Joost!

April 24, 2007

Update: Thanks to the gen­eros­ity of Joost allow­ing unlim­ited invites every­one who added a com­ment and those who leave a com­ment from this point on will receive an invite.

Joost [logo]For weeks on end I’ve been patiently wait­ing for a Joost beta invite. Why am I so excited about some­thing that on the sur­face seems like Tivo™ for the web?

There’s an easy answer for that, so let me spill it. Before I do that how­ever, I’d like to thank Paul for send­ing me the invite.

Joost Oozes With Quality

It doesn’t take a spe­cial decoder ring to fig­ure out what Joost does. The offi­cial site describes its func­tion­al­ity quite perfectly:

The magic of tele­vi­sion, with the power of the inter­net built right in. Joost puts you in con­trol, and TV will never be the same again.

This could be con­strued as a bold claim, as if the creators/developers/masterminds (the peo­ple respon­si­ble for Skype and Kazaa) behind this oper­a­tion could not pos­si­bly con­vince them­selves otherwise.

Yet, when you con­nect the dots, eval­u­at­ing the whole enchi­lada for a ser­vice like this (brand­ing, web site and tech­nol­ogy) you can’t help but be enthralled by the polish.

Spec­trums, Rain­bows and Magic

Have you ever looked through a spec­trum? There’s a infi­nite amount of col­ors that appear if you hold one up to a light source. It’s inter­est­ing that the cre­ators of Joost chose to theme their ser­vice around the con­cept of spec­trums and color vari­ety. Although, I must admit they do look a bit like col­ored Kryp­tonite, not that there’s any­thing wrong with that.

Ear­lier today I was doing my best to describe the pro­mo­tional video on the What’s Joost? sec­tion to a friend. Halfway into explain­ing how cool it was I real­ized it’s just one of those things you have to see for yourself.

At first glance the demon­stra­tion video seems a bit awk­ward, or at least it did to me. After watch­ing it I real­ized it seems famil­iar and that’s because it’s some­what like a med­ley of Bat­ter­ies Not Included, Cocoon, The Last Starfighter and Tron. Like I said, you need to see it first­hand because my descrip­tion just won’t cut it.

Beta Means Slim Pickings

I would say that my only beef with the ser­vice is that the chan­nel offer­ings are slim at best and the video out­put ranges from near DVD qual­ity to sub par Youtube qual­ity. One moment it looks great, the next it just dis­tracts from the over­all expe­ri­ence but I’m sure in time it’ll improve.

As far as the con­tent is con­cerned other than watch­ing some “vin­tage” Ren & Stimpy car­toons with my daugh­ter and a cou­ple Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel spe­cials on lions and pyra­mids, there’s noth­ing else that peaks my inter­est for the time being.

That will change as Joost con­tin­ues to sign con­tent providers but in the interim there just isn’t a lot to con­sume at the moment. Although, this is still in beta so that’s just par for the course. Joost has promised to con­tinue sign­ing con­tent providers; for instance, they just added a vari­ety of shows from providers like Com­edy Cen­tral, VH1 (the chan­nel you switch on when you’re bored, or, at least I do) and MTV.

Beta Invites

If you haven’t expe­ri­ence Joost yet, well, that’s just not right. I’ll tell you what, leave a com­ment and I’ll use the magic of the inter­nets (and a handy script to ran­domly select a num­ber) to choose three lucky peo­ple to send an invite to.

Ready, set, go! 

122 comments

please send me an invite source­code [at] gmail [dot] com

by Kartik on April 24, 2007 at 8:53 am. Reply #

I really want to test Joost every­body is telling won­ders about it.

Thanks in advance.

by Habitaquo on April 24, 2007 at 9:09 am. Reply #

Hello from paris

by kooki on April 24, 2007 at 9:27 am. Reply #

wow that’s magic internet!

would like to thank you for give us the chance even if I don’t win ;)

that’s cool!

by jawele on April 24, 2007 at 9:28 am. Reply #

dear joost,

i heart you.

sin­cerely,
me

by evan on April 24, 2007 at 9:40 am. Reply #

Please Please Please! Thanks!

by Dave on April 24, 2007 at 9:52 am. Reply #

Like the review, would love to try it myself :)

by mick on April 24, 2007 at 9:56 am. Reply #

I’d really appre­ci­ate an invite… been trawl­ing the net since last week for one…

*+10 luck spell*

/geek

by djmassive on April 24, 2007 at 10:27 am. Reply #

I would like to try out joost!

by Paolo Pino on April 24, 2007 at 10:40 am. Reply #

Cool — thanks for the chance.

by notutom on April 24, 2007 at 11:18 am. Reply #

Not that I’m beg­ging, but I could be per­suaded to be a part of this lit­tle drawing… =)

by Nathan Logan on April 24, 2007 at 11:56 am. Reply #

I’d like to try this out. I have a fairly decent broad­band con­nec­tion (6 Mbit/sec) and the tech­nol­ogy behind Joost fas­ci­nates me.

by Simon Jessey on April 24, 2007 at 12:34 pm. Reply #

Hi,

Would appre­ci­ate a invite.

thanks
Nad

by nadeem lalani on April 24, 2007 at 1:19 pm. Reply #

Have invite, will enjoy.

by beto on April 24, 2007 at 1:54 pm. Reply #

Sounds good!
I hope the magic of the inter­net and your handy “script” will pick me! ;-)
xdriver[at]bluebottle[dot]com

Good luck to all the con­tenders… :-) ))

by Xavier on April 24, 2007 at 4:48 pm. Reply #

Wowza!

The com­ments are strong with this post, and you know it doesn’t sur­prise me, Joost has that affect.

I should have men­tioned this before­hand but the draw­ing will take place this Fri­day (the 27th) at 6PM EST.

That isn’t such a bad thing for those of you on the West coast, maybe it’ll mean a late after­noon treat? Or, for those across the globe it could mean a really late, late or early treat, depend­ing on where you’re at.

By the way for any­one inter­ested, I’ll be using this ran­dom num­ber picker to pick the winners.

by kartooner on April 25, 2007 at 8:04 pm. Reply #

I need it for watch! Sup­port the mil­i­tary, save a sailor from boredom!

by Matt(Brother) on April 26, 2007 at 3:17 pm. Reply #

Joost looks wicked awe­some. Please let it be me!

by Steph on April 27, 2007 at 10:16 am. Reply #

All your Joost are belong to me!

by Paulo on April 27, 2007 at 10:17 am. Reply #

The win­ners of the “Non-Annual Joost Invite Give­away” are:

Habitaquo
Simon Jessey
Paulo

Win­ners of this mini-contest, please con­tact me — erik[at]kartooner.com — at your con­ve­nience, with a pre­ferred email, so I can get your invite out to you.

Con­grats! As I receive more invites from Joost I’ll be con­tact­ing oth­ers in this com­ment list to see if they’re still interested.

Thanks for par­tic­i­pat­ing. So it goes.

by kartooner on April 28, 2007 at 8:59 am. Reply #

ooh, looks like I missed the fun draw­ing. Cool way to give out invites.
If you end up with more, and have another draw­ing, please enter me for a chance to Joost away. ;)

by Metahari on April 30, 2007 at 5:47 pm. Reply #

I see that Joost is pro­vid­ing unlim­ited invites now. Any chance you could hook me up?

by MK on May 1, 2007 at 1:30 pm. Reply #

Thanks for the info on Joost and a chance for an invite.

by Wildman on May 2, 2007 at 2:33 am. Reply #

Thanks for the info on Joost and the chance for an invite.

by Wildman on May 2, 2007 at 2:34 am. Reply #

I wrote about Joost over at Watch­ing Jeri­cho, because they made what looks to be a great deal with CBS. I’d love an invite for the beta…

by amber on May 2, 2007 at 6:26 am. Reply #

Can’t wait to try Joost!

by Gary Reichert on May 2, 2007 at 7:11 am. Reply #

A Joost invite please?

Thank you in advance.

by SSE on May 2, 2007 at 8:39 am. Reply #

So how does one go about col­lect­ing his or her invite? =)

by Nathan Logan on May 2, 2007 at 12:57 pm. Reply #

Look­ing for a Joost invite, please. I will rec­i­p­ro­cate and give my invi­ta­tions to other posters.

Joost­Beta (at) Leeret (dot) com

by Dave Leeret on May 2, 2007 at 1:12 pm. Reply #

gee a invite would be swell. thanks for any help

by kelly on May 2, 2007 at 5:31 pm. Reply #

please please please can i have an invite?

i have been search­ing for one for a few days now

thank­ing you in advanced

mandeep[dot]gill84@hotmail.co.uk

by Manny on May 2, 2007 at 5:37 pm. Reply #

I need a Joost invite so I can help spread the good word of Soviet Con­struc­tivist cin­ema into the bland and wel­com­ing arms of Mr. & Mrs. Joost.
:)

Thanks in advance!
–Rick

by Rick Tait on May 2, 2007 at 6:28 pm. Reply #

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My email address of course is rickt [at] rickt [dot] org

by Rick Tait on May 2, 2007 at 6:28 pm. Reply #

Hi.. I’d like to be Joost… I hear there are now unlim­ited invites for cur­rent beta testers.…

:)

juice me up @ joost@randomsynergy.com

thanks!

by Randomsynergy on May 2, 2007 at 10:13 pm. Reply #

I would love an invite!

by Paul O'Shannessy on May 3, 2007 at 12:40 am. Reply #

I would appre­ci­ate an invite. Been fol­low­ing the beta for awhile but haven’t had much to talk about. Would love to look into the capa­bil­ity and see how it stacks up and how mar­keters will uti­lize it. Thanks in advance!

by Kevin on May 3, 2007 at 4:58 pm. Reply #

Many thanks in advance. would love to have a chance to check out joost.

huanghu1[at]lycos[dot]com

by Yifang on May 3, 2007 at 7:10 pm. Reply #

hey there! would love to get an invite :) thanks!

by JR on May 4, 2007 at 8:03 am. Reply #

florida001@hotmail.com

please send an invite.

thanks in advance,
seth

by seth green on May 4, 2007 at 7:57 pm. Reply #

I kind of feel like I’m wait­ing in line for a turkey at Hon­est Ed’s (an oblique Toronto ref­er­ence for those who aren’t from around my neck of the woods) but I wouldn’t say no to an invite.

By the way, I tripped over your blog from Flasch’s place. It’s a great design.

Cheers.

by Jesse C. on May 4, 2007 at 8:23 pm. Reply #

Just thought I’d take a shot and see if there might be an invite lay­ing around? Love the idea of Joost and want to expe­ri­ence it for myself. Hope you can help out. You really know how to lay it out whith out the techno talk. You made it sound so easy and it makes me want it more!

Thanks,

Richard

by Richard Yniguez on May 5, 2007 at 11:50 am. Reply #

hey there. would absolutely love to watch this lit­tle thing called joost.

by Brick666 on May 5, 2007 at 5:46 pm. Reply #

Hi Erik,

I would appre­ci­ate an invite. Haven’t seen Ren and Stimpy for a while, so look­ing for­ward to that.

Thanks

Danny

by Danny on May 7, 2007 at 12:53 pm. Reply #

Not sure if the email I entered is enough. So it is zzzzzz6z@yahoo.com

Thanks

Danny

by Danny on May 7, 2007 at 12:55 pm. Reply #

If any invites remain, please send to draelius [at] aol [dot] com.

Gra­cias!

by Draelius on May 7, 2007 at 2:31 pm. Reply #

Hi

I love to try out Joost. Thanks.
And greet­ings to all from Austria

by Stephan Rosenbacher on May 7, 2007 at 4:18 pm. Reply #

Hi, starv­ing grad stu­dent would appre­ci­ate an invite ; )

by gigi on May 9, 2007 at 8:59 pm. Reply #

Hi,
Thanks for the gen­er­ous boost for Joost. Would love an invite for the beta! Dvo­rak hates it, so it’s a must-see. Look­ing for­ward to the party.
Thanks
Rocky

by Rocky Abel on May 9, 2007 at 9:15 pm. Reply #

hi there,

thirsty joosty fan look­ing for an invite too… mas­sive thanks :)

by decybel on May 9, 2007 at 10:31 pm. Reply #

I’m intrigued. Thanks for invit­ing folks like me into the Joost world…

by Alan on May 10, 2007 at 8:21 pm. Reply #

Aye, Joost is pretty fun — I’m in already :)

by James AkaXakA on May 11, 2007 at 12:26 pm. Reply #

are there still invites? if so please send one to jer­mies (at) gmail (dot) com

thanks!

by Jerm on May 11, 2007 at 3:32 pm. Reply #

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by Mark Harris on May 11, 2007 at 9:17 pm. Reply #

May I have an invite to Joost? I would like to test also. Thanks

by Dave M on May 12, 2007 at 5:19 am. Reply #

I would love an invite to Joost. Is it the next “big” thing?

by BigDaddySquid on May 12, 2007 at 9:48 am. Reply #

Hi, can soe­mone send me an invite:
jerrypub@optonline.net

thanks!!!

by jj on May 12, 2007 at 10:32 am. Reply #

would like joost invite

by rick ford on May 13, 2007 at 1:02 am. Reply #

I would appre­ci­ate an invite to see Joost.

by Dan on May 13, 2007 at 6:25 am. Reply #

Just read great arti­cle on Joost in Newsweek. I gotta get an invite. Please???

by Rob on May 13, 2007 at 10:40 am. Reply #

I would appre­ci­ate a Joost invite. My e-mail is bag.junk@gmail.com Thanks!

by Rifter on May 13, 2007 at 11:11 am. Reply #

It seem that JOOST is spread­ing like wild fire. I would like to be a part of it.

by pensa22 on May 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm. Reply #

Love to try Joost. Like an invite please.

by Mike B on May 13, 2007 at 7:17 pm. Reply #

I’ve been hear­ing amaz­ing things about Joost. Would love an invite if there are any left. Thanks in advance. csau [at] berke­ley [dot] edu

by dolce on May 13, 2007 at 8:27 pm. Reply #

would love an invite to joost — every­thing i’ve found sounds great!

by jghoormann on May 13, 2007 at 11:53 pm. Reply #

Hi I would love to test out Joost, please can i have an invite?

by lee-scott on May 14, 2007 at 7:10 am. Reply #

Hi there, I found you at Icon­Buf­fet, through a com­mon musi­cal inter­est. I would be grate­ful if you could please send a Joost invite my way. That’s neat that you are a 9rules mem­ber, btw — that is one of my own goals. Although, first I will have to restore my web­site, I guess. ;)

by Birgit on May 14, 2007 at 7:44 pm. Reply #

Don’t see a lot I can get in Mex­ico — but I’m sure with time !!

Invite Mex­ico
Gracias

by sparks on May 15, 2007 at 2:34 pm. Reply #

Greet­ings — I’d love to check out Joost, just read about it in Newsweek mag­a­zine. May I have an invite?

by Wendy on May 15, 2007 at 4:00 pm. Reply #

ReelTime.com is a site a lot like Joost. Try it free also, and com­pare. Email cash_reel@yahoo.com and I will send you Reel Cash to spend there. Get a three month sub­scrip­tion, or a bunch of pay per views, or both!

by Cine Man on May 15, 2007 at 4:19 pm. Reply #

Iwould relly like to try and see how this works every­body is talk­ing about it so can you send me an invite

by clara on May 15, 2007 at 4:43 pm. Reply #

I would love an invite if you can take a moment to send one out!

igeekesque@yahoo.com

Thanks! :D

by Lindsey Tropf on May 15, 2007 at 5:02 pm. Reply #

I have been red­ing about Joost for some time and would like to get an invite. Thank you in advance.

by Bill on May 16, 2007 at 12:53 am. Reply #

Please send me an invite to Joost. Thanks.

by Bryan Pearson on May 16, 2007 at 1:19 am. Reply #

Thank you so much! :)

by Birgit on May 17, 2007 at 1:21 pm. Reply #

I’m inter­ested in an invite. I’d like to try out Joost.

by Ryan on May 17, 2007 at 5:50 pm. Reply #

Would love an invite. Thanks for doing this!

by JC on May 17, 2007 at 8:07 pm. Reply #

I’d love an invite. Read­ing about it makes me curious.

by Mike on May 17, 2007 at 9:50 pm. Reply #

Joost me up! I’ve been want­ing to try it out.

Thanks in advance.

by James Tadeo on May 18, 2007 at 11:41 am. Reply #

I’d love to see what Joost is all about if some­one would be so kind as to send me an invite. Thanks!

by Maggie on May 18, 2007 at 2:51 pm. Reply #

Thanks for offer­ing the invite. I’ll take one and spread the wealth.

Regards,
Bill

by Bill Alexy on May 18, 2007 at 4:17 pm. Reply #

I would love an invite at psyko­ladd {at} hot­mail [dot] com

by Dustin on May 19, 2007 at 9:01 am. Reply #

Joost invite please !!!!!!

by epaul on May 19, 2007 at 10:10 am. Reply #

I would greatly appre­ci­ate an invite.
wlakas@cfl.rr.com

by Wayne Lakas on May 19, 2007 at 3:29 pm. Reply #

Yay … an invite !!! ‘Couldn’t imag­ine any­thing bet­ter. I’d LOVE one thank you. Any way I can reciprocate ?

by Kenny Hansen on May 20, 2007 at 5:18 am. Reply #

Please send me an invite. Thanks

by mark shlapobersky on May 20, 2007 at 3:41 pm. Reply #

Well, I guess I have to try it. At first I was a lit­tle skep­ti­cal, but I think I’ve been con­vinced oth­er­wise… It’s def­i­nitely worth giv­ing it a shot

Thanks for doing this!

by Kyle on May 20, 2007 at 5:35 pm. Reply #

My col­lege doesn’t have televisions…please help ease the pain of bore­dom with an invite!

by Christy Alison on May 20, 2007 at 5:45 pm. Reply #

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Iwould like to try it. Please send me an invite.

by Big K on May 20, 2007 at 9:22 pm. Reply #

Some­one please invite me. Thanks!!

onewhowatches@msn.com

by Ryan Simmons on May 21, 2007 at 1:06 pm. Reply #

Hi guys ;0)
’Just wanted to extend my appre­ci­a­tion and grat­i­tude for get­ting me the Joost invite with such expe­di­ence. By the way … JOOST RULES …

by Kenny Hansen on May 22, 2007 at 5:46 am. Reply #

Hey, if you could send a Joost invite, that would be splendid!

Thanks so much in advance!

Madguy1286@gmail.com

by Kotarox on May 22, 2007 at 2:53 pm. Reply #

invite me too please

by mark h on May 23, 2007 at 9:46 am. Reply #

invite me too please heaterboy2 at hotmail.com

by mark h on May 23, 2007 at 9:47 am. Reply #

Hadn’t heard of Joost before — Very cool — Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for extend­ing the invites!

by Kelvin on May 23, 2007 at 4:06 pm. Reply #

Hi there would love to get a Joost invite!!!
djruim@hotmail.com

by Ruca on May 24, 2007 at 11:55 am. Reply #

Woot!

by Chris Auel on May 24, 2007 at 3:12 pm. Reply #

Sweet. Never been a bet­ter way to waste time… err, umm, find qual­ity edu­ca­tional shows. I love it.

by Mark Eckenrode on May 29, 2007 at 8:16 pm. Reply #

Heard lots about JOOST and would be glad to be invited. Regards

by Chap Ba Rang on June 2, 2007 at 2:18 am. Reply #

Hi! Could I have an invite please? Thanks loads! (:

by Michelle on June 2, 2007 at 2:27 am. Reply #

Please send me an invite to Joost please. Thank you

by aliank on June 2, 2007 at 1:18 pm. Reply #

I have been wait­ing for PC TV for some time and now am anx­ious to try Joost out. I would love an invite.

Thanks

by Dick Broom on June 2, 2007 at 4:44 pm. Reply #

pls send invi­ta­tion 2 me, many many tks.

by stsoh on June 3, 2007 at 1:47 am. Reply #

Please send me an invite.… jhsminnyjh@gmail.com.…

thanks a mil­lion!!!!!!!! :)

by Joey on June 3, 2007 at 3:58 am. Reply #

i would like to test this pro­gram out
it sounds great

by howard sweet on June 3, 2007 at 9:57 am. Reply #

Hi, I would love an invite, can’t wait to see joost chan­nels on my screen.

Thank you

by Felipe on June 3, 2007 at 6:09 pm. Reply #

Hey could i please get an invite?
many thanks
dank.nasty@hotmail.com

by dan on June 3, 2007 at 8:59 pm. Reply #

Hi I just found out abt joost, would you be able to send me an invite at my email addr joshuar5@yahoo.com ? Cheers !

by Josh on June 3, 2007 at 11:07 pm. Reply #

Thanks for offer­ing the invi­ta­tion to all of your read­ers. I’m look­ing for­ward to more posts on Joost.

by Gary on June 4, 2007 at 11:35 am. Reply #

I have been read­ing about Joost for some time. Would appre­ci­ate a Joost invite. thank you

by Kiva Lee on June 4, 2007 at 12:58 pm. Reply #

I would be espe­cially inter­ested if this becomes com­pat­i­ble with Apple TV. Seems like a mar­riage made in heaven…

Thanks in advance for the invi­ta­tion to Joost Beta.

by Jon Tempas on June 4, 2007 at 9:17 pm. Reply #

“Got Joost?”

Need to give it a shot and see how much dam­age can YouTube take.

Maybe an invite could help.

by Sydney on June 5, 2007 at 3:58 am. Reply #

please send me an invite at jill.tje@gmail.com! thank you so much(:

by jill on June 5, 2007 at 5:57 am. Reply #

hello i would love an invite(: please send it to suvitha_krishnan@hotmail.com

by suvee on June 5, 2007 at 5:59 am. Reply #

please send me and invite at jill.tje@gmail.com! thank you so much(:

by jill on June 5, 2007 at 6:02 am. Reply #

If you’re still read­ing this, I would love an invite!

by Geoff on June 8, 2007 at 1:32 pm. Reply #

Please send me an invite. Thanks a lot!

by Corey on June 14, 2007 at 2:20 am. Reply #

Want to check out Joost, heard good things about it!

by Bob Gunner on June 14, 2007 at 2:40 pm. Reply #

I am dying to get an invite to try Joost/ PLEASE send me one! Thanks in advance!

by Steve Shaw on June 14, 2007 at 2:45 pm. Reply #

invaite me pls

by anais on June 16, 2007 at 3:23 pm. Reply #

Please can you invite me? I promise to buy you a beer if I meet you in N.Y. City :-)
ladislav11@comcast.net

Thank you
Alex

by Alex on June 17, 2007 at 1:50 pm. Reply #

Please send me an invite to joost. I do not have any bet­ter rea­son than any­one else but I am get­ting tired of just watch­ing a tv with one chan­nel. That is what hap­pens when you live in the sticks! LOL!

by Dwayne on June 18, 2007 at 6:17 pm. Reply #

Cool! Can I have an Joost Invites too? pls pls =D

by Jacky on June 19, 2007 at 2:58 am. Reply #

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