Joost description
A new way of watching TV on the internet

Joost is a new way for you to watch 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.

You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into Joost - so you find shows quickly and talk to your friends while you're watching them. And with no schedules to worry about, you can watch whatever you want, whenever you like - as often as you want. Joost is completely free and works with most modern personal computers and Intel Mac-based computers with a broadband connection.

Here are some key features of "Joost":

Free

TV, straight to your PC
· Free to watch, anywhere in the world
· Easy to use, just like regular TV
· No special hardware needed - just a PC or Intel-based Mac and a broadband connection

TV, the way you like it
· Hundreds of shows from your favourite channels
· Full-screen, high-quality pictures and sound
· No fixed schedules - watch what you like, when you like, as often as you want

Be part of the show
· Chat with friends and other fans while you watch
· You're the critic - rate and debate the shows you love and hate
· Build your own playlists and channels


Requirements:

· 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


Limitations:

· For now, Joost access is invitation-based only! You cannot enjoy Joost if you do not have an invitation to join the program's testing team.