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0 pointstombert1y ago0 comments

I knew that, but it always baffles me when I hear it again. Who uses any Real products anymore?

Back in 2007 the only reason I ever used Real stuff was pirated episodes of South Park, and even then I think I was using Real Alternative. Even in 2007 the company seemed like it was dying, and I have no idea 17 years later it's still somehow alive.

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nativeit1y ago

It appears they’re mostly buying other companies and their tech, with no apparent whales on either side of the ledger, so they don’t appear to be growing or failing at any great pace.

RandallBrown1y ago

I drive by their headquarters in Seattle pretty regularly and always wonder the same thing.

gwbas1c1y ago

Wait, people were still using Real back in 2007? At that point I had cycled through DivX, XviD, and then just started holding onto the .VOB file from the DVD.

tombertOP1y ago

As I said, the only thing I used it for was pirated episodes of South Park. For whatever reason, a lot of the South Park piracy websites were using .rm files.

For literally everything else, I think I used XviD until MakeMKV came along.

gwbas1c1y ago

Were they really, really bad quality? They might have been leftovers from the 1990s.

I used to download them over a modem.

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giancarlostoro1y ago

I remember installing their software reluctantly

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0 pointstombert1y ago0 comments

I knew that, but it always baffles me when I hear it again. Who uses any Real products anymore?

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nativeit1y ago

It appears they’re mostly buying other companies and their tech, with no apparent whales on either side of the ledger, so they don’t appear to be growing or failing at any great pace.

RandallBrown1y ago

I drive by their headquarters in Seattle pretty regularly and always wonder the same thing.

gwbas1c1y ago

Wait, people were still using Real back in 2007? At that point I had cycled through DivX, XviD, and then just started holding onto the .VOB file from the DVD.

tombertOP1y ago

As I said, the only thing I used it for was pirated episodes of South Park. For whatever reason, a lot of the South Park piracy websites were using .rm files.

For literally everything else, I think I used XviD until MakeMKV came along.

gwbas1c1y ago

Were they really, really bad quality? They might have been leftovers from the 1990s.

I used to download them over a modem.

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giancarlostoro1y ago

I remember installing their software reluctantly

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