Infinite Product Space

I understand the product topology in finite dimensions but I'm having trouble visualizing it in infinite dimension. I think that the best way to understand would probably be to first do some examples. Take the countable as well as uncountable product of $\mathbb{R}$ with itself, the space of sequences and functions of $\mathbb{R}$. What sets are open in each?

The following diagram of $\Bbb R^{\Bbb N}$ may be helpful: Each of the vertical lines represents one factor of the product and is therefore a copy of $\Bbb R$. A point $x$ in the product is a sequence $\langle x_n:n\in\Bbb N\rangle$ of real numbers, one from each factor; I’ve represented that by the jagged line that crosses the diagram from left to right. Its intersection with the $n$-th factor (vertical line) represents a single real number, $x_n$.

A basic open set in the product is determined by picking a finite set $F$ of factors, picking an open set in each, and requiring the value of $x_n$ for $n\in F$ to be in the open set chosen for that factor. For instance, in the diagram I’ve shown an open set that restricts $x_2,x_5$, and $x_8$ to the heavy black open intervals in those factors; my point $x$ is in that open set, because $x_2,x_5$, and $x_8$ do lie in the heavy black intervals. I’ve shown another basic open as well: this one restricts the possible values of the third, sixth, and seventh coordinates of a point in the product to the open intervals shown in red. My point $x$ is not in this basic open set, because $x_7$ is not in the red open interval of the seventh factor, even though it does hit the other two restrictions.

You can think of the points in the first basic open set as those whose graphs lie between the blue lines in the picture below:

For example:

For $R^N$, where $N$ is a countable set, Suppose $\{U_\alpha :\alpha \in F, F \subset N; F \text{ is finite}\}$ are open sets in $R$, then the set $\Pi_{\alpha\in F}U_\alpha \times R^{N-F}$ is open in $R^N$. The basic open set in $R^N$ is always of this form.

For $R^C$, where $C$ is an uncountable set, Suppose $\{U_\alpha :\alpha \in F, F \subset C; F \text{ is finite}\}$ are open sets in $R$, then the set $\Pi_{\alpha\in F}U_\alpha \times R^{C-F}$ is open in $R^C$. The basic open set in $R^C$ is always of this form.