Joost Beta Test
After a few weeks of wait, I just got my Joost beta test invitation. It was bellow my expectations.
I don’t have a TV, so I’m an avid consumer of TV Shows available on the internet (OVGuide and TV-links are great sources) and was expecting Joost to providing me something more than just a very small catalog of recorded shows.
Good Things:
- Very simple and aesthetic interface, although it would be nicer if the buttons show some activity when you click on them with the mouse.
- Speed. Full quality stream available faster than in others P2P alike programs like TVU, TVants [1][2] or Sopcast.
- Goodbye iTunes store. If you used to buy National Geographic shows from iTunes store, now you have them for free, without having to wait for download to finish, and without DRM [1].
Not so good things:
- There is nothing new on the technology. P2P streaming has been around for some time.
- Quality: I’ve found some online streaming sites to have better quality, mainly when streaming content as divx. (But most of Flash based streaming have very very bad quality, so Joost kicks their @ss). SOME channels on TVU/TVants/Sopcast have the same quality as Joost shows.
- No real-time streaming. I’m looking for real-time streaming of TV channels so we can definitely say goodbye to conventional TV. There are plenty of alternatives on real-time TV streaming, but I’m not sure about their legitimacy.
Although many P2P TV programs have been around for a long time, it’s very likely that Joost is the only one with legal rights to broadcast all of its contents. That may be the reason why there are so few choices available for now. Let’s wait that someday we will be able to watch LOST, Heroes and CSI in Joost 
I’ll wait for the weekend to explore it better and maybe add some more comments about it.
I don’t have any invitations to offer yet, but feel free to leave a comment and I will send you an invitation when they become available.
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March 1st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I’ve been waiting for a Beta test invite for ages, so if you get a spare one, please pass it on
March 1st, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Sure Nuno! As soon as I have invitations I’ll distribute them.
March 1st, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I’m also waiting for an invitation, so if you get them, please remember me.
March 2nd, 2007 at 1:38 am
I have been waiting for a ri-friggin-diculously long time for a beta test invite, hope you can get a hold of a few invites soon.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:21 am
Just can’t wait to get my hands on a invitation for this.
If you get some, and have one to spare i’ll be glad to have it.
March 4th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
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March 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
i need a invitation on joost please
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March 6th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
[...] have no invitations yet, but once I have I will respect the request list on my previous post about Joost. Tags:beta, internet, joost, joost tv, ng, p2p, server down, Software, streaming, test [...]
March 7th, 2007 at 12:21 am
hook a brotha up
March 7th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
“All new beta-testers now get tokens allowing them to invite friends and acquaintances, and these tokens will give you instant access to Joost™.”
I host a television talk show from here in New York City.
I would love to try out Joost asap…
PLEASE send me a token so that I can beta test Joost….
bruce@brucewagner.com
March 11th, 2007 at 1:42 am
Would you send me a Joost Beta Tester invitation if you have one to spare.
thanks
March 13th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
[...] I’ve recently become a joost beta tester and wrote a follow up on the service when the server was [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Hi Vitor,
I’d like an invite as well. Please add me to the list
Thanks.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could send me an invite
THANKS!!!!!!!
midgetmouse@gmail.com
April 7th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
If anyone has a spare invite, I would really like to try out this software!
Somebody please help!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Hi guys. I sent all my five invitations. The last person to be invited was Daniel from this thread’s comments. I will distribute my future invitations by the rest of the people that asked for invites.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Have you tried it out anymore? I have been interested in Joost for quite a long time. If anyone has an extra invite that would be cool
April 14th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Hi,
Please, I’d like to test JOOST.
Would you like to invite me (you or someone you know)?
Thanks to you
August 14th, 2007 at 7:52 am
enter text? test, sorry
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September 17th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Hi all!
Very interesting information! Thanks!
Bye