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]

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2008 12:07PM]

Soon to be another Leno joke...

[AlbanyHDTV Posted Nov 17th 2008 12:38PM]

Why couldn't they roll out the Netflix streaming before the Dominos?

[Pusta Posted Nov 17th 2008 12:56PM]

Relax, by the time you get over your disgust of eating Domino's Pizza, Netflix will be there :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2008 4:12PM]

hope it includes a hotlink to the nearest poison control center

[Michael Kirschner Posted Nov 17th 2008 10:26PM]

When using the TiVo's pause feature and walking into the kitchen to use the phone isn't enough...