| NOVEMBER 2004 |
RealNetworks has renamed their player and pricing policies, and many Hunger Project participants have had difficulty finding the free version.
The Real website promotes what they call the "Premium Player with
Superpass"
in big type - which actually requires a monthly fee after a trial period - and
then the truly "Free Basic Player" in much smaller type over to the
right. You need to
carefully avoid the "Try Superpass Free" about three times and keep going for
the "Free Basic Player."
If
you go to http://www.real.com
you'll see an orange button: "Download RealPlayer" in the center. Go there.
When you go there, the brightly colored left side of the page will promote the "Download Our Best Player ($19.95). Avoid that.
On the right side of the page, you can download the Free Basic Player. Click on "Get RealPlayer - Free"
When you start installing the Free Basic Player, it'll give you one more opportunity to sign up for their pay service - avoid that and just take the regular basic installation.