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Get Joost (three invites available)

April 25, 2007 by Jeff Hester 73 Comments

Joostâ„¢ the best of tv and the internetWhat is Joost? It’s high-definition TV, streaming over the internet. Created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, it uses similar technological concepts for boosting performance.

Right now, the channels are somewhat limited, but if you’ve got the hardware to support Joost, you might want to check it out. And if you want to check it out, I just so happen to have three invites to the private beta.

Leave me a comment if you’re interested (you’ll get extra points for creativity!).

Filed Under: Social Media, Web 2.0

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  1. Henry says

    April 26, 2007 at 3:00 am

    I am totally, completely, obsessively, radically, magically, tastefully, deliciously, ridiculously, fabulously, marvelously, grovelingly interested. SO SO SO interested. More interested than anybody else. I totally swear. Do email me, I’ll be eternally grateful, and greatful, and full of great fullness! 😀

    If I sound like an idiot, it’s because I’m too focused on trying to charm you. I apologize profusely, and hope you can overlook my ever-growing stupidity and allow me the great privilege of a Joost Official Beta Tester position. I will use it wisely, and well.

    Okay. Uhh. Yeah. EMAIL ME! 😀

    Reply
  2. Henry says

    April 25, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    I am totally, completely, obsessively, radically, magically, tastefully, deliciously, ridiculously, fabulously, marvelously, grovelingly interested. SO SO SO interested. More interested than anybody else. I totally swear. Do email me, I’ll be eternally grateful, and greatful, and full of great fullness! 😀

    If I sound like an idiot, it’s because I’m too focused on trying to charm you. I apologize profusely, and hope you can overlook my ever-growing stupidity and allow me the great privilege of a Joost Official Beta Tester position. I will use it wisely, and well.

    Okay. Uhh. Yeah. EMAIL ME! 😀

    Reply
  3. Jeff Hester says

    April 26, 2007 at 3:11 am

    Wow, Henry! You get an A for enthusiasm (and promptness). I’m going to sleep on it and see what other requests come in before I send out the invites. 😉

    Reply
  4. Jeff Hester says

    April 25, 2007 at 8:11 pm

    Wow, Henry! You get an A for enthusiasm (and promptness). I’m going to sleep on it and see what other requests come in before I send out the invites. 😉

    Reply
  5. Eric says

    April 25, 2007 at 8:34 pm

    I tried to get into the Beta (no email yet) about 2 months ago. My boss is even bugging me about it. Searched through my junk mail even, about 1Gb worth, nothing.

    I’m really excited to see what’s coming next as far as “web tv” goes. Still waiting on a HDD cable card for the PC though.

    Well I’m not going to beg, but an invite would be great.

    Take care.

    Reply
  6. Tigerblade says

    April 26, 2007 at 3:36 am

    Wow. Not more than two minutes ago was I talking to my friend about how much I want HDTV. The clarity blows my mind.

    I don’t see anything on the Joost site about system requirements. I’m sure my machine meets any requirements they set, but it’s odd not to see specifications set down somewhere.

    I don’t know that I can match the enthusiasm level of Henry up there, but I’d certainly love to give this a go. I’m all for sweet stuff like this — eventually *everything* will be online. No cable/satellite TV, just TVOIP. Did I just coin a term?

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  7. Tigerblade says

    April 25, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Wow. Not more than two minutes ago was I talking to my friend about how much I want HDTV. The clarity blows my mind.

    I don’t see anything on the Joost site about system requirements. I’m sure my machine meets any requirements they set, but it’s odd not to see specifications set down somewhere.

    I don’t know that I can match the enthusiasm level of Henry up there, but I’d certainly love to give this a go. I’m all for sweet stuff like this — eventually *everything* will be online. No cable/satellite TV, just TVOIP. Did I just coin a term?

    Reply
  8. Eric says

    April 25, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    Ok, ok… I’m begging now.

    My boss just called and threatened to fire me if I didn’t get an invite.

    Reply
  9. epiclectic says

    April 26, 2007 at 7:43 am

    Wow… I can’t believe that I actually beat you to something. 🙂 I also received my invite to Joost a couple weeks ago, and installed it on my Vaio 2GHz pentium desktop with 768Mb RAM.

    To test the performance, I ended up watching a Flaming Lips documentary that ran for 25 minutes or so. Loved the quality and the content. (Thanks, Wayne.)

    BUT, if I had anything else running, everything slowed to a crawl. I just don’t have enough memory or disk space to hold the cache files that it creates. NOT a problem with Joost, but with my underpowered/underconfigured PC.

    Unlike Twitter or Justin.TV, I’ll give this one a big thumbs up!

    Reply
  10. epiclectic says

    April 26, 2007 at 12:43 am

    Wow… I can’t believe that I actually beat you to something. 🙂 I also received my invite to Joost a couple weeks ago, and installed it on my Vaio 2GHz pentium desktop with 768Mb RAM.

    To test the performance, I ended up watching a Flaming Lips documentary that ran for 25 minutes or so. Loved the quality and the content. (Thanks, Wayne.)

    BUT, if I had anything else running, everything slowed to a crawl. I just don’t have enough memory or disk space to hold the cache files that it creates. NOT a problem with Joost, but with my underpowered/underconfigured PC.

    Unlike Twitter or Justin.TV, I’ll give this one a big thumbs up!

    Reply
  11. MannyD says

    April 26, 2007 at 11:44 am

    I feel like a kid again, begging mom for those sweets! Doing whatever it takes to get what I wanted, crying, laughing, & begging. Well, I guess or you will send me an invite or I’ll just have to grow up and wait until Joost officially goes public.

    Regards,
    Manny

    Reply
  12. Dustin says

    April 26, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    If you haven any invites left, i would love to try this out.

    Reply
  13. Dustin says

    April 26, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    If you haven any invites left, i would love to try this out.

    Reply
  14. Dustin says

    April 26, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Completely forgot to be creative, there for, pass the following test, and i shall get my invite 😉

    1
    11
    21
    1211
    111221
    _______?

    Reply
  15. Dustin says

    April 26, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    Completely forgot to be creative, there for, pass the following test, and i shall get my invite 😉

    1
    11
    21
    1211
    111221
    _______?

    Reply
  16. Tigerblade says

    April 26, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    Heh… Dustin… creative yes but easy as well.

    312211.

    Classic Morris sequence. Three ones, two twos, one one.

    Reply
  17. Tigerblade says

    April 26, 2007 at 4:24 pm

    Heh… Dustin… creative yes but easy as well.

    312211.

    Classic Morris sequence. Three ones, two twos, one one.

    Reply
  18. Dustin says

    April 27, 2007 at 3:12 am

    So where’s my invite 😛

    Reply
  19. Dustin says

    April 26, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    So where’s my invite 😛

    Reply
  20. Chris says

    April 29, 2007 at 1:12 am

    Creativity eh. You came to the wrong place to find creativity. Joost me dude.

    Oh yep…..Please 🙂

    Reply
  21. Chris says

    April 28, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Creativity eh. You came to the wrong place to find creativity. Joost me dude.

    Oh yep…..Please 🙂

    Reply
  22. Jeff Hester says

    April 29, 2007 at 10:32 am

    Ok, Joost invites are going to Henry, Tigerblade and Dustin — but it’ll have to wait until next Saturday, unfortunately. I have to send the invite from Joost — which is installed on my desktop at home in California. And I’m currently in England. Sorry guys.

    If you do manage to get an invite somewhere else before then, let me know so I can pass it on to someone else.

    Reply
  23. Jeff Hester says

    April 29, 2007 at 3:32 am

    Ok, Joost invites are going to Henry, Tigerblade and Dustin — but it’ll have to wait until next Saturday, unfortunately. I have to send the invite from Joost — which is installed on my desktop at home in California. And I’m currently in England. Sorry guys.

    If you do manage to get an invite somewhere else before then, let me know so I can pass it on to someone else.

    Reply
  24. Syed Qadri says

    April 30, 2007 at 10:30 am

    Hi…

    I would like to get an invite of Joost. I am really interested in testing this new technology out compared to others like JumpTV. I would really appreciae to get an invite please. Thanks

    Reply
  25. Syed Qadri says

    April 30, 2007 at 3:30 am

    Hi…

    I would like to get an invite of Joost. I am really interested in testing this new technology out compared to others like JumpTV. I would really appreciae to get an invite please. Thanks

    Reply
  26. Frank B says

    May 1, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Well anybody doesn’t get their invite, I would be happy to use it!

    Reply
  27. Frank B says

    May 1, 2007 at 10:27 am

    Well anybody doesn’t get their invite, I would be happy to use it!

    Reply
  28. Dustin says

    May 2, 2007 at 12:36 am

    Thanks ahead of time 🙂 The more i read about this, the more it interests me.

    Reply
  29. Dustin says

    May 1, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    Thanks ahead of time 🙂 The more i read about this, the more it interests me.

    Reply
  30. Tigerblade says

    May 2, 2007 at 12:53 am

    Indeed, thanks! I’m looking forward to trying this out, hopefully it’s every bit as good as what I’m hearing about it.

    Reply
  31. Tigerblade says

    May 1, 2007 at 5:53 pm

    Indeed, thanks! I’m looking forward to trying this out, hopefully it’s every bit as good as what I’m hearing about it.

    Reply
  32. Dustin says

    May 2, 2007 at 3:14 am

    I just got an invite from a friend so you still have one left, thanks again though 🙂

    Reply
  33. Dustin says

    May 1, 2007 at 8:14 pm

    I just got an invite from a friend so you still have one left, thanks again though 🙂

    Reply
  34. Zeep says

    May 2, 2007 at 6:49 am

    |======|
    || |===| |===| |===| |=====|
    || | | | | |____ ||
    || || | | | | | ||
    Please \===|| |===| |===| |===| || me up if you have an

    extra invite! I don’t have a working TV so the internet’s my main game. I just heard about Joost and it seems to be just what I’m looking for. Please let me know if you have any availabilities.

    Thanks!

    ..v

    Reply
  35. Zeep says

    May 1, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    |======|
    || |===| |===| |===| |=====|
    || | | | | |____ ||
    || || | | | | | ||
    Please \\===|| |===| |===| |===| || me up if you have an

    extra invite! I don’t have a working TV so the internet’s my main game. I just heard about Joost and it seems to be just what I’m looking for. Please let me know if you have any availabilities.

    Thanks!

    ..v

    Reply
  36. Zeep says

    May 2, 2007 at 6:51 am

    Aww my text got messed up. Anyhow, it said “please Joost me up!”

    Reply
  37. Zeep says

    May 1, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    Aww my text got messed up. Anyhow, it said “please Joost me up!”

    Reply
  38. Morten says

    May 2, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    Hey. I would really like to get Joost 😀
    Anyone who have one left ?

    Reply
  39. Morten says

    May 2, 2007 at 8:39 am

    Hey. I would really like to get Joost 😀
    Anyone who have one left ?

    Reply
  40. Elisa says

    May 2, 2007 at 10:13 pm

    Oh…wow…just when I check in it’s too late…huh? Hope you are doing well…things here have gotten a bit better since last we chatted. OH…and I want photos!

    Reply
  41. Elisa says

    May 2, 2007 at 10:13 pm

    Oh…and if you DO have an invite left…I’m game 😀

    Reply
  42. Elisa says

    May 2, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Oh…wow…just when I check in it’s too late…huh? Hope you are doing well…things here have gotten a bit better since last we chatted. OH…and I want photos!

    Reply
  43. Elisa says

    May 2, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Oh…and if you DO have an invite left…I’m game 😀

    Reply
  44. miguel says

    May 3, 2007 at 12:12 am

    i would love to try joost can i get an invite????? plzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Reply
  45. miguel says

    May 2, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    i would love to try joost can i get an invite????? plzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Reply
  46. jonas says

    May 3, 2007 at 7:22 am

    I really need it …. pleaseeeee….

    Reply
  47. jonas says

    May 3, 2007 at 12:22 am

    I really need it …. pleaseeeee….

    Reply
  48. loktm says

    May 3, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Could you please invite me in for Joost ?

    Thank You !!!!!!!

    Loktm

    Reply
  49. loktm says

    May 3, 2007 at 7:37 am

    Could you please invite me in for Joost ?

    Thank You !!!!!!!

    Loktm

    Reply
  50. Julio Gonzalez says

    May 3, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    Invite please.

    Reply
  51. Julio Gonzalez says

    May 3, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    Invite please.

    Reply
  52. Ian says

    May 4, 2007 at 2:43 am

    send an invite if you have any left i8a4n54@mac.com

    Thanks

    Reply
  53. Ian says

    May 3, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    send an invite if you have any left i8a4n54@mac.com

    Thanks

    Reply
  54. Jeff Hester says

    May 4, 2007 at 11:12 am

    W-O-W! Lotsa people want Joost!

    Ok, I get back to my PC late Saturday, and will send’em out. If I get any more, I’ll let you know.

    Reply
  55. Jeff Hester says

    May 4, 2007 at 4:12 am

    W-O-W! Lotsa people want Joost!

    Ok, I get back to my PC late Saturday, and will send’em out. If I get any more, I’ll let you know.

    Reply
  56. Elisa says

    May 4, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    Saturday? Stay in England longer man! And where ARE those photos?

    Reply
  57. Elisa says

    May 4, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    Saturday? Stay in England longer man! And where ARE those photos?

    Reply
  58. kasamaruti says

    May 7, 2007 at 1:09 am

    Joost Swap is splendid site. Give ma a invite. Please, please my email is
    kasamaruti@iol.pt

    Reply
  59. kasamaruti says

    May 6, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    Joost Swap is splendid site. Give ma a invite. Please, please my email is
    kasamaruti@iol.pt

    Reply
  60. t luke says

    May 7, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    i NEED my JOOST!

    Reply
  61. t luke says

    May 7, 2007 at 9:49 am

    i NEED my JOOST!

    Reply
  62. Jeff Hester says

    May 8, 2007 at 2:08 am

    Ok, invites have gone out to everyone! Enjoy!

    Reply
  63. Jeff Hester says

    May 7, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    Ok, invites have gone out to everyone! Enjoy!

    Reply
  64. Ronen says

    May 8, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    plz plz
    I realy need it
    🙂

    Reply
  65. Ronen says

    May 8, 2007 at 5:00 am

    plz plz
    I realy need it
    🙂

    Reply
  66. Tigerblade says

    May 9, 2007 at 2:06 am

    Wow, lots of people begging for invites despite your comment that you’d already sent them out. Interesting.

    In any case, I got my invite — Thanks!! I’ve got it installed and had a wee bit of time to play with it tonight (not as much time as I’d like at the moment, as I just started at a new job). Quality is fantastic, but the selection is rather limited. Each channel has quite a few “shows” — especially the music video channels — but there aren’t all that many real channels to pick from.

    Nevertheless, it seems quite nice for the small bit of playing I had time for. I’ll try to write up a little more of a review of sorts when I get some time, maybe this weekend. I’ve got a few things I want to write about, so I’ll have to make some time.

    Again, thanks! Much appreciated.

    Reply
  67. Tigerblade says

    May 8, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Wow, lots of people begging for invites despite your comment that you’d already sent them out. Interesting.

    In any case, I got my invite — Thanks!! I’ve got it installed and had a wee bit of time to play with it tonight (not as much time as I’d like at the moment, as I just started at a new job). Quality is fantastic, but the selection is rather limited. Each channel has quite a few “shows” — especially the music video channels — but there aren’t all that many real channels to pick from.

    Nevertheless, it seems quite nice for the small bit of playing I had time for. I’ll try to write up a little more of a review of sorts when I get some time, maybe this weekend. I’ve got a few things I want to write about, so I’ll have to make some time.

    Again, thanks! Much appreciated.

    Reply
  68. fabrice says

    May 12, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    has annyone invites??

    please sent one to : fabrice_an@hotmail.com

    i will also share my invites!!

    thanks
    Fabrice

    Reply
  69. fabrice says

    May 12, 2007 at 6:38 am

    has annyone invites??

    please sent one to : fabrice_an@hotmail.com

    i will also share my invites!!

    thanks
    Fabrice

    Reply
  70. Al Rider says

    May 15, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Can i have a Joost invite please ? My wheelchair is broken and i have alot of time to watch tv now.

    Hope to hear from you Sir.

    Reply
  71. Al Rider says

    May 15, 2007 at 10:52 am

    Can i have a Joost invite please ? My wheelchair is broken and i have alot of time to watch tv now.

    Hope to hear from you Sir.

    Reply
  72. Jeff Hester says

    May 16, 2007 at 3:23 am

    I’ve sent invites to Fabrice and Al Rider. Enjoy!

    Reply
  73. Jeff Hester says

    May 15, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    I’ve sent invites to Fabrice and Al Rider. Enjoy!

    Reply

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