Who's Getting Joost?

For those who dont know, Joost TV is now available for anyone who wants it, and has the system requirements.

I will definitely be interested when I get a new system, but I'm wondering how it can possibly work.

How can a broadband connection download enough data per hour to watch FULL screen DVD quality video on demand?

Whats their secret?
http://www.joost.com/systemrequirements.html

 

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Well they don't stream true DVD quality video, it's probably DivX. They say about 300 mb per hour of viewing, a DivX rip of a DVD is about 750 mb which usually equates to 1.5-2 hours. The difference in quality isn't that much, and if you're piping it to a TV it's not noticeable at all.

Seems like a good start to the idea, but I'll give it a few more years before I join up (most of the channels I'd be interested in aren't available in Canada).

 

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Oh, theres a different selection for Canada?
Is there a separate Canadian site for Joost?

 

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No, but looking at the "What's On?" link there's several channels that are only available in certain countries. Comedy Central is only in the US, the Alliance Sci-Fi is not available in US or Canada and so on. It's not surprising, there's a lot of legalities and liscensing agreements that have to be worked out for this kind of thing, but it's got potential.

 

They filter the channel selections by IP/isp I guess.

It's a cool idea, but I wasn't that impressed with it. The selection of videos wasn't great.

I torrent everything, so it will take some time before streaming tv/videos even comes close to the level of flexibility and choice I already have.

 

But you cant watch the nightly news or weekly programs with Torrents...or can you???

Dont know anything about Torrents.
Can you recommend a SIMPLE torrent site I could try?