Clearly catering towards the wants, nay,
needs of the average American couch potato is TiVo and Domino's Pizza, which have collaborated in order to bring on-sofa pizza ordering to broadband-connected TiVo subscribers. If you'll recall, this service was actually
announced for Australia earlier this month, but users in the US of A get the first chance to indulge. 'Course, this is
far from the first
unorthodox method of
ordering pizza, and the lack of a scheduled delivery option is certainly a weak point, but this widget does reveal that all sorts of differentiating applications could eventually find their way to a
TiVo box near you. Feel free to give it a spin tonight, but don't blame us if that backlit remote gets dimmed from grease seeping into the crevices.
[Via
ZatzNotFunny]
posted Nov 17th 2008 11:02AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andy @ Nov 17th 2008 11:41AM
I worked with a company that building the same kind of system for a prototype of what was called Blockbuster On Demand. Rent movies, pause movie, order food from local eateries, watch movie, etc. Cool idea...though it was 1995 when we were doing it and the technology wasn't right yet.
dollarzandcents @ Nov 17th 2008 12:07PM
Soon to be another Leno joke...
AlbanyHDTV @ Nov 17th 2008 12:38PM
Why couldn't they roll out the Netflix streaming before the Dominos?
Pusta @ Nov 17th 2008 12:56PM
Relax, by the time you get over your disgust of eating Domino's Pizza, Netflix will be there :-)
phanbouy fan fan @ Nov 17th 2008 4:12PM
hope it includes a hotlink to the nearest poison control center
Michael @ Nov 17th 2008 10:26PM
When using the TiVo's pause feature and walking into the kitchen to use the phone isn't enough...