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Re: why do people put the real player down?
said by WFO  :dadkins, please turn off your ad blocking software and then post a screen shot.  If he did that, his laptop would melt down. 
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ragingtoad
join:2004-07-03 | reply to fonzbear2000
I dont knock real player nor do I use it.
But I must say the RMVB codec is quite impressive. |
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dadkins
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2 edits | reply to WFO
said by WFO :said by dadkins :As for "ads"... anyone see [AD] anywhere on this screenshot? Ads don't seem to bother me much, if ya know what I mean. dadkins, please turn off your ad blocking software and then post a screen shot. No prob! Yeah, I like Outpost Pro!
Even a Vonage ad at the bottom!
Outpost doesn't let the ad servers connect, so this time with Outpost off, it loaded alot slower.
Outpost is always on... I don't see ads!
EDIT: Can you tell which one is with Outpost enabled?
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dvd536
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said by Kilroy :Because it loads stuff we don't want and attempts to make everything run through Real Player. you forgot about the horrid quality of REAL video.
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| said by dvd536 :said by Kilroy :Because it loads stuff we don't want and attempts to make everything run through Real Player. you forgot about the horrid quality of REAL video. For the most part, yes. But I've seen a few recent things that had pretty good quality. I was very surprised.
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Buddel
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EU | reply to fonzbear2000
I use Real Player because it has never caused any problems here; and yes, I like it! If it did cause problems, however, I would not think twice and uninstall it. |
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Rick
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Real Player ticked me off long ago with all the crap it put on my computer and I never looked at or wanted the program since.
I'm pretty happy with Media player and use that for just about everything except watching DVD's for which I use cyberlink/power DVD.
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gate1975mlm
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Philadelphia, PA | I also like Real Player! |
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ssj4android
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Wyoming, MI | reply to fonzbear2000
Real Media files were horrible quality when they first started to come out. Maybe people remember that?
Rhapsody is horrible though. It sends my CPU usage to around 50%. |
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howie
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Little Falls, NJ | When does Rhapsody "send your CPU usage to around 50%"?
When I'm using it, my CPU is about 2-4% used. |
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dadkins
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| said by howie :When does Rhapsody "send your CPU usage to around 50%"? When I'm using it, my CPU is about 2-4% used. I'd like to know this as well... ~2% here.
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4 edits | reply to Schrade
Re: why do people put the real player down?
WMP 8 is around 4MB of space and uses 3.87MB of ram on my system
power dvd 7.0 uses 90MB
(watching dvd)
quicktime uses 500+ MB of ram 75%-89% of an dual core @ 2.6GHz/2.8GHz (AMD cpu) when watching an 100MB HD movie (1080P)
real player um i have not used it cause the new GUI sucks and it is not free and has adware/spyware |
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JTM1051
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PC World's (2006) 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time
1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004) |
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joako
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/dev/null | reply to fonzbear2000
I stopped using it when the required you to create an account, just to use the software.
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Mele20
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So?? PCWorld doesn't like the 1999 version of Real Player? What does that have to do with the current version???
That entire list is suspect. Nothing wrong with AOL if you had it years ago when only dialup was available or have it currently if you live in an area (like this island) where broadband is not very available. It gave me a far superior dial up connection than did Verizon, Earthlink and other ISPs I tried and I didn't need to use AOL browser at all. I currently have AOL free from Road Runner.
That PC World list is just a gripe list and each person's gripe list is going to be different. I consider the current Real Player (not the 1999 version) to be excellent. It is the versions of Microsoft's WMP since 6.4 that badly suck. The only problem with Real Player and Rhapsody (which has fantastic sound and library) is that the tech support is as bad or worse than Symantec's.
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JTM1051
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| said by Mele20 :So?? PCWorld doesn't like the 1999 version of Real Player? What does that have to do with the current version??? Just pointing out, as others in have, that some do not like/trust RealPlayer due to its past.
With all the boners RealPlayer has pulled over the years lot of people, including myself, I still don't trust them.
That PC World list is just a gripe list and each person's gripe list is going to be different. After reading many of your posts I'll yield to your experience on the subject gripes. |
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Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | quote:
After reading many of your posts I'll yield to your experience on the subject gripes.
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major marco
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said by fonzbear2000 :quite a few times, ive seen people say that the real player sucks-i listened to an mp3 through both real and winamp and they sounded exactly the same-i watched a video on both and they looked and sounded exactly the same-so, why are people against real player? Where to start. That's like asking why AOHell sucks and isn't as popular as say, Firefox. My personal hate for RealPlayer is as follows:
1) Phones home.
2) Installs a buncha shit I don't want/need on my HD.
3) Uses DRM whether you enable it or not.
Has nothing to do with quality or lack thereof. Personally, I just refuse to use any software whose developers assume their customers are dumb and won't mind bloatware that sucks up their system's resources and scans the HD transmitting anything back to the mothership that it finds. I feel the same way about Windows Media Player.
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Mele20
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| Uh...Real Player hasn't phoned home in a couple of years unless you decide it should. You must be thinking of old versions before Real got with it and got a good privacy policy.
It's WMP player that gives you NO choice and phones home whether you want it to or not. It is also WMP that forces DRM for most everything. I have WMP player above 6.4 non-functional on my computer.
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