TiVo has announced that the hotly anticipated Netflix HD streaming feature is now available for owners of Series 3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL DVRs.
Any user with an active Netflix subscription that costs over $9.99 USD per month will now be able to stream HD movies through their TiVo from the rental company’s “Watch Instantly” streaming service.
The TiVo remote can be used for playback of the film as well as rating the film for other users. The feature is a free upgrade as well.
Netflix now has its HD streaming service available through the Netflix player by Roku, a couple LG Blu-ray players, a couple of Samsung Blu-ray players, and the Microsoft Xbox 360 console.
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Mitsubishi has released a new Blu-ray DVR, dubbed the DVR-BF2000 that comes with a 500GB HDD and the simple ability to burn Blu-ray discs.
User can also record two program simultaneously, one to disc and one to the HDD. Users can also record one program while watching another, thanks to the dual digital tuners set to support Japan’s BS/110CS digital and analog broadcast systems.
AVC recording and DVD writing is supported as well. Making the DVR even more special is the fact that you can cut commercials out of recordings automatically and watch video and photos from an SD card.
The DVR is only available in Japan for now, priced at $1940 USD and there was no word on whether it would hit EU or NA anytime soon.
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The popular DVR company TiVo has announced that it has teamed up with Domino’s Pizza to allow subscribers to order pizza right from their TV sets, free of charge. (You will still have to pay for the food obviously).
“This is the first time in history that the ‘on-demand’ generation will be able to fully experience couch commerce by ordering pizza directly through their television set,” said Rob Weisberg, vice president of precision and print marketing at Domino’s.
Weisberg added that TiVo users will see a Domino’s ad and be able to click on “I want it” from their TV remote.
Consumers can enter their delivery address as well as crust type and sauce through the TV and expect their food within 30 minutes.
Domino’s added that subscribers can set up a user-name and password for Dominos.com and use it place orders faster.
