Joost - TV shows via the Internet

Here's the link: Joost

...and if you have tried it, do you have a spare invite you can send me so I can try it?

Waiting for my password to be e-mailed to me, NOFXmike. Once I get it (hopefully soon) I'll invite you if you want.

I'm getting anxious

Cool, thanks...and if I get an invite, I'll do the same for you

I'll take an invite and I also signed up to get Joost.

I've Signed up too, so invites out if it's ok'd.

I've also signed up, but an invite would also be appreciated

And anotherone just signed up. If anyone has an invitation left over I would appreciate it.

George_William@hotmail.com

G.

from the team that invented Skype

Darn. This might take a while. From the Joost blog, 18 Jan '07:

Hiya,

If someone would send me an invite, cool thanks, I have signed up as well.

Regards

MG

please may I have an invite too: butler_helen@hotmail.com, I also signed up

Is this free?

It is free, but it's by invitation only. I've been beta testing it since it was called the Venice Project. I'm not impressed really. It's not any better than the (also free) program from tvunetworks.com although the plans they have for it imply it will be fantastic and change the world. I'd give out invites but I haven't used it enough to earn any invite tokens, so unimpressed was I with it.

One Joost invitation available, PM me your invitation email address to get it..

OK, no more invitations left now. Maybe they'll give me some more.

there was a nice article about him last weeks Vanity Fair. seems a really down-to-earth chap, but the interviewer called him boring.

send me the Joost love (please)

wouldn't mind checking this out either share the love iain.james@gmail.com

Who was that, Elfenstar? Joost creator Henrik Werdelin? I'd like to check out that interview despite the interviewer's comment, but I can't find it online. I guess I'll check the local library.

Yeah, I have been joost! Sadly no invites yet, but first come first served when I do. Who on this list has and who hasn't been joost yet?
Installing now and so will let you know shortly if it is actually worth it.

still waiting and hoping

Any spare invite for me? Pretty please?

why dont you just go to the free tv and movie site that doesnt need an invite ?

www.peekvid.com

If you saw the difference, then you would know why. Very impressed so far.

Of course these all appear after I leave. Geez.

It's a very nice application, looks great. It has some money behind it so it's not a fly-by-night thing. When you watch the content they have it works really well. If you have your PC sending it's signal to your TV (like I do, using DVI-OUT connector to Sharp LCD TV DVI-IN) you wouldn't notice you were watching it via the Internet. It's just quality viewing.

What I don't like is that it needs to use a lot of Internet. My connection is only 728k/128k and that's really on the ragged edge of being sufficient. I think they recommend a minimum of 1024k/256k. If that's what your connection is though, you can expect Joost to be using ALL of it. Even if you stop watching, it still wants to use it (to help the P2P network to allow other people to be viewing).

It currently doesn't have a lot of stuff to watch. Remember, this isn't an Internet TV. You don't tune into BBC1, or HBO, or Fox or any other such channels. You see a library of programs and watch any of them at any time. It currently doesn't offer a lot of interesting stuff.

If you want to watch TV channels as we all think of them, then what you want is the TVUNetworks player. At http://www.tvunetworks.com you can download their player and you can tune into TV channels (live) from around the world. So if you feel like getting up at 6am you can watch "24" live from the U.S. west coast Fox channel. It doesn't offer recording ability (or didn't last time I fired it up).

I still prefer to get my TV shows (that aren't on Sky freesat) using http://www.emule-project.net and getting links to the shows from http://www.fucktheinter.net (although that peekvid site looks good for links too).

Edit: I got given 4 invitations for Joost so far which I gave to people on this forum. If I get more I'll offer them in this thread.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/tc_nm/jumptv_joost_dc_1

does anyone have an invite for me, please? Kat

Please please please also send me an invitation, one of you beautiful people out there.
My e-mail

I have been using Joost for a month or so now - and they just brought out a Mac client.

Its great - but a little limited. I have some invites, not sure how many so PM me and will give you one!

Cheers

Just to add a point regarding JumpTV...I'm a subscriber.

Whilst the streaming is pretty good quality there Station listing is weighted to S. America and other countries outside the EU or USA. The channel group package (cheapest was to use JumpTV) also reflect this; leaving you to cherrry pick a few stations at $19 for three months which is pretty expensive for one station.

Some work mates told me of a way to watch premiership fottie via the internet. It is by logging into sports stations that are showing it outside of Europe i.e. Hong Kong /Shanghai etc. Anyhow, check out this site: Link to site

I tried it yesterday (for ManU vs Liverpool) but got some problems with Windows Media player 11 being installed on my machine. Did see one free channel and the quality was amazing...

If you want another solution for free TV, check out the TVU Player:
http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/index.htm

They have star sports from HK which shows premiership matches live on saturdays and sundays and I have watched them for the last few weekends - all for FREE

Another no-invite site is AllUC

I got connected by m-net finally today, and got my invite...after a 9 week wait. ...please stand by.. *cough*

Forget that noise, hook up a SlingBox and a TiVO to someone's internet connection in the States and you can watch ANYTHING your little heart desires. We watch HVO's Rome on Monday. all the political junkie shows (Hairball, Olbermann, etc), movies, etc. It's like never having left home!

All the benefits, none of the shit piles (ala Bush) Gotta love it.

Here's a link to more links for non-invite sites.

non-invite sites

Invites are gone now.

Auf English bitte

Slingbox works great for us. We have one connected at a family members home in the UK so get all the channels they get.

Are there any invites going spare?

They're not giving any currently, though if you've signed up, or you sign up right now, they claim they'll invite you damn soon! I've really tried to get invites for others here...but I haven't even gotten one, and I've watched quite a bit on there. Here's a quote from joost:

We're reaching another big milestone this week. After months of testing with many thousands of users, we're ready to move Joost on to the next stage of its development.

In preparation for this we're closing down applications for the beta testing program on the website at the end of Thursday (GMT). Between this time and the public availability of Joost, access will be by invitation from beta testers only.

The good news is, everyone who applies before we close will get access to try out joost within the next couple of weeks

I hope if I already have joost I won't lose it, will just get upgraded??? Or do I need to sign a Please Keep Me list?

If you've already got it, you're fine...a new release should come out pretty soon. Viacom channels should appear soon too...and Disney has recently shown interest...

The problem I see right now, for example, is that they're restricting certain channels to certain regions, which could mean all we get is German TV (there is no german content yet...but there is french) and random weird stuff from the states.

Look forward to new channel options, though I must say I am enjoying Bridezillas!

All viacom channels are U.S. only on Joost, which pisses me off. What's the damn point?

Joost was just upgraded to Beta version 0.9 and each member granted 5 new invites. Not sure if when those 5 people you invite also get 5 invites of their own. If so, then it should spread quite quickly. I have 5 going spare. PM me if you want one. I'll reply here when they're all gone. When sending the PM, give me a first name, last name and email address (because that's what the invitation sender asks for - it doesn't have to be a real name but it's probably how joost emails will address you so it's up to you).

I hope all those that get an invitation use it. Last time I had one person who got the invitation and didn't properly accept it. I'm not sure if that stopped me from getting more.

No requests. Wow. Looks like everyone that wants Joost already got it

Yeah, I've got 4 invites too, if anyone needs one.

Some new info on places to get your TV content. Various big American shows like South Park, 24, Scrubs can be watched direct from a website. Here's the digg link that discusses it: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/04/forge...inging-content/

Another one that's not in that page is http://alluc.org

Don't be worried about the term "hard-core" in that link, it's not porn. It's referring to the fact that the sites are breaking copyright laws in a hard-core way that youtube is now scared to.