Joost - A Beta Review
I have to say that I was initially skeptical of Joost. Even though it’s an offering by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, a torrent-based method of delivering free video content, it sounds like the right stuff. But I was skeptical about how efficiently the content would be delivered and the quality of the content.
Not bad. I’ve only been watching “Stella” from Comedy Central, but it’s good. It halted a bit when I started, but I forgave it, and hit pause and walked away for a bit, and after a minute or two it cached enough content that the rest of my viewing time was pretty much seamless.
I get about 800×600 AVI-quality video, close to par with ripped video content. (Imagine that you rip a DVD to CD size (~700 MB), and that’s what you get—much better than YouTube Flash video.) The selections were well chosen for my personal demographic—definitely enough to keep me happy after I finished the second season of “The Office.”
I think this is going to be great—as long as it lasts. Pretty psyched.
Technically, I just want to add that I’m watching it on an Acer 5610Z laptop, which is an economy laptop, so not-too-high-powered. It doesn’t run on my Mac Powerbook—it only runs on Intel-based Macs. This is exciting. And I’m going to keep on watching Stella until it’s reasonably too late.
In regards to Stella: The guys from The State are there, and they’ve done a great job keeping the wit, humor, and style of The State going about a decade later. I’m also impressed by how racially integrated the cast is. Good show. Check it out on Joost, OK?
October 8th, 2007 at 2:47 am
Glad to see someone is staying on top of things.