Megavideo+(ele)

**History**
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**Opinion**
 Over the past couple of years, various websites have been popping up in hopes of bypassing infringement policies and presenting free streaming for television shows and movies. Generally a preferred alternative to switching on the TV, picking up a laptop and typing in well-directed google search can get you nearly any show imaginable. While there are some shows that I like to watch, I personally don’t have the patience to sit through an eternity of commercials or the time to be in front of a TV during designated show times. The easiest, and most notorious solution for my friends and I is [|Megavideo]. An associated, ad-supported portion of [|Megaupload], Megavideo is a video hosting service established in 2005. Here, you get a wide selection of online videos without suffering through endless buffers, Japanese subtitles and grainy imagery. All is great until you reach the devastating 72-minute mark. True, there might only be three tantalizing minutes left between you and the season ending scene in //[|Dexter]//, but if “you have already watched 72 minutes of Megavideo today”, then you must wait another half an hour or so to resume watching. Apparently this abrupt intrusion to video escapism is because we are not members. Darn.

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**Future Trends?**
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