After 10 years and with millions of users worldwide, Apple's
QuickTime player still provides one of the best solutions for digital
media. Whether you're watching streaming movie trailers online or diving
headlong into QuickTime as a creation platform, you'll find little to
quibble about in this veteran player.
Its few quirks are quickly
offset by the elegant Apple interface and the top-notch audio/video
playback quality. QuickTime 7 comes in two varieties. The free standard
player handles popular audio, graphic, and video formats, including the
much-ballyhooed H.264 and MPEG-4. Also, for $29.95, you can upgrade to
the content-creation-friendly Pro version, which adds features such as
full-screen playback, easy editing, H.264/MPEG-4 production, and the
ability to save movies from the Web.
MPEG-2 support is available,
but at an additional cost of $19.95.High-definition content looks
impressive with the new H.264 codec, but hardly better than with similar
offerings from Microsoft. The stylish transport controls and the
friendly layout work well. Inclusion of the autoupdate and
automatic-network-detection features make getting started and staying
current easy.
Overall, QuickTime 7 continues to be a must-have for anyone surfing the Web or looking to experience the best in digital media.
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