Real Player Basic

With Realplayer installed on your computer, you can now download any youtube video and play it back without having to go and download the video on youtube every time. Already we're seeing news reports that more and more video downloading is impacting on the future of the net: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7370956.stm Unless Youtube implements a similar feature to its file sharing site then this is one of the only ways to download a Youtube video. It works by flashing up text when you move your mouse over the video asking 'Download this video?' and when you click on it Realplayer will then activate to download the same video clip you're ...  Read the complete review

Real Player Is S*it - Advantages: NONE - Disadvantages: Slows the computer down, Hard to remove/uninstall, Changes computer settings

This is an excellent thing to have on your computer, it's free to download if you go to www.downloads.com or I think on the real player website www.real.com. If you want a better version you have to pay for it and I am sure it's american dollars also. They always tell you to update it thoguh if your version gets older and this can still be free. Usually when they improve it there is a difference unlike some things you download. The reason I downloaded this is because I wanted to listen to songs on websites and they said you needed this to hear them. The whole point of Real Player is when you are on a site and they say you can watch this video or listen ...  Read the complete review

Ive Been Using Real Player 8 Basic Since It Was Released And I Can Quit Honestly Say That I Like It, Its As Good As Or Maybe In Somecases Better Then Windows Media Player And DIVX "The Playa" The Features Of Real Player 8 Basic Are It Has Its Own Radio Tuner Were You Can Connect To Radio Channels All Over The World, From America To Japan And You Can Select From Comedy, Rock, Pop And More, And It Is Also Quite Quick. You Can Zoom In On The Current Movie File You're Watching, You Have An Equalizer, Real Jukebox And Youre Own Channels Like MTV And CNN Plus The Animal Channel .... And The Best Part Is Its FREE From The Real Player Web Site, ...  Read the complete review

far better than realplayer 7 - Advantages: worth while download, great radio - Disadvantages: sometimes the Buffering is slow