[TriLUG] OT- The death of TV?

[Thomas]

Can one of you send me an invite too...

Thx,
Thomas

On 8/1/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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