Timothy Huber
12-08-2008, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/whatsnew/netflixontivo/index.html' target='_blank'>http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/whatsnew...tivo/index.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Netflix on TiVo* is here! TiVo customers who are on a Netflix unlimited plan can now instantly watch over 12,000 movies & TV episodes from Netflix via any broadband connected TiVo<sup>®</sup> HD, TiVo<sup>®</sup> HD XL and TiVo<sup>®</sup> Series3™ DVRs."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//dht/auto/1228752227.usr147.png" width="283" height="212" /></p><p>Before I left for work this morning I got a chance to give this a try. During the night my TiVoHD received the new service update, which among other things, added Netflix to the Video On Demand category. Activating the TiVo took just a few minutes: my TiVo gave me an activation code, I entered into my Netflix account, and a couple moments later the TiVo recognized my account. I tried it out for maybe five minutes, using a couple of movies my kids had added to the Instant Queue. The first, the infamously dull 1969 musical "Dr. Doolitte," never played more than a couple seconds of video before freezing (as bad as this movie is perhaps this is a feature). I had better luck with my second try, the movie version of "Annie," which seemed to work okay. About that time I had to take my daughter to school, so my opinion at this point is all based on first impressions. </p><p>And those impressions? Not the greatest streaming quality, including some very visible compression artifacts. I don't think I will be using this as a primary video on demand source. But if I'm desperate to watch "Annie" (or any of the 10,000 other movies that Netflix streams) it's a definite no-cost option. Kudos to TiVo and Netflix for putting this together.</p>