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Direct TV released its own iPhone app this week, and just like competing apps from set-top boxes like Vudu, it allows customers already paying for an in-home video service to schedule programs remotely.
The free app works with the latest DVR and HD DVR boxes from DirectTV (models R15, R16, R22, HR20, HR21, and HR23), as well TiVo Series 2 boxes with the DirectTV registered software update.
You can browse TV schedules two weeks in advance through your phone, record single episodes (or set up a full-season recording schedule), and of course, can check out detailed descriptions and ratings of every show.
But the best reason to download the Direct TV app is that you can also use it to schedule Pay Per View recordings ahead of time. I think that will be the favorite option of a few people who will inevitably borrow their friends' iPhone 'for a quick call' only to have them find out later that a few interesting movies have shown up on the TV and the monthly bill.
Wait, today is April Fool's isn't it? I think this crispy new app needs to be broken in, if you know I mean.
