Hi!

Is the SONICblue RioVolt SP250 recommendable? Or is there a cheaper one with similar features that can probably playback Ogg Vorbis files?

IRiver slimx, cheaper and better features if you ask me

Thanks, maybe I'll get that one

If you like all displays on the outboard remote. Personally it would drive me nuts, but just my preference (I prefer the LCD display on the main unit).

Well, I have the iRiver ChromeX, which is SlimX's younger brother, and I simply love it.

Really cheap, really good features, slightly thicker, but you can use normal batteries inside it, unlike with the SlimX. The LCD is on the unit, though

But the rechargeable batteries that the SlimX uses are probably quite good...

The RioVolts are just iRivers rebranded, so... I'd rather go for the originals

(Nevertheless, I also bought not long ago a RioVolt Sp-90 for my girlfriend, flashed it to the iRiver iMP-100 with a small hex-editing, and it works wonderfully well...)

I'd say iRiver really knows their stuff. You just can't go wrong with their products. And I think the whole family will get Ogg playback, not just the newer models... (They seem to develop firmware updates in parallel for all of them... a common API, probably)