Netflix on Tivo

Dec 10

RyanMovies, tech, television , , , 1 Comment

Overall, I am very satisfied with this new feature! This is one of the main reasons I bought a Tivo and it is finally here.

The activation process is very easy and straight forward. Once you get the activation code from you Tivo box, simply navigate this address: http://www.netflix.com/Activate and activate to view your queue.

Two things that need improvement.

  1. The ability to view all available titles that can be viewed instantly. Currently, you can only view your Instant Queue titles. I have two separate queues (one for me and one for my wife) and I can only see the main queue. Would be nice to see both Instant Queues. It would also be nice to see all titles that are available for instant viewing.
  2. There is an issue if you are streaming a title and your Tivo is also recording. This was especially apparent when both tuners on the Tivo were recording AND I was streaming a movie. The streaming movie stopped playing and the Tivo box went directly to Tivo Central. This happened a few times, but didn’t occur again once the recordings stopped. It wasn’t a big deal since you can simply go back to your Instant Queue, select the movie you were watching and resume playing from where it stopped playing previously. Hopefully this is a minor glitch that will be fixed in the next firmware.

With that said, it is very easy to add titles to your queue if you goto netflix.com or use the mobile version for your iPhone or iPod touch. The changes are immediate on your Tivo as well.

This is a great feature to Tivo, the first release is amazingly polished. I hope they work on fixing a few minor glitches.