This week on The Flickcast, Chris and Matt do things a bit differently as they take the show on the road and record while driving to and from a secret location. Sure, it might be dangerous, but your two favorite hosts are always willing to go the extra mile to entertain and inform.

Some of the topics discussed during this special show include Spider-Man bad guy casting, the Thing prequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops, the new TV season and the state of the comic book industry. The boys also talked about the Banksy Simpsons opening credits, the new Captain America game and other movie franchise video games.

And, as always, picks were made with Matt picking a surprise you will have to listen to the show to find out and Chris’ pick of the terrific TiVo Premiere for all your home DVR needs.

Back in 1999, a little company out of San Francisco invented and released a device that would allow TV watchers to freeze live television, as well as set their favorite shows to record–not on a VHS tape or DVD, but on a built in hard drive. Since that day, the idea of the Digital Video Recorder has become as globally common in the household as the coffee maker or dishwasher.

In the time following Tivo’s invention, many incarnations have been born to accommodate the growing popularity of YouTube, HD upgrades, and digital downloads of movies from Netflix or Amazon. Now, over a decade later, the company is ready to jump start the world into the upcoming digital era of media.

The new box, dubbed “Tivo Premiere”, will incorporate feature films, internet videos, music, and more web-based content to the Tivo subscribers, along with their regular TV-watching abilities. The big deal? This box will also be the first set-top device that can run Adobe Flash programming, allowing other third-party developers to create applications for the system. From THR:

Unveiled Tuesday at a party in New York, the $300 Premiere can store 400 hours of standard-definition programming and 45 hours of HD. A Premiere XL box at $500 can store 1,350 hours of standard definition and 150 hours of HD programming.

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We’re big fans of the i.TV application for the iPhone and iPod Touch here at The Flickcast. Previously, we clued you in on some of the exciting possibilities for this application when it reaches version 2.0.

Now, that day has arrived and the update to i.TV is now available in iTunes.

Here’s a look at some of the new features:

Remote Control:  i.TV now combines the TV guide and the remote control on an iPhone or iPod touch. Remote controls are powered by the i.TV Remote Control Framework, which allows third parties to develop remote controls for use on the i.TV platform.

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i.TV is arguably one of the most useful and feature-rich iPhone application ever invented, especially if you’re a movie or TV lover. This app serves as a one-stop-shop for all your local movie schedules, TV programming — be it cable, satellite or broadcast — community news, movie trailers, ticket purchases, Netflix que management and much more. As if all these features weren’t enough, the app does all this and is also absolutely free. How’s that for a deal?

Now, the fine folks who make this very useful app have announced some details for their upcoming update to i.TV. This new version, dubbed 2.0, will offer a host of updates and improvements which will undoubtedly further enhance this apps’ already tremendous usefulness.

Some of these new features and updates include:

• A new, improved UI – One of the few areas where the app actually needed improvement.

• iTunes integration — Control movie, tv, episode, etc. purchases from within the app.

• Push notifications — Push alerts for show reminders, new episodes, etc.

• The i.TV Remote Control Framework — New support for universal remotes. Devices can be connected via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or dock-connector. The new version currently supports TiVo HD and TiVO HD XL boxes but more devices are on the way — including rumored support for DirecTV boxes (fingers crossed for that one).

Version 2.0 of i.TV is currently pending review in the Apple iTunes Store, so look for it to drop hopefully very soon. Meanwhile, take a look at the video after the jump that highlights some of version 2.0′s upcoming features.

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