I waited more than a month before I was able to download Joost. After watching a few videos, I guess it’s worth the wait. Joost (pronounced “juiced”) is an Internet TV developed by the same guys who created Kazaa and Skype. It’s currently on beta version that’s why you need an invite to be able to download the software. The easiest way to get one is from existing Joost users. I got mine the hard way, I signed up and waited until they sent me an invitation.
The video quality is pretty good, definitely better than YouTube. The videos did stutter sometime especially during peak hours. I guess it depends on how fast your internet connection is. It is ad-supported so you do get ads occasionally but not as often as regular TV. Unlike regular TV, you can watch the same video as often as you want.
I find the interface quite user friendly and it has an added feature on social networking so you can chat with other users who watch the same videos as you. According to this site, Joost has signed up deals with ad and content providers so we can expect more video choices coming up.
Here are screenshots provided by Joost website.
The minimum hardware and system requirements for you to be able to install the software are:
CPU: 500MHz
RAM: 512 MB
Video: 48 MB
Windows: XP
DirectX version 9.0c
Joost blog has announced that users can now extend unlimited invites. I’m feeling generous right now so if you want an invitation, just drop me a line.
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Hi Gladita! do you still have a joost invitacion?? those screenshots look great but I can’t test it, they say im too ugly to got and invitation
thanks for the inviation
Hi I found those pictures really awesome… Do you still have some invitations left? I would like to see some videos with that quality…
So this was what you were talking about. The screenshots look great. Still have any invites left? I want in.
cool… i would like to have an invitation but i have to fix my PC first. haha
wow! hanep to ah. makadownload nga.
ehem…avy, you’ll need an invite for that. but if you beg enough i might consider sending you one. hehehe…