VUDU coming to Sharp, Toshiba, adds tons of new apps

The folks over at VUDU have been very busy apparently, not only have deals been struck to get VUDU onto new Sharp, Sanyo, and Toshiba HDTVs and Blu-ray players, but there are also 100 new apps for select models -- TV manufactures like LG can decide not to support the Apps even though the VUDU movie streaming is supported. The list is pretty extensive, but many of the names look iffy -- more like show names than apps -- so we'll hold back on judgement until after we've gotten a chance to try them first hand. There are some that piqued our interest though; like Twitter, Facebook and Weather. Check out the entire list for yourself after the break.

1. VUDU Streaming Movie Service
2. Pandora
3. Flickr
4. Picasa
5. Facebook
6. Twitter
7. AP
8. New York Times
9. Dailymotion
10. Stock Quotes
11. Weather
12. NBC Nightly News
13. Meet the Press
14. Today
15. Countdown
16. Rachel Maddow
17. Morning Joe
18. Zeitgeist
19. Good Morning America
20. Face the Nation
21. White House Weekly Address
22. Fast Draw
23. Katie Couric's Notebook
24. Anderson Cooper 360 Daily
25. CNN Daily
26. Bill Moyers Journal
27. In Case You Missed It
28. Now in the News
29. CNN Student News
30. Journal Editorial Report
31. FOX News Flash
32. Washington Post | Photo Stories
33. Washington Post | HD Podcast
34. Slate V
35. Around the Horn
36. Mike & Mike Moment
37. The Basketball Jones
38. MLS
39. The Dish
40. Racing One
41. TGRtv Extreme HD
42. Discovery Channel
43. NOVA
44. Nature
45. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
46. Hidden Universe HD
47. Ted Talks
48. Walt Mossberg
49. Andy Jordan's Tech Diary
50. USA Today - Talking Tech
51. Hak5
52. Pixel Perfect
53. Systm
54. Fresh Trax
55. Philharmonia Orchestra
56. XLR8R
57. Best of VH1
58. The Frustrated Rockstars
59. UVTV
60. Popcorn
61. The Digg Reel
62. The Screening Room
63. Scene Stealers
64. Indie Film Nation
65. National Lampoon
66. New Yorker Animated Cartoons
67. iFanboy
68. Scam School
69. Sesame Street
70. Stump the Chef (HD)
71. Good Housekeeping: Whats for Dinner
72. Delicious TV Veg
73. City by City (HD)
74. DiveFilm HD
75. The Parent Code (HD)
76. Rocketboom
77. Diggnation HD
78. Totally Rad Show
79. Tekzilla
80. Best of Revision3
81. Sessler's Soapbox Video Podcast
82. Attack of the Show
83. X-Play's Daily Video Podcast
84. X-Play Game Previews
85. G4 Videogame Trailers
86. Fresh Ink
87. The Feed Daily Video Podcast
88. Gadget Pr0n
89. Around the Net
90. Cheat! Video Podcast
91. The MMO Report
92. Teton Gravity Research
93. Golf Tips
94. From the Top at Carnegie Hall
95. Stand Up
96. IRrelevant Astronomy
97. London Landscape TV
98. Backpack Picnic
99. Big Love
100. Bored To Death
101. Curb Your Enthusiasm
102. Entourage
103. Flight of the Conchords
104. Hung
105. True Blood
106. New York on the Clock
107. ABC News with Diane Sawyer
108. Amanpour
109. Cnet News
110. Monocle
111. Princeton University
112. Californication
113. Dexter
114. Beautiful places in HD
115. City Concealed

[LiqwidZero Posted Jan 6th 2010 11:09AM]

Man, I remember when people were saying VUDU was going to die a slow, painful death. You've got to hand it to this company, they're doing a fantastic job with digital distribution.

[DonClark Posted Jan 6th 2010 11:33AM]

This is a BIG step forward for their company. It's good to see too, VUDU has been innovating on all fronts, I hear their 1080P "HDX" video streaming is pretty legit. Way to bring HD Video streaming to the masses in another form than the horrid Comcast ON Demand.

[ivallt Posted Jan 6th 2010 11:40AM]

@DonClark

Netflix already has HD streaming to TV's, but the problem is that the audio is sub par Dolby Pro Logic :(

[DonClark Posted Jan 6th 2010 11:48AM]

@(Unverified)

True, I'm not talking about HD streaming as a "technology", I'm talking about as one-stop-shop for new releases and TV shows. Netflix requires a monthly subscription and does not offer streaming new releases of movies or TV shows.

This is a good step forward in getting streaming TV/Movies to the general public.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:00PM]

@DonClark

I don't know about "innovative" .... but yea, good for them.

Amazon has been doing this already. HD movies. So have cable providers, and the aforementioned Netflix (although subscription based)

[vypergts Posted Jan 6th 2010 11:45AM]

I don't know why they didn't do this sooner. This is what VUDU should have been from Day 1 and what kept me from buying their expensive hardware. I also think their high def content is good competition for netflix.

[willowtwf Posted Jan 6th 2010 3:25PM]

@vypergts

the only problem is their pricing. an HD stream from VUDU will cost you about $4.00 per title to rent. all you can eat streaming (most in SD, i know) will only cost $8.99 per month from Netflix (and you can up it to $10.99 per month to get blu-rays instead of dvds mailed to you).

there's just not a true "every household" market for $3-$5 movie rentals (not to mention you need 4mbps or faster internet to watch HDX video).

make VUDU $1 for SD and $2 for HD streams and they'll grown their user base quickly. at their current prices i'm better off going to Hollywood Video, Blockbuster, etc.

[adp79 Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:08PM]

so what happens if I already have the VUDU machine, will I get an update to get all these channels or apps?

[jse75 Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:19PM]

Where is ESPN360? This seems to be the main stumbling block to cutting off my Directv subscription...no live sports with any of these streaming services.

[orubin Posted Jan 11th 2010 1:32PM]

@DarkElfa Didn't Microsoft already spend billions on WebTV to prove that people do not want to browse the web on their TV? I am all for enhanced apps with web based content, or web augmented TV programs (like live scores or player stats on sports programs), but browsing web pages on my TV? No thanks, been there, done that, threw it away.