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61 out of 72 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: RealPlayer 10
Pros: A lot of sites I visit cater to RP for viewing videos and Firefox has the RealPlayer plug-in. When installing it asks if you want to install FF with google-toolbar. The "combo" is tops in it's usefulness and configuring is extensive. After registering with an eMail address, you can get daily updates of new music, videos, movie trailers, etc. VERY intuitive app that will dLo & install ANY plug-ins that it needs to do whatever you ask, but...
Cons: ...it seems that everytime you click on a tab you get to view commercials, and a prompt to purchase a "monthly-plan" which gives you unlimited access. Without the RealAccess you are swamped with commercials that actually hinder the usability of the player. There's a lot of freeware that does just as good of a job without the ads...
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43 out of 53 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: RealPlayer 10
Pros: better than media player 9, divx player, quick time player.
Cons: occassionally tries to connect to the internet, which i had configured to stop, but it doesn't stop, had to remove that entry from the registry.
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17 out of 20 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: RealPlayer 10
Pros: Everything abt realplayer is nice and I particularly like the fact it can play my local radio stations broadcasting...
Cons: Well except for its popups which I hate v much...
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15 out of 16 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: RealPlayer 10
Pros: The only player that can play those .rmvb files!!!
Cons: Unless you need to watch RMVB files. It's just another space eater.
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26 out of 28 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: RealPlayer 10
"Were it not for RealMedia, I'd never use this."
Pros: A must have if you want to view/hear RealMedia, RealVideo or RealAudio files.
Cons: I do like the fact that Microsoft does have some competition in the online media world, but I don't like the software needed to view/hear that media.
RealPlayer is clunky, slow, ugly, and doesn't fit in with the rest of Windows software,
It insists upon "registration" for every user on your computer (including the administrator, which makes absolutely no sense).
The default interface is annoying and is something I turn off immediately. It takes you to real.com and throws videos at you.
The default setting also put RealPlayer in your system tray and pre-selects "alerts" for you. It's annoying and just one more program to clutter your system tray. I disable right after installation (they don't make that easy, either).
And of course you're nagged to purchase the "Pro" edition.
If you don't pay attention, you get other junk installed too (namely a stupid "Try AOL" icon on your desktop and start menu).
Nope, if it weren't for the fact that I want to view RealAudio/Video files on occasion, I'd not even bother installing this sorry excuse for software.
It's really too bad, because RealPlayer for Linux is much nicer and I really like the idea of truly cross-platform media format, but the Windows version of RealPlayer stinks, period.
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