We’ve given away several invites to Joost now (thanks to several or our readers for giving their invites away), so for anybody who’s gotten to give it a try, what do you think of it?
After I installed it several weeks ago and used it a few times, I really haven’t felt the need to go back and use it. I’m not quite sure why. Maybe if I were in a situation like at an airport with Wi-Fi and I wanted to watch something while waiting, this would come in handy.
Maybe it’s the selection? They’ve added channels since the beta started, but I still find that the content is lacking some. The video content on demand is definitely nice, and I have to admit that it’s great to watch videos that are better in quality than other video services.
I’m still a bit under-whelmed with it all, but Ad companies sure aren’t. In fact, 32 big name advertisers have signed on and partnered with Joost. Names like Visa, Nike, and Intel are all showing their confidence in Joost.And seeing how popular the Joost invites have become, maybe it will be bigger than I thought?
Source: PCMag.com
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I’m not happy with the selection of the channels at all. Maybe if they added real channels like CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox, ESPN, etc… then it would be a better service.
Would love to give an opinion here but just don’t have a Joost account … if anyone feels compelled to send me an invite I’d certainly give my opinion … thastark AT gmail.com … THX CyberNet readers !!!
I signed up and they sent me an invite about 2-3 months ago, used it twice, and also haven’t felt the need to open it again. I should give it another go since they have updated it again. There is a lack of content that I want to watch.
any 1 want an invite
i have 3
s, thanks for the invite!!! unless there is someone else named s r on Joost … I appreciate it! Matt
I just got my invite about a week ago and I’ve used it a few times. It would be really good in an airport or a hotel room, I agree. I have a three monitor setup, so I’ve been throwing it into the corner of one of the side monitors and letting it play while I work. I like that it has content from other than U.S. sources, but mostly it’s just background noise. Haven’t watched it on my HTPC yet. I think that would be the true test for me. As they get more content I think it will only get better.
I would love an invite, “s.” Please email me at MayIHaveSomeJoostPlease@afrobacon.com
Thank you very much!!!
I finally received an invite and have been checking out the Joost offerings. I agree that the current selection is limited and not that appealing. Hopefully this will change. I even tried it on my 57″ TV on my HTPC last night and most of the shows looked very bad on that kind of setup.
S..I would appreciate an invite. robert@mytrout.net
Thanks
2 invites left
lappy and mattstark got 1 each
1 invite left
mayihave……and jt got 1 each
I completely agree with you Max. They need to get some of the more common content on there before it will be useful to me. I don’t watch much TV, but there are a few shows that I like to see each week. Unless they start picking up some of those shows their service won’t really be that appealing to me.
@s: Thanks for handing out some invites! I’m sure those receiving them really appreciate it!
Joost- oh yeah, I registered and then found out it doesn’t support Mac OS X on PPC G4’s or G5’s-nothing to see here- move along.
Please send me a Joost invite. Im dying to use it. TonyLewis42 at hotmail.com
I found the design to be quite nice and very simple to navigate, but as others have already pointed out the content is seriously lacking. I would have to go back and do some fact checking but I believe they have a deal with Viacom for content, hopefully when they get out of beta there will actually be content that I would be interested in watching, until then I won’t be using it much.
i have the 0.9.2 installed but i dont have any account, it would be nice if someone could send me an invite or an account to try it djam4you (AT) gmail.com
thanks in advance
it sucks, doesn’t even support NAT, and their docs don’t tell you which ports to open up, huge pain in the ass, better just make your computer a DMZ.. quality is bad compared to HDTV on UseNet!
Need an invite
joost@eintersys.com
Thanks in advance
i think joost is has forgotten about the normal user on the internet.anyone with less then 1mb of ram forget this software, dont be arsed even downloading it your cpu wont handle it on 512 and if it does you cant run alot more and boy will you know its running.if you wanted only tv then why not just turn on the tv , what does it offer that isnt on the internet already? NOTHING!! the likes of sopcast tvu tvants already give free tv that will run on your pc without bogging down your pc.ive tried this software and its shite, and once its no longer beta watch the blogs and the comments about joost then lol this software is a joke.