RealOne v 2.0 Media Player Launches
WinInfo | at | by Mike
RealNetworks launched a new version of its RealOne media player on Tuesday, but its biggest new feature is somewhat of an overstatement. The company claims that RealOne v. 2.0 is the first "universal player," because it is the first to support all three of the most important online video formats, RealVideo, Windows Media Video, and Apple QuickTime MPEG-4. But what Real isn't saying is that its RealOne player requires Windows Media Player (WMP) and Apple QuickTime Player to be installed on users' systems before that support can be enabled. So it's unclear what benefits the universal player really offers users. Users hoping to take advantage of the universal player features will have to purchase the $20 Plus player.