Note: The quality of your viewing experience depends upon the speed of your Internet connection, also known as bandwidth. If you are using a dial-up connection, we suggest you select a "Low" speed format to ensure smoothly streaming video. If you have a broadband connection (e.g., DSL, cable modem or T1), you might be able to play films in our "High" speed format with increased quality. Another option is the "Real - High/Low" format, which will automatically adjust to the best available quality for your current connection speed.

There are no hard-and-fast rules. Sometimes the Internet gets clogged with traffic, and your connection's speed can vary. Try experimenting with different speeds to see which works best for you.

Real Player

How do I get the free player?

Click Here >

Page all the way down until you see a link that reads "RealPlayer 8 Basic." This is the free player.

Click on the link. Enter your email address, country, language and connection speed. Click on "Download FREE RealPlayer 8 Basic." Then, on the next screen, click on "Download FREE RealPlayer 8 Basic Now." Next, click on the geographic location nearest you. This starts the download process. Once you begin the download, keep clicking "Next" until you get a message that the player has been loaded and you can see the icon.

The technical stuff:

To run RealPlayer 8 on the Windows platform, you need:

• 120MHz Intel Pentium processor
• 16MB of RAM
• 28.8Kpbs modem
• 16-bit sound card and speakers
• 65,000-color video display card (video)
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4
• IE 4.0.1 or Netscape 4.0 or later

To run RealPlayer 8 on the Macintosh platform, you need:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• 32 MB RAM
• Virtual Memory turned on, set to 64MB
• 604 PowerPC (200 MHz or better)
• 28.8Kpbs modem Internet connection
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later or Netscape 4.05 or later