US TiVo users pick up Domino's Pizza ordering / tracking abilities

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]

[bill cant fart @ Nov 17th 2008 11:05AM]

Too bad Domino's pizza tastes the same as the box it comes in...

[bob sakamano @ Nov 17th 2008 11:08AM]

so the rumors are true, you love to eat box!

[AVG @ Nov 17th 2008 11:10AM]

Ah, a full season of The Tyra Banks Show, YouTube clips of monkeys peeing in their mouths, and a foul tasting, unhealthy dinner all launched from the same remote... has humanity peaked?

[tom @ Nov 17th 2008 11:17AM]

Agree. There are better pizzas out there. Credit goes to Domino's for the innovation.

For those lazy bums who is unwilling to get their hands off the remote and get on a computer or grab the phone. They deserve it.!

[y3k.nik @ Nov 17th 2008 11:31AM]

Are human beings really headed towards what idiocracy said we would be?

Can i be put in a cryogenic sleep state to wake up 500 years from now to tell humanity to use water instead of Gatorade with electrolytes for plants please?

[bob sakamano @ Nov 17th 2008 11:33AM]

y3k.nik

I'm pretty sure you just wanted to incorporate the movie idiocracy into your response, and if it wasn't for this subject we would have seen it elsewhere today

[y3k.nik @ Nov 17th 2008 11:37AM]

What can I say bob, its just a good movie!

[AVG @ Nov 17th 2008 11:51AM]

That was one of THE worst movies. Ever.

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 17th 2008 12:02PM]

But, everyone here loved that movie. Including you.

[BlurMagic @ Nov 17th 2008 11:10AM]

First one to reach "Morbidly Obese" wins!

[tcw @ Nov 17th 2008 11:49PM]

Oh, c'mon. And reaching 5 inches for your cellphone and dialing on the keypad is "exercise?" Let's get real people, picking up the telephone, picking up a cellphone, even typing the keys on your keyboard are NOT that drastically different from picking up the remote to order pizza!

Based on this same argument, let's berate Netflix users for not walking into a Brick-n-Mortar, for shame!!!!

[bob sakamano @ Nov 17th 2008 11:12AM]

one more reason for the typical tivo customer not to leave their couch

[ogvor @ Nov 17th 2008 11:23AM]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JNEVHZxO8

[strider_mt2k @ Nov 17th 2008 11:24AM]

Fetid garbage disguised as food.

Run, don't walk.

[Dan @ Nov 17th 2008 11:25AM]

Should they not change their name to 'Monopoly' Pizza?!

[bob sakamano @ Nov 17th 2008 11:27AM]

dan if i owned a marketing firm i'd give it to you for your creative genius

[CraigJ @ Nov 17th 2008 11:36AM]

I think Pizza Hut might have a problem with that.

[EMoShunz @ Nov 17th 2008 11:28AM]

i can't even do online ordering where i live for any pizza place. the u.s. always gets the cool stuff way in advance... forget pizza ordering, WHEN CAN I GET HULU IN CANADA!?!?

[bob sakamano @ Nov 17th 2008 11:32AM]

you guys got blackberry bolds before us.... 1 point canada... 3294002934902340923423909404394 points US and A

[y3k.nik @ Nov 17th 2008 11:43AM]

No troubles telling you are an accountant bob.....

[Peter @ Nov 17th 2008 4:44PM]

use a proxy; I use HotSpot Shield; hardly any ads and it's not deadly slow. But I still think that it's stupid that Hulu doesn't work in Canada, but it's not their fault.

[Maestro @ Nov 17th 2008 11:29AM]

100 bucks worth of dominos? That is a serious stomach ache...

[Dan @ Nov 17th 2008 11:33AM]

Sorry for posting again, I must learn to post everything at once lol

Is this actually something new in America?
We've been able to order Dominos through the Sky box for years now and thats just over a standard phone line?! excuse my dumbness

[BlurMagic @ Nov 17th 2008 11:40AM]

dumbness excused. Dominoes has had this specific program out for about a year now. It was originally computer based and they just moved it to the TV so you don't actually even have to get up until your friggin doorbell rings. So new technology? No. New platform? Yes.

[Maestro @ Nov 17th 2008 12:48PM]

Well La-de-da...next thing you know you'll be saying you guys have doctors just for your teeth!

[Dan @ Nov 18th 2008 4:05AM]

@ Maestro

Wow, getting highly ranked for being a tit when all i asked was a pretty sensible question, i've seen it all now.

[josh @ Nov 17th 2008 11:35AM]

too bad i will have to get up to answer the door

[Magallanes @ Nov 17th 2008 12:45PM]

You still don't have a trained monkey?.

O_o

[CraigJ @ Nov 17th 2008 11:36AM]

If the couch was a reclining toilet you'd never have to move!

[goweb @ Nov 17th 2008 11:58AM]

This either used to be or still is an option in Sky Active in the UK.

[prnkmonkie @ Nov 17th 2008 12:11PM]

Awesome, now we are one step closer to being just like the fat lazy people from Wall-E!

[michaelportent @ Nov 17th 2008 12:16PM]

Really it amazes me that Pizza Hut is so far behind the curve on the technology front. Granted, I prefer Domino's anyway, but right now they're just blowing all the American pizza chains out of the internet water with Pizza Tracker, etc.

[gavinovz @ Nov 17th 2008 12:31PM]

Someone should do a race to see if it takes longer just to call in an order or by TiVo.

[Jeffrey Cerny @ Nov 17th 2008 12:46PM]

Hardly one of the first unorthodox pizza ordering methods.

EBA's pizza in Hanover, New Hampshire (Dartmouth College) has been taking internet orders for well over a decade.

[Magallanes @ Nov 17th 2008 12:59PM]

Nah!, i will wait for Mona pizza!. ;-)

[The Chad @ Nov 17th 2008 1:00PM]

Pizza quality and fat issues aside, I think this is a good idea. I've worked in pizza food service for a few years now, and have also experienced ordering over the phone and online. Phone ordering is only good for one person who knows exactly what they want, and do not want to use a credit card to pay for it. Online ordering is excellent for credit card transactions, but if a bunch of people are trying to figure out what they want, they either have to figure it out before going to the computer, or several people will have to crowd around a computer screen. Say you're having a party, and everyone wants pizza. You're already watching television, just fire up this software, and as a group you can all look at the menu comfortably, argue and fight over what you want, and place the order. In that type of situation, I think this is a good idea.

Is it contributing to the idiocracy of this world? Sure. But if you're trying to sell your product, wouldn't you want to have the most options for getting it to the customer?

[Scott @ Nov 17th 2008 1:21PM]

To even consider ordering a Dominos Pizza there better be a box underneath with another TIVO included. As a Chicagoan I would be embarrased to have Dominos delivered to my house.

[Valicore @ Nov 17th 2008 1:45PM]

Well sh*t. This is a fricken' public health hazard! Ordering pizza does not need to bee easier (and actually i didn't think of could be easier). As a marketing strategy, this is awesome: you get the person watching TV on the couch, they get hungry, see Domino's, order it, they get fatter Domino's gets richer. It doesn't get really expensive until five years later we're cutting a hole in the side of the person's house to crain-lift them to the hospital.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Nov 17th 2008 2:10PM]

I asked for Pepperoni on the LEFT half, you FOOLS!

[Jason @ Nov 17th 2008 2:43PM]

"Buy N Large. Everything you need to be
happy. Your day is very important to us."

"Please remain stationary. A service-bot
will be here to assist you momentarily."

[d3dm @ Nov 17th 2008 2:51PM]

Great! How do I set up a Domino's Season Pass?

[Papytendo @ Nov 17th 2008 3:45PM]

Um, Why?

[Inane_Asylum @ Nov 17th 2008 4:29PM]

Um, cuz we can...what other explanation is needed anymore.

May I direct your attention to the Banana peeling simulator, the GPS with a cheap built-in mp3 player, robotic dogs that dance when you hook them up to your iPod...I could go on for hours...

[TIMMAH! @ Nov 17th 2008 4:23PM]

Wow! Now figure out the beer part, and we're all set.

[Jeff Rutzky @ Nov 17th 2008 5:30PM]

Domino's Pizza Ordering doesn't transmit Apt # (the second address field in your online account). I just found out trying the new feature and the delivery guy had to call and ask what apartment number I was in.

P.S. They also don't transmit the coupon specials from the Web site, so everything is just "retail." Nobody I know buys Domino's Pizza at retail prices!

[Smith @ Nov 17th 2008 5:45PM]

Now that is just flat cool. I don't have a Tivo or have pizza delivered; but we should have had something like this back in the 1980's(when we did used to have pizza delievered for some reason and back when I used to watch TV)!

[JC @ Nov 17th 2008 7:05PM]

This was available in South Africa in 2001 on DSTV(Satellite) and a phone line modem.
With Debonairs(Pizzas), Nandos(Grilled Chicken) ,Woolworths(Groceries) and a host of other fast food outlets.
Oh and it worked really well but at that time there wasnt sufficient internet penetration in SA for the service to survive.

[pheer6224 @ Nov 17th 2008 8:53PM]

We need a pizza ordering GUI standard and network. Call it PIZFI, make it free and bring it on.

[Brase @ Nov 17th 2008 10:22PM]

That's awsome! But Domino's Pizza is the worst I ever had!

[Super Haole @ Nov 18th 2008 2:37AM]

Too bad Dominoes is out of business where I live. They just shut down every of them on the island. Not that I ever eat that crap, or TiVo for that matter.