Comments on: My Quick Take on Joost 0.9 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/ new media • culture Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:46:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jyoseph http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-51 jyoseph Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:22:52 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-51 I love joost although I've only had it for about a week now. I didn't get to experience as it was before. I agree with you though, they WILL have to open it up somehow some way to let users add their own content. I'll be hesitant to use Apple TV/iTunes Video Podcasts, Joost, Azureus VUZE, etc... Someone has to come up with something to help bring it all together. I love joost although I’ve only had it for about a week now. I didn’t get to experience as it was before. I agree with you though, they WILL have to open it up somehow some way to let users add their own content. I’ll be hesitant to use Apple TV/iTunes Video Podcasts, Joost, Azureus VUZE, etc… Someone has to come up with something to help bring it all together.

]]> By: Billy http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Billy Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:00:05 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-46 I'm a Joost beta tester as well, and I try to like it, but something isn't right about it. I'm hoping in time it will get better, but for now I don't know. The scrolling and scrolling content made it difficult to find anything decent, and I just wish there was a search function or maybe set it so you can switch to a folder style view, where you can see folders of all the shows and go into each. I don't even know if that is the best way either. The speeds were okay, but I am hoping it will be better as more people join, since it is peer to peer based. I can handle one minute of commercial content an hour, but only if I have a full hour worth of content worth watching. I don't know how they will determine when the commercials appear. The biggest thing that got me was the lack of being able to save anything. After giving all that bandwidth to get a show, you'd think you'd have the option to save it as well. This would be useful for those who want to watch stuff again and again without paying up the bandwidth each time, as there are caps at some providers, and it would be a good thing for those with slow connections to be able to set it to record or save or whatever it would be called, then come back later on and watch it. Not everyone can have a perfectly fast broadband for direct viewing. Those are just my thoughts on it. The amount of resources it uses is annoying considering it uses the same in standby mode, but with a decent amount of ram in a system it is tolerable, especially for those of us who do other things while watching tv. I’m a Joost beta tester as well, and I try to like it, but something isn’t right about it. I’m hoping in time it will get better, but for now I don’t know. The scrolling and scrolling content made it difficult to find anything decent, and I just wish there was a search function or maybe set it so you can switch to a folder style view, where you can see folders of all the shows and go into each. I don’t even know if that is the best way either.

The speeds were okay, but I am hoping it will be better as more people join, since it is peer to peer based. I can handle one minute of commercial content an hour, but only if I have a full hour worth of content worth watching. I don’t know how they will determine when the commercials appear.

The biggest thing that got me was the lack of being able to save anything. After giving all that bandwidth to get a show, you’d think you’d have the option to save it as well. This would be useful for those who want to watch stuff again and again without paying up the bandwidth each time, as there are caps at some providers, and it would be a good thing for those with slow connections to be able to set it to record or save or whatever it would be called, then come back later on and watch it. Not everyone can have a perfectly fast broadband for direct viewing.

Those are just my thoughts on it. The amount of resources it uses is annoying considering it uses the same in standby mode, but with a decent amount of ram in a system it is tolerable, especially for those of us who do other things while watching tv.

]]> By: w. f. http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-41 w. f. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:27:02 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-41 I still would like to try Joost out, although I keep being let down by the TV/internet experience. do you have an invite you might spare me? foxy_ten@trashmail.net I still would like to try Joost out, although I keep being let down by the TV/internet experience.
do you have an invite you might spare me?
foxy_ten@trashmail.net

]]> By: w. f. http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-40 w. f. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:25:07 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-40 Every time I try out iptv offerings I am a bit disappointed. TV watching is best left on tv still. I was excited about Joost though, sounded like they had more of the right bits in place. I would like to try it out though, but have not gotten an invite yet. Have one you might spare? foxy_ten@trashmail.net Every time I try out iptv offerings I am a bit disappointed. TV watching is best left on tv still. I was excited about Joost though, sounded like they had more of the right bits in place.
I would like to try it out though, but have not gotten an invite yet.
Have one you might spare?

foxy_ten@trashmail.net

]]> By: Brian http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Brian Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:05:06 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-39 I don't know if your willing to give an invite to me, but it would be greatly appreciated if I got an invite from you. Anyways, an interesting article I've only seen screen shots (obviously), but hopefully they will organize it by the official release. I think the reason they don't allow the addition of podcasts is because I think the joost team wants to keep it a closed platform. Thirdly, what's missing? Maybe it's the community aspect of it since it's only in beta? Brian I don’t know if your willing to give an invite to me, but it would be greatly appreciated if I got an invite from you.

Anyways, an interesting article I’ve only seen screen shots (obviously), but hopefully they will organize it by the official release. I think the reason they don’t allow the addition of podcasts is because I think the joost team wants to keep it a closed platform. Thirdly, what’s missing? Maybe it’s the community aspect of it since it’s only in beta?

Brian

]]> By: Mike Morisco http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Mike Morisco Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:50:27 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-38 Hello sir. Great Article. Would you be interested in giving one of those invites away to an avid reader? If so, Id love one Hello sir. Great Article. Would you be interested in giving one of those invites away to an avid reader? If so, Id love one

]]> By: Damien Deakes http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Damien Deakes Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:06:54 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-37 Any chance of a joost beta token.... i will love you forever :) please . damien.deakes@gmail.com Any chance of a joost beta token…. i will love you forever :)

please .

damien.deakes@gmail.com

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Kevin Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:04:40 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-36 Would you mind sending me a Joost invite? bliabbaims@kriocoudek.mailexpire.com Thank you! kt Would you mind sending me a Joost invite? bliabbaims@kriocoudek.mailexpire.com

Thank you!

kt

]]> By: Michael Warf http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Michael Warf Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:25:33 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-35 If you manage to score some Joost invites, don't forget us little people ;-) Thanks, m. If you manage to score some Joost invites, don’t forget us little people ;-)

Thanks,
m.

]]> By: Diego http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Diego Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:05:28 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-34 Nice article friend. Could ya please give me a token? tks Nice article friend.

Could ya please give me a token?

tks

]]> By: Hary Leeds http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Hary Leeds Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:11:31 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-33 Thought that my email address would show in the comment but I was wrong. Could you send a Joost token to hfleeds@comcast.net Would like to download software. Thanks, Harry Thought that my email address would show in the comment but I was wrong. Could you send a Joost token to hfleeds@comcast.net Would like to download software.

Thanks, Harry

]]> By: Hary Leeds http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Hary Leeds Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-32 I would like to take a look at Joost TV. Can you send me a token so that I can download the software. Thanks, Harry I would like to take a look at Joost TV. Can you send me a token so that I can download the software.

Thanks, Harry

]]> By: Joost need improvements to be a viable TV complement : JoostTeam.com http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Joost need improvements to be a viable TV complement : JoostTeam.com Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:28:31 +0000 http://www.thebetastage.com/2007/04/04/my-quick-take-on-joost-09/#comment-31 [...] Posted by Brad Levinson on April 4, 2007 at 9:24 am [...] [...] Posted by Brad Levinson on April 4, 2007 at 9:24 am [...]

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