tutorialninjas.net has reported success in running Joost on the Apple TV. There are currently some problems with fonts but I am sure this will be fixed in a near future… right? What does this mean? Once Joost goes live you will get free, unlimited TV experience in your living room for less than 300$… plus what Apple TV currently offers you:
- iTune Video playback
- iTune and mp3 audio playback
- Photo viewing
With another modification the Apple TV can be made to playback xvid/divx/WMV (yes, Microsoft Windows Media Video 7 to 9) as well.
I am sure this little box will be a great hit. Will Apple cripple future Apple TV to prevent it to run other software than then ones bundled in? Maby… but probably not.
Modifying you Apple TV is not yet as easy as installing an Apple application but it will get there eventually. When there is a will there is a way!
Thank you tutorialninja for taking the time to test this out!
Please invite me to Joost web-TV – Thank you!
would love a joost invite . please send me one, feel free to invite me!
Pleas invite me too Joost web TV sound great!
lovely!
Thanks Ken Carter
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Thanks for posting this, I’m new to all this stuff
but I’m enjoying reading up on it all
and finding out everyones points of view
Since when is 300$ free
What is the fuss about. Most video cards (including the one on my iMac) include video out to a second screen. My connection is a Mini DVI connector. One Mini to standard DVI and I am connected to the one DVI input on my LCD (have two HDMI’s – one will finally be used when I get my AppleTV). And with this I can watch Joost, Youtube and EyeTV recordings in full screen on my TV. And because the Apple remote seems to bounce off of everything I can sit in front of my TV and just use it. Until Apple makes it easy for me to add DivX support and Joost to my future AppleTV I will be leaving it alone.
can anyone spare an invitation..?
regards
MAC OS X 10.4.10 / DUAL G5 / 3GB RAM
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