Archive through July 02, 2002
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Archive through July 02, 2002
Keiffer | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 11:21 am     Another good point to the cridit card requirement is that in the main only adults have credit cards. That means they can show uneditted streaming and know that a person watching is an adult. Even though it hasn't happend yet here, in other BB's some coupled get kind of wild. Of course last years HG's were not afraid to talk like sailors. |
Jules | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 11:32 am     Thanks you all for the info. I dont have a debit card but I know someone who does so that should be ok. I cant wait for BB to start!!!! |
Mygetaway | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 03:04 pm     Hey, I wonder if you could buy one of those Visa "gift" cards and use that? By one for like $40 bucks, just to cover the 9.95 for 3 months (just in case). |
Jules | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 04:08 pm     thats a good idea where do you get those at , i dont think they have them around here in the sticks LOL. thanks mygetaway |
Penpoint | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 11:14 am     I just looked it up in my credit card records for last year. I paid Real a one-time charge of $19.95 to cover the duration of BB2, which lasted slightly over two months. I did not sign up for the Gold Pass and I did not have to cancel after BB2 ended. |
Mygetaway | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 11:25 am     Jules, I'm not sure exactly where to get them, but Safeway in our area is now selling gift cards from local stores in their card aisle. On another note, I checked the system requirements for the PLayerOne, and I don't meet them. I barely met the minimum for the 8plus last year. Unless I can get the feeds again for the 8 plus, I guess I don't get LIVE feeds this year. I'm bummed!  |
Mygetaway | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 11:51 am     Ok, I just went to REAL.com. If you don't have the RealOne Player, the feeds will not be available to you for a previous player (like 8 Plus from last year) Minimum System Requirements for RealOne Player and RealOne Player Plus* - 233MHz Intel Pentium II processor - 64MB of RAM - 28.8Kpbs modem (audio only) - 16-bit sound card and speakers - 65,000-color video display card set to display at 800x600 (video) - Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later, Windows XP - IE 5.0 or later If you have a dinosaur like me (pentium 1) and can't upgrade, you won't be able to get the live feeds.    |
Jules | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 11:55 am     Thanks Mygetaway, Ill look around for a card this weekend. Hopefully I can find one before the 10th. |
Ryn | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 12:33 pm     myget - you can always TRY the 14 day trial, the content from BB will not put that much a load on your system. just download it and see if it works with some LOW bandwidth content |
Jarryjayo | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 01:27 pm     hey Mygetaway, if you have a lot of system ram and a good video card, you could try downloading the free real player and see if it works. I would bet it would if you run windows 98 with a system of 128mbs. I have an old p1 166mhz with 128mbs of ram and I can get the real player to work, with my old ati card. watched big brother last year too on it. in another room, Mind you this year I got an p3 and a p4 to play around with, both cards have twin view so I can play one thing and watch another. |
Mygetaway | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 06:47 pm     Thanks Ryn and Jarry for all your help! I was going to try what you said, but hubby is "forcing" me to upgrade my system..{LOL} With the last income tax we upgraded all the "leftover parts" in the house, and everybody but me got a new puter out of it. I liked mine the way it was, and kept putting off doing anything to it. Anyway, I'm getting a new one tomorrow that should solve all my problems except not having DSL or cable modem... Thanks again.. |
Jules | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 07:47 pm     I just got an email from real.com, they said that if I used a debit card, it had to have a visa or mastercard logo on it for it to work. Just thought Id let you know. |
Treasure | Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 07:36 am     For those that don't have a cc or a Visa or MasterCard logo'ed debit card: If you have a checking account, you can get a PayPal account that has a feature that they call their "virtual debit MasterCard" that lets you shop anywhere online with funds you deposit into your PayPal account. It says it generates a unique 16 digit number and expiration date just like any credit card. Don't know exactly how it works, but saw it and thought it might be useful for those who otherwise won't be able to buy the Live Feeds. |
Spunky | Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 09:45 am     Will there be a "free Live feeds" period to get as many viewers as possible to pay?? I think last time there was and after a while they started charging to watch live feeds and I never did pay however. I think it could be a good move to get as many people as possible to pay, if they don't then they clearly don't need the money and so why charge? If you entice internet viewers with free live feeds for about a week or two weeks it should be a better move and I hope so because I want to get a taste again of the whole show online as it was for the very first BB. If I'm denied that I think the whole show will be less appealing for me and I think I'm among the vast majority of peopole who feel this way and so BB will not get its chance to become more popular. |
Sunshinemiss | Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 11:23 am     Spunky, Realplayer has a 2 week free period, at least right now. I have been keeping an eye open during our televised baseball games to see if I can spot a good deal like the one offered last year for the baseball season. The season runs (luckily) simutaneously with BB. No luck so far, just the 2 week free trial period. I'll keep y'all posted. |
Jadeygurl39 | Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 01:19 pm     Sunshinemiss If you do find an update regarding realplayer, will you please post it for us (me) in the dark? **handing Sunshine a shiney new nickel** Thanks a bunch Jadey |
Mygetaway | Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 02:03 pm     Has anyone else downloaded the free RealOne player yet? Not the free 14 day trial with the super pass, but the other one? It has it's own web browser now, and I for one think it's going to be a bigger pain to operate than last years. Is anyone else having this problem? I can't even find any "free" video to try out to see how it works with my 56k connection. It just keeps telling me to try the free 14 day trial. I don't want to sign up for anything unitl we know if there is going to be a "deal" that includes it all. Grrrrrrr.. |
Penpoint | Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 03:01 pm     Mygetaway, I downloaded the free RealOne player and it's working fine. You can turn off the browser portion, which in my opinion is a really unnecessary feature. After downloading, if you want to test it out on some "free" video, you can often find clips on some of the TV network sites. |
Ryanc2002 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 05:26 pm     Last year I had a 300 MHZ Hewlett Packard with 80 MB of RAM running Winders 98 with a 15 inch monitor and unfortunatly I wasn't able to take advantage of my cable modem because high bandwidth made my computer act like it was gonna blow up. This year I've got a 1.4 GHZ Dell with 128 megs of RAM and Windows XP and a 17 inch monitor, I'm psyched about BB3 on a REAL computer! |
Bigfan | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 08:36 pm     Ryan, I'm such a computer dummie that the only thing I understood you to say was Hewlett Packard!!=) Some of us don't even know what we have and we're psyched, just think what I'd be like if i knew what I was doing!!!=) |
Ryanc2002 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 09:35 pm     Bigfan: Translation: My Hewlett Packard was just a few notches better than Dinosaur, my Dell isn't the latest and greatest but still zooms. |
Sunriverose | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 04:23 am     Hi, just to help relieve BB live feed anxiety, I just used my Visa Debit Card to order RealOne. I was able to download RealOne on my way slo puter. Its a pentium that's 8 years old, only shows a tiny sliver on the pie chart for available memory. The download went quite smoothly. I was really afraid it would say that I didn't have enough memory to do it, but I think it overwrote realplayer8, and took very little extra space. No prob with the visa debit card. |
Zcompkid | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:34 am     All, What if you do not have a credit card because you are a high school sophomore? My mom and dad won't let me use their's for like $9.95 for the whole time. I think that it is worth it. If anyone has any advise on getting it or if someone has it and wants to give me somthing to help me out. Also what do you need to view it? If someone could post a link to anything, that would be so gracious of you. How do you put a link on your post? |
Ryanc2002 | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 09:45 am     Zcompkid: Kiss up to grandma? |
Spygirl | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:27 am     Zcomp, read up in this thread. There is a suggestion already posted to answer your question. |
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