[TriLUG] OT- The death of TV?

[Greg Brown]

d'oh.. my Mini is a G4 as well.  Hum, good news is Joost looks like it has
been semi-ported to the modified Apple TV.  Fonts don't work well but video
displays from what I understand.

Greg

On 8/1/07, Tom Eisenmenger <teisenmenger at charter.net> wrote:
>
> A word to the wise:  the Mac version requires an Intel Mac.  Looks like
> I'll be installing my Kevin-invite copy on a Wintel machine and not my
> G4-equipped Mac Mini.
>
> Thanks to Kevin for alerting us to this product - it does look quite cool!
>
> Tom Eisenmenger
>
> Kevin J. wrote:
> > I just got an e-mail to download the beta of Joost, and it's pretty
> awesome.
> >
> > Given the lack of any compelling content on cable TV, and the VHS(or
> higher)-quality of streaming video, I'd give cable TV programming another 5
> years at most (IPTV anyone?).
> >
> > There is currently no version available for Linux, but I tend to think
> it will be available eventually as there is an entire section for "Other
> Platforms" on their forum. There is a Mac version, but this competes
> directly with Apple TV so I'm sure Apple is not to keen on it. In fact, this
> makes a very compelling argument for purchasing a Mac Mini for a few hundred
> dollars more than an Apple TV, and simply doing away with cable TV
> altogether. The Mac Mini already has a remote and a slick UI that works very
> well with a HDTV; and now with Joost, it would be reasonable to never watch
> cable TV again.
> >
> > It says I can invite others to try it out so if anyone is interested,
> just send me an e-mail off-list. There are some complaints on the forum
> about invites not working, but I haven't tried it yet.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
> thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
> >
> >
> >
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