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I’ve been playing with an online tv viewer called miro. Now to be fair, I honestly thought that watching tv online would subject me to a ton of YouTube style junk, but this could not be further from the truth. Miro is a free, open-source media player that has over 2600 channels available for your browsing and viewing pleasure. Channels like Discovery, National Geographic, PBS, and NBC Nightly news. I’m hooked.
Miro is a cross platform program, with builds for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The current version is 0.9.9.9, with the official version 1 due sometime in November. There is tons of independent channels, but don’t let that fool you: these are well produced shows, with good scripts, acting and soundtracks. Miro also has a good number of HD channels (34 pages worth), and it’s all free.
My two favorite features are that it has absolutely no DRM media, and it’s TiVo-like functionality. You find a channel that you wish to subscribe to, download only those shows you want to watch, and after 5 or 6 days, they are automatically deleted from your hard drive. You can override this behaviour on a show by show basis, or change the amount of time before deletion as you wish.
Finally, you can search YouTube, Blip.tv, and a host of other video hosting sites right from within the program. Currently, I have discovered two channels that I would not have otherwise known anything about: Drawn by Pain, and Stranger Things, that I am enjoying.
Drawn by Pain is a 12 episode series that follows and abused girl’s descent into insanity. While the material is somewhat disturbing, it is an awesome show to watch. The art style is part live action, part anime, and all good. Just remember that this show is not for young children, or those with tender sensibilities.
Stranger Things is like Twilight Zone, or Outer Limits, but not as dark. There is only one episode (#3) currently available on Miro, but it’s a good intro to the series, and I’m looking forward to watching the next one when it comes available.
As broadband internet continues its growth into the hearts and homes of the world, I think that we will see more and more of the major networks moving quality content online. Right now, most of them are putting up content that is an accessory to the regular TV programming that we get. For myself, I haven’t had cable tv for some time now, and honestly, I seldom miss it. But for those rare occasions that I do want to watch something, it’s nice to have miro, and the ability to watch online tv for free.
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Thank you for the kind words. We are doing our 1 million percent best to make something people enjoy.
Blogs like yours make it all worth it
-Jesse Cowell
Creator
Drawn by Pain