Comments on: Does Joost Really Have Reason to Celebrate?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:55:45 +0000

Our cable isn’t digital either, but it comes free with our apartment. We bought our own DVR to use with it and I love it (it’s called ReplayTV and is similar to TiVo, but they recently stopped selling the settop boxes).

By: Max

Max — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:04:27 +0000

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By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:20:03 +0000

Cable is nice. There is cable here, however, it is not digital, no DVR and no HDTV. Not worth the cost.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:11:51 +0000

I was stuck in those days up until a few years ago as well OldManDeath. Cable is a nice thing to have.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:49:45 +0000

@LordMarvyn – Just turn on your TV huh? some of us are unfortunate to not be able to get TV, except for over the air, which is very limited in what you can get.

I agree that Internet TV has come a long way, and Joost quality is much improved over that.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:47:07 +0000

I haven’t used it in months either, and that seems to be the consensus here. I just don’t think that they have the programming and the quality that people really want at this point, but LordMarvyn did make a good point when he says how far we have come.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:08:07 +0000

Haven’t used Joost in months either. Still waiting for new content and a Linux version.

By: harto

harto — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:32:47 +0000

I haven’t used it in months. It doesn’t offer the kind of programming that I am interested in.

By: LordMarvyn

LordMarvyn — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:17:04 +0000

Personally, I don’t know what people expect. It was only a couple of years ago that internet video was a jerky, eye-jarring experience…but we thought it was cool then, nonetheless. Easy enough to say the picture quality sucks. Can YOU do better right now yourself?
As for content…Joost updates its content everytime they release a new beta upgrade. This is about once a month or so, I have to uninstall my version and install a new beta…I then find a few more channels and content with every upgrade.
I think the large amount of alternative content great!! Where else can I see documentaries on Burning Man, or obscure comedy productions, or great club music videos? I am hoping that when it finally goes public it will have a constantly rotating amount of new content.
If you want mainstream content, turn on your tv. Joost can’t be all things to all people. I don’t watch it every day, but I sure do enjoy it when I do, maybe 3 or 4 times weekly.
I, for one, am enjoying the Joost experience.