Joost – $0
I’ve been playing around with the beta version of Joost for the past few weeks. If you haven’t heard already, Joost is a “new way of watching TV on the internet.” You can choose from over a dozen channels and pretty much watch TV completely free from your computer. It’s definately a cool concept, and there’s no surprise that Joost has been receiving plenty of hype from the media and Internets. But there’s only one problem: Joost sucks.
The biggest flaw with Joost is the content. Honestly, who wants to watch National Geographics and GameStar TV. And if you like sports, you’re stuck with Indy racing, soccer, and some crappy extreme sports channel. They’ve also thrown in big names like MTV and Comedy Central for good measure, but you only get the reject programs like Laguna Beach (wtf?) and Stella.
There are also problems with the actual software. I’m currently running on a 6 month old Macbook with plenty of RAM. When I fire up Joost, I feel like my laptop is about to explode. So don’t even think about running any other application if you have Joost open. Although I’ve upgraded to the latest version of Joost, I’m still experiencing random delays and crashes. Not good at all.
But enough bitching and moaning from me. Joost is currently invite-only, and I’ve got a few invites left. If you want to see what the hype is all about, leave a comment and I’ll send out invites on a first come first serve basis.
Update: You can manually invite yourself to the Joost beta here. Joost also came out with a new software upgrade today, which crashes your computer even more. Folks, it still sucks. If you want a real Internet TV solution, get yourself a Slingbox. I’ve had mine for over a week and it seriously kicks ass.
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May 1, 2007 at 11:28 pm
hey – i’m running the exact same macbook with same specs, curious to see how joost works on it. anyhow, if you have an invite i’d appreciate it. thanks —
May 1, 2007 at 11:29 pm
ooops meant to leave the email address of course: deshernoff @ gmail.com
May 1, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I’d love to check it out.
brian@brianmckenna.org
May 2, 2007 at 5:07 am
I’m curious too…
May 2, 2007 at 5:07 am
ctstonehouse@gmail.com
May 2, 2007 at 6:09 am
There are really not many tv programs yet (if those listed on their website are up to date) but I hope that when it goes out of beta it’ll be much better. If you still have invites I’d like to give it a try – bgforge@gmail.com . Thanks π
May 2, 2007 at 7:11 am
Amen, my XP machine is stalling like mad whenever Joost is open.
They’re working on the content though. CNN, blah blah signed yesterday.
May 2, 2007 at 9:59 am
brad [@] bradkenyon [dot] com
consider me for joost – thanks.
May 2, 2007 at 10:04 am
epenning77 [@] comcast [dot] net
kindly consider me for joost.
thank you.
May 2, 2007 at 10:20 am
hi, just got an invite, tried going in to setup a new joost name, didn’t like the email it was sent to – bummer.
May 2, 2007 at 10:25 am
joost has upped the total invites to 999. add a comment if you want one.
brad, is there another email i can send to?
May 2, 2007 at 11:10 am
I would love to have a invite. Behdadkohan@gmx.de
May 2, 2007 at 12:29 pm
An invite would be fabulous. Thanks! sgaanon at gmail dot com
May 2, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Hi: I’d love an invite if anyone has one to spare. [karlhafer@gmail.com] Thanks a lot!
May 3, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I’d like a code, I’d be willing to give a Demonoid invitation code for trade. unct75@yahoo.com
May 5, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Hi, may I get an invite too? I’d love to write a review of my own for this. Please send it to sharon.irani at gmail.com
May 6, 2007 at 7:13 am
Hi,
I would be interested in trying Joost….If you have a spare invitation, i would appreciate.
Many thanks
xanikhouse@gmail.com
May 6, 2007 at 8:45 am
Hello,
I would love to try Joost out, if you have an invitation to spare I would love to receive it π
whyareyou@gmail.com
May 6, 2007 at 8:48 am
Hey,
If you still have invites, I too would appreciate one! Thank you!
averber@gmail.com
May 6, 2007 at 10:02 am
i sure would love to try joost.. is it really that rubbish tho?? hmm.. its a shame that nothing lives up to expectations
May 6, 2007 at 6:45 pm
would love an invite to Joost if you aren’t tired of sending them out. Thanks
skittlebiscuits AT hotmail DOT com
May 8, 2007 at 10:13 am
I would love to test joost π
May 8, 2007 at 10:13 am
forgot my email :S
viktor_lundin@hotmail.com
π
May 8, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I would like to try Joost. I have Windows 2000. If you have an invitation to spare I would I love to receive it! Thank you in advance.
May 9, 2007 at 10:14 pm
i would love to try out joost
T3N54Z4NG3T5U@gmail.com
May 10, 2007 at 5:32 am
Can you please send me an invitation?
brownelltyler(at)gmail(dot)com
Thank you!
May 10, 2007 at 9:25 am
Could you please invite me?
Suddendeath2000@Hotmail.com
Thanx in advance.
May 10, 2007 at 11:00 am
I would like an invite please.
crankydataguy@gmail.com
Thanks.
May 10, 2007 at 12:04 pm
send me one too
kingjim@myrealbox.com
May 11, 2007 at 10:48 am
I would like an invite please.
May 11, 2007 at 10:48 am
st1860@googlemail.com
June 2, 2007 at 2:57 pm
may i ask you to review another software as well? $0, of course.
July 12, 2007 at 10:26 am
oh totally agree with you post! When is it going to go public as well as a real platform?
July 20, 2007 at 10:33 am
Hi,anyone want to trade a Demonoid invite for the Joost software?
PM me@ spyhunter1000@hotmail.com
August 22, 2007 at 1:37 am
hi everyone…i would be very gratefull if i recieve a invitation….anyways in future plz do inform us about this kind of software…ofcourse at 0$ price
August 22, 2007 at 1:39 am
Hi ….i would be gratefull if I recieve an invitation from someone…and please do inform us about this kind of link…
September 17, 2007 at 7:59 pm
What’s wrong with national geographic or soccer? I love them both =)
October 9, 2007 at 9:31 am
wow, a negative post and still all these people want to be invited. craziness. Veoh and youtube work fine for me, and they don’t crash my ‘puter.
October 30, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Thanks for the heads up, I was going to give it a try sooner or later, but it just doesn’t seem worth it.
November 17, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Content is always a problem for these free channels… I’ve been looking for French programs forever, best I got was the weather channel.