Surfing the web tonight, I encountered a record label/music site with some RealAudio content. I thought it would be good to give RealPlayer 10 (Universal) a try on our HD MPEG-1 VBR 720p (Least Likely PSA). Sure enough, it plays great. In fact, the quality is excellent, suggesting Real has done some first-class work on it's MPEG-1/MPEG-2 decoder.

So to summarize the playback software capable of delivering streaming 720p HD content using MPEG-1 VBR:

• Real Player 10 Mac
• Real Player 10 PC
• QuickTime Mac
• QuickTime Windows
• Windows Media Player
• VideoLAN for just about every Linux

Universal HD delivery to Mac and PC desktops.