> > Yes, I have a river hp-140, bought from ebay a while ago and it just > > rocks. The 4 year battery still last a hell lot of hours and with rockbox > > using rsync to synchronize my ~/mp3 is priceless. > > > Did you have to use rockbox or did you just opt too? You need sane firmware but that doesn't have to be rockbox - there is USB storage firmware from iRiver. They are good players if a bit chunky by modern standards and also the hard disk is easy to replace when they take too much of a beating and die.
