Joost Beta: I have invitations to give out

[tmar89]

If you haven't heard of Joost yet, then you will in a few more weeks. It is a web TV like application from ebay-skype and it has tons of potential. It's in beta right now and invite only. I have 0 invitations left so first reply, first serve. PM me your email for quicker responses.

[cfaslave]

If you haven't heard of Joost yet, then you will in a few more weeks. It is a web TV like application from ebay-skype and it has tons of potential. It's in beta right now and invite only. I have 2 invitations left so first reply, first serve.
I pm'd you.

If you have one left, I'd love to get an invitation.

Thanks,
Brent

EDIT: Thanks tmar89!!!

[mpp_mpp]

I would like one of the invites I have sent you a pm with my email

[tmar89]

Invites sent. If I get more I'll update this thread. If others want to share their invites, use this thread if you want.

[Chimera]

I'd love an invite if anyone else has a spare :)

[roblkuhnjr]

Chimera,

Invitation sent.

Enjoy!

[Bloggator]

If there's anyone else, I'd love to get an invitation.

[Chimera]

Chimera,

Invitation sent.

Enjoy!

Thanks roblkuhnjr, much appreciated :)

[rugby]

I would sure appreciate one as well.

[tmar89]

I have two more invites. PM me with your emails.

[samundsen]

Oh.oh..oh...please send me one... please! I signed up for the beta several weeks ago, but never heard anything back.

[tmar89]

Oh.oh..oh...please send me one... please! I signed up for the beta several weeks ago, but never heard anything back.
Sent. 1 left.

[rugby]

PM sent

Sent. 1 left.

[Fonceur]

So, what exactly is available on Joost and at what kind of resolution, bit rate and such?

[cfaslave]

Some Joost Info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost

[merrypig]

I so hope they break the mould and become the first internet tv medium to include caption support =)

[samundsen]

I tried it out last night, it's pretty cool, but I have one major complaint. The Joost application seem to be very mouse oriented, and unless there are some hotkey support I haven't found yet, would be hard to navigate with just a remote control, leaving it somewhat useless on a dedicated HTPC. The application itself is gorgeous though. They have really taken to heart the concept of transparent menus, overlaying them over the video window. Considering how early it is in the development, the content selection is pretty decent. The picture quality is good, better than most video streaming sites, though not quite up to Netflix streaming standards.

[Fonceur]

The Joost application seem to be very mouse oriented, and unless there are some hotkey support I haven't found yet, would be hard to navigate with just a remote control, leaving it somewhat useless on a dedicated HTPC.
I agree, the hotkeys, the non working rewind and the fact that the option menu in BTV turns back to black after its use are my main issues... ;)

[Fonceur]

unless there are some hotkey support I haven't found yet
It turns out that they are shown at the bottom of the release notes... ;)

[samundsen]

It turns out that they are shown at the bottom of the release notes... ;)

And there they are! I guess that will teach me to study release notes more carefully. Thanks!

[samundsen]

Well, I got the basic features mapped to the remote, but this app sure has ways to go before it really supports remote control operation. There does not appear to be any way of pulling up the channel guide and browsing through it, selecting a channel and playing it. For instance, you can press C for the overall channel listing, but you can't navigate the menu that appears with the keyboard. The only way to select anything is to click with a mouse. I can't even find a way to pull up the My Channels listing using the keyboard.

You can navigate through it by pulling up the on-screen control (pressing Enter or I) then using up or down... but this is a single line display, not a proper listing....

[Bmanc]

I would like an invite as well.

Thank you

[tmar89]

I haven't received any more invites so others feel free to share theirs.

[sju2005]

Hi,

I would really appreciate a joost invitation.
If anyone can send one my way, I would really appreciate it.
sju2005@gmail.com

Thanks much!!

[blunlimited]

I would like a Joost invite if there is one available. I've read several news stories about it and would like a chance to compare it vs. Netflix Live.

Can be sent to:

davidrowe2007 at gmail.com

Thank you

[sharon]

please someone invite me :bowdown:
Thanks

[diputs]

I've got two invite tokens to give out, PM me asap...

One Left...

[aurigus0]

If anyone has a Joost Firefly XML file that works I would love to have it. I can't get Firefly to recognize the Joost application.

[cfaslave]

If you want to try out Joost before it is publicly released, go apply for the beta (http://www.joost.com/apply.html). You have to sign up by this Thursday, March 22nd and the Joost blog (https://www.joost.com/betatest/2007/03/last-call-for-beta-test-on-joost.com.html)says:


everyone who applies before we close on Thursday, 3/22 will get access to try out Joost within the next couple of weeks - how is that for a treat


After Thursday, the only way to get in before the public release would be through invitation from a current beta member only and those are limited.

[cfaslave]

Okay, the new Joost Beta (0.9) is out and it looks really nice. All current beta members should have five invites to give out so there will be several (I know there are several of us on the forums at least) who will probably give them out here on the forums. If you want a chance at my five invites, go to my blog HERE (http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/04/5-joost-invites-for-you-contest.html) and post a comment. I'll pick five random comments to give out the invites.

Good Luck!

[queonda]

Some of my invites will go to a random commenter to
Good Luck!

I just randomly commenting on how excited to get an invite. If anyone has an invite send one my way, please. :aldnce:

[cfaslave]

I just randomly commenting on how excited to get an invite. If anyone has an invite send one my way, please. :aldnce:
Okay, just to be clear, the comments need to be on the blog post here: :wink:
http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/04/5-joost-invites-for-you-contest.html

[tmar89]

I have 3 left. PM me with your email address.

[tmar89]

Sorry, all scooped up for now.

[bnflaherty]

apparently I have 5

[studan]

can you send me one? pls

[samundsen]

I have 5 invitations to share. First 5 to PM me their email address will receive one....

[merrypig]

I just signed up on the joost.com website and got my invitation to join today. (took 2-3 weeks). Video quality is quite good I have to say, but sadly , as always, they've chosen to ignore captioning *Sigh*.

one day...

[vish3108]

Hi

I realy want to try this, has anyone got any spare invitations that they can send me, if u can send it to vish3108@hotmail.com

Cheers :toast:

[tmar89]

5 more invites came my way. First ones to PM me with their emails win :)