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I’ve got invites to Joost¹ for being an early beta tester. Don’t bother if you already have satellite TV at home, at least until Joost opens up for everyone. For the rest of you les miserables, ping me if you want one.

Be aware that Joost has some pretty stiff system requirements (a rip from Joost download page):

• Windows XP Service Pack 2 with DirectX 9.0c.
• Pentium 4 processor, 1GHz.
• 512Mb or more RAM.
• A modern video card with DirectX support and at least 32Mb of VRAM.
• About 500 MB free disk space.
• The Joost software is a 10 MB download, expanding to 30-35 MB on disk. The remainder is used as a cache.
• Broadband / ADSL (1Mbit/s downstream, 512Kbit/s upstream recommended, although lower speeds may well work).
• 1 hour of viewing is 320 Megabytes downloaded and 105 Megabytes uploaded, which means that a 1 Gb cap will be exhausted in about 10 hours (see important note below).

Important notice for users with limits on their internet usage. You need to read this carefully if:

• You have an upper limit on your monthly internet usage, or
• You pay for internet usage as you go (i.e. you pay per megabyte you download, instead of a flat fee).
• Joost is a streaming video application, and so uses a relatively high amount of bandwidth per hour. In 1 hour of viewing, 320 Mb will be downloaded and 105 Mb uploaded, which means that a 1 Gb cap will be exhausted in about 10 hours.
• If you pay for your bandwidth usage per megabyte or have your usage capped by your ISP, you should be careful to always exit the Joost program completely when you are finished watching it.

1. ”Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.” [←]

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