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Sion · 02-15-2004, 01:23 PM

guess I'll toss my 2 cents in as well:

I havent used any Real product in several years. and unless, or until Real offers something that other players dont, I wont be in the future either. I had all the typical "trouble" with RP and RO as mentioned previously in this thread. On top of which, once I decided to uninstall the product, I discovered that its nearly impossible to get rid of it completely. And that, more than anything else, is why I dont want the product on my machine. It clings to the system more tenaciously than the face-sucker in Alien. That is not only bad business, but bad programming, IMO.

Im a multimedia type of user. I have tried nearly every media player there is, and the ONLY one I ever wanted off my machine is Real. That right there should tell you something.

heres a list of the players that are on my system:

wmp 6.4
winamp 2.8
coolplayer
bsplayer
divx player
irfan view
avipreview
quicktime
powerDVD
media player classic (ie real alternative)
and possibly one or two more that I forgot

there are strengths and weaknesses in each of these, but none of them have ever caused me to want to uninstall, the way RP did back in the day. now, you admit to Real's past mistakes (good for you - honesty is something that is rare in todays business world) and you say that Real is taking steps to correct/eliminate those mistakes. ok, thats all fine and dandy. but, I have yet to see anything in what you have said that would make me want to try the new version. what can it offer that these other players dont?

oh, and by the way, slightly off topic but, what is the deal with some of these new media players having a web browser? why does ANY media player need a browser? IMO, they do NOT. I HAVE a browser (two actually). so when I want to view a website, it use IE or Mozilla. am I the only person who sees this as unneccessary and unwanted functionality? the ONLY time a player should even try to access the internet is to attempt a codec download in the event it encounters something it cant decode.

02-15-2004, 01:23 PM	#43 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	guess I'll toss my 2 cents in as well: I havent used any Real product in several years. and unless, or until Real offers something that other players dont, I wont be in the future either. I had all the typical "trouble" with RP and RO as mentioned previously in this thread. On top of which, once I decided to uninstall the product, I discovered that its nearly impossible to get rid of it completely. And that, more than anything else, is why I dont want the product on my machine. It clings to the system more tenaciously than the face-sucker in Alien. That is not only bad business, but bad programming, IMO. Im a multimedia type of user. I have tried nearly every media player there is, and the ONLY one I ever wanted off my machine is Real. That right there should tell you something. heres a list of the players that are on my system: wmp 6.4 winamp 2.8 coolplayer bsplayer divx player irfan view avipreview quicktime powerDVD media player classic (ie real alternative) and possibly one or two more that I forgot there are strengths and weaknesses in each of these, but none of them have ever caused me to want to uninstall, the way RP did back in the day. now, you admit to Real's past mistakes (good for you - honesty is something that is rare in todays business world) and you say that Real is taking steps to correct/eliminate those mistakes. ok, thats all fine and dandy. but, I have yet to see anything in what you have said that would make me want to try the new version. what can it offer that these other players dont? oh, and by the way, slightly off topic but, what is the deal with some of these new media players having a web browser? why does ANY media player need a browser? IMO, they do NOT. I HAVE a browser (two actually). so when I want to view a website, it use IE or Mozilla. am I the only person who sees this as unneccessary and unwanted functionality? the ONLY time a player should even try to access the internet is to attempt a codec download in the event it encounters something it cant decode. __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...