Why RealPlayer Plus? The Benefits!

The latest RealPlayer Plus is everything you want in a media player: pristine audio and video playback, a built-in music store, access to worldwide radio, and it's the only player that plays CDs, DVDs and all major media file types, including Real, Windows Media, QuickTime MPEG-4, MP3.

Enhanced video and audio controls gives you greater control of your media, whether you're downloading music, burning CDs, watching the latest video.

• RealAudio Lossless Format
  The new format allows you to burn professional-quality CDs using only half the disk space of the standard CD audio format (WAV).
  
  
• Advanced CD Burning** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  The simplicity of using 1-2-3-Burn to create your own CDs conceals some powerful options. Like the ability to normalize volume across all CD song tracks, set up cross fades, and even take out the gaps between audio tracks.
  
  
• Analog Recording** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Migrating your vinyl or cassette collection to the digital world, or recording your own voice for narration or a quick audio message, taps RealPlayer's capacity for Analog Recording, another valuable tool for transporting you and your media into the digital future/domain.
  
  
• Multiple Audio Formats
  RealPlayer supports all the latest formats, including audio CD, MP3, MPEG, Sony Memory Stick and many more.
  
  
• Multi-Channel Stereo Sound
  Bump it up! Enjoy 5-channel audio plus a dedicated sub-woofer channel for streaming or playback through your sound system.
  
  
• 10-Band Graphic EQ - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Take control of your music. Optimize your sound exactly the way you like it with this sweet graphic equalizer. Adjust your EQ for room size, input type, etc.
  
  
• High Bitrate Encoding**
  An audio lover's dream! Mix, burn and rip CDs and MP3s at up to 320kbps for ultra-high quality.
  
  
• Crossfade** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Release your inner deejay and get jiggy with it! Crossfade between songs and add reverb to give your mixes a professional par-tay sound.
  
  
• Visualizations**
  Music that looks as cool as it sounds! See the patterns your music makes on the screen with hundreds of colorful, cutting-edge animations from some of the Web's hottest designers.
  
  
• Album Info
  Displays handy reference info about the album or clips you've selected. Automatically loads info from CDs or streaming clips. Keep track of lyrics and other details about your clips.
  
  
• Portable Device
  Take your music with you! Download clips to your favorite portable digital music devices. Compatible with MP3, Sony Memory Stick, Palm, Nomad Zen, iPod and other formats.

• LivePause** & Perfect Play
  Control your streams. Pause, rewind and fast-forward through live audio or video clips while they play. Create your own sports instant replay!
  
  
• Universal Player
  From .AIFF to .X-STREAM, RealPlayer has never met a file type it didn't like. Now, the same Player that handles your streaming media and downloaded QuickTime, Windows Media** or MPEG audio/video files can also play your DVDs, VCDs and store-bought or homemade CD-ROMS. Finally, digital media has become more manageable.
  
  
• High Quality Video
  New RealVideo 10™ delivers superior video quality over any type of Internet connection -- from narrowband to broadband. View and download DVD quality video starting at 500kbps.
  
  
• TurboPlay
  No more waiting for clips to load! New TurboPlay improves streaming so your clips load faster, start quicker and play smoother over all types of connections - from dialup to high-speed broadband.
  
  
• Advanced Video Controls - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Adjust your viewer just like a TV set for amazing picture quality. Handy sliders let you tweak your video controls for brightness, contrast, sharpness, hue, etc. Remembers your settings.

• Toolbar Mode** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Minimize your player to free up valuable space on your desktop while you're multitasking.
  
  
• Built-In Media Browser
  Surf the Web while you're watching clips or crankin' with the music.
  
  
• Skins**
  Express yourself! Customize the look of your RealPlayer to reflect your personality. Choose from hundreds of vivid, colorful skins or create and personalize your own.

** This feature is not available on a Mac