Joost
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 - 9:19am
supposedly now open to all through existing user invites.. so how about one for yours truly?
I'm not having much luck getting anyone to send me one
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
Isn't that the game from the 80s where you try to knock your opponents off of their oostrich?
Mercury's been in retrograde most of the week. It's like a full moon with a side of kicked-in-the-nuts. -- H.P. Lovesauce
I hated the Pterodactyls
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
So, tell me more about Joost. As usual, the web page just seems to go on about TV "but better". Or, just send me an invite and I'll check it out myself.
-Bad Mojo
And man that dog looks like he's having a good time, but that monkey is f*cking into it. This isn't his recreation; this is his life and he knows it in a way I will never know anything. --Danjo Olivaw
Pterodooctyls?
Mercury's been in retrograde most of the week. It's like a full moon with a side of kicked-in-the-nuts. -- H.P. Lovesauce
I have 999 invites up for grab. I need a first, last name, and an email to send invites.
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Anyone want to tell us what this Joost stuff is?
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- Legion, taking "keeping it in the family" to a whole new level.
Xbox Live: Fedaykin98
Thanks, Ed! So far no luck at the office. It crashed on my XP machine and says it can't install on my Vista machine with an esoteric error message.
Xbox Live: LiquidmantisGWJ | PSN: LiquidmantisGWJ
Web: Mantis on the Mountain
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My wife liked the man part monster I made. -Pharacon
Okay, so Joost is TV over the net. Edwin makes it sound like it's got a lot of features, but the website doesn't do a good job of telling you about them. Also, some of the channels aren't available in the US. Argh.
So, what's this thing offer? It's a free beta right now, but at some point they're going to charge for it. What will make it better than HD/digital cable? I've gotta be able to get ESPN and various sporting events, at a minimum.
Quote:
- Legion, taking "keeping it in the family" to a whole new level.
Xbox Live: Fedaykin98
Ok, thanks Edwin. I appreciate it.
Seems like it doesn't work for me. I just see crystals dancing in the lower right hand corner. The interface seems slick, but not much else.
-Bad Mojo
And man that dog looks like he's having a good time, but that monkey is f*cking into it. This isn't his recreation; this is his life and he knows it in a way I will never know anything. --Danjo Olivaw
Gracias Edwin.
Worked like a charm for me over my work network/wireless.
Watched some Comedy Central, some National Geographic... there were a few stutters and in some spots it seemed the quality decided to turn blocky, but all in all a positive experience! I look forward to checking it out at home over my better connection (and less paranoia about some of the racier content).
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
I have invites as well. Anyone still need one?
xbox live: Lester King 17
This brings TV to my computer screen, right? The little thing across the room from the big screen TV + cable?
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XBL: E Munnie
PM sent sir.
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
likewise
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I got in a while before. The client crashes on my machine no matter what.
Xbox Live tag Gorilla800lbs
Some of us have computers hooked up to our TVs, or the ability to via a laptop. Ease of use/interface is still all-important, though. Lately I haven't turned my Media Center PC on at all, and it's very easy to use.
Quote:
- Legion, taking "keeping it in the family" to a whole new level.
Xbox Live: Fedaykin98
Apparently there's a bug. [EDIT]ON SOME COMPUTERS[/EDIT] The program will run right after install, but if you shut it down and try to start it up again it will fail.
So far the only work-around I've seen in the forums is to uninstall and reinstall EVERY TIME. Screw that.
PITA.
Search for Breakpoint in the forums to see what I mean.
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
Thanks Edwin, I'm in.
Xbox Live | Steam | Last.fm
Damn Edwin, you're fast! Many thanks.
I can't wait to try this out at home.
Red Foxx, standing by.
Thanks for the invite Ed.
I recently got my internet download/upload speeds doubled so I thought this might work ok.
In reality.. I get the first ten seconds of whatever I try and watch when I first load the program and then it just stops and sits and never does anything again until I restart the program, at which point I can watch another ten seconds of a show and have it stop again.
Changing shows after it freezes just leaves me at the "Coming Next" screen with the pretty colors buzzing around in the background.
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
Thank you, Ed.
Do you ever walk alone like a drifter in the dark?
Okay... installed and played around with it on my home computer and here it works great!
On my work laptop I get the Breakpoint bug.
Home system 4 year old Dell XPS Gen 2, 3.4Ghz HT w 2 gigs Ram.
Work system 1 year old Dell Latitude D620, T2500 w 1 gig Ram.
It seems, from searching the forums, that the breakpoint bug happens to a lot of D620s, so maybe there is a hardware issue there.
This program seems to have a lot of potential! One thing I've noticed so far... the commercial breaks seem to be at a LOWER volume than the programs, and so far consist of only one commercial. I like this!
EDIT Captain's Log, Supplemental.... The Gamestar channel seems to be hot buttered crap. "Top 5 tracks in a Hummer racing game? Who Cares?"
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
PM Sent. Thanks so much Edwin!
PM'd.
"Even though that place should only be fifteen or twenty minutes away geographically, in actual practice - between the hours of four and seven - Redmond might as well orbit the Earth." - Tycho, Penny Arcade
Just check out Joost for the first time. I have to say if the library of shows available continues to grow, this could be impressive. I would never be willing to pay for it. The site does say it is paid for by advertising, so I can't imagine that it will be a paid service anytime soon.
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I've got invites for anyone who wants em.
*Legion* wrote:
It looks like invites are not needed.
Xbox live/PSN Chrometech
Anyone give a review/comparison of Joost versus Miro?
The copyfighters over at boing boing are plugging Miro heavily over Joost, for all the predictable reasons. The Miro folks have a snazzy graphical comparison up as well.
Any real-world comparisons?
*Legion* wrote:
I haven't tried Miro, but I thought the idea of Joost was incredibly cool.
Only downside? I used it once, then forgot about it completely. It's not something that really integrates itself well into my life. If I had a media center PC ( a Mac Mini ) then it would probably kick all sorts of ass for that.
As is? I don't.
Mystic Violet wrote: