Dave Zatz of RealTechNews writes:

A year after announcing a partnership with Netflix, TiVo quietly updated its online account management tool this week allowing us to Enable Video Downloads.

“Use this setting to enable a DVR to download TV shows, movies, and other video content from the TiVo service over your broadband Internet connection. Specific program offerings will vary from time to time and may not be available to all subscribers. You can turn this setting on or off at any time without charge. Changes to this setting take up to 24 hours to take effect. Your TiVo DVR must be connected to the Internet via broadband in order to download video.”

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