Joost Internet TV Finally Goes Public

Joost, the groundbreaking IPTV application from the same guys that came up with the ever-popular Skype VoIP application, has been creating a buzz for months. That’s because it’s been invite-only. Up until now, that is. Joost has finally opened itself up to the public.

I’ve written about Joost elsewhere on three or four tech and/or TV blogs. My thoughts about it:

1. Very cool first impressions.
2. Interesting content but not enough to impress everyone.
3. Incredible “video” quality, highly dependent on your computer’s RAM and Internet speed.
4. Incredible bandwidth hog. Your Internet access plan better be able to handle it. The beta version took up as much as 100Mb of hard disk space and 200-300 Mb per hour of bandwidth.

Overall, I watched it once in a while while beta testing it. But with a heavy workload and so many good new TV shows in the new Fall season, I haven’t fired up Joost in a while.