah blah blah. i ordered yesterday at like 10am est.

 

[stockjock]

aw junk, i got the email about inventory blah blah blah. i ordered yesterday at like 10am est.

Same here!!:disgust:

 

[Childs]

I ordered at 9:35AM EST and still received the notice. They must have only had a few of these.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Childs
I ordered at 9:35AM EST and still received the notice. They must have only had a few of these.

or just a price mistake perhaps? whatever.. i just saved $50 and i didn't even have to switch to geico.

 

[Samus]

all orders may have been canceled. i was one of the first to place an order and my order of 2 units was canceled.

might have been a price fu#%up and they are failing to honor it, because after all, IBM is broke, right?