I imagine that many of you gave up on Real Player quite a while ago, and I can’t blame you. I have a copy one of my machines, but I hardly use it anymore, except for the not-so-common chance I come across a site streaming in Real format. But with the new Real Player 11, I have a feeling after talking to Real today that I (and a few others) might give it a look.

The reason for this is its the easiest way I’ve seen to download web video. There are, of course, tools out there to download web video today, but none in such an easy way across formats (Real Player 11 supports Flash, Windows Media, Real and Quicktime). And while you can’t use the forthcoming version to send the content to another device (that feature is coming), you can do it in Windows Media Center as well as through the normal Windows of Mac file system.

Another interesting feature is the ability to burn DVDs. Now I probably wouldn’t pay the $30 they want for the ability to burn the videos onto a DVD since I already have good DVD burning software, but I imagine some who want an all in one solution would.

Another thing that turned me and many others off of Real Player a while ago was the annoying upsell to Real services like Rhapsody and others. They told me they’ve stripped the new player of this, and if what they say is true, this is another reason to give Real Player another try.

I’m curious - is anyone else looking to give the new Real Player a try?

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