Netflix Announces New Pricing, DVD & Streaming Face 60% Increase

[Tick]

I'm sorry, but imo the streaming selection got old real quickly. Totally not worth the money as far as I'm concerned. When I paid 9.99 for both it was well worth it. I ditched Netflix a few months ago and I don't miss it one bit.

[Jamesman42]

lol

[kirksnosehair]

I wasn't crazy about the price increase, but for me the cost is still worth it.  My wife and I use NetFlix almost exclusively for watching television series that we never watched when they were actually on TV.  For example, right now we're plowing our way through "Lost," "Breaking Bad," and "Rescue Me."  Generally, we go through one or two DVDs per week since we don't really watch a lot of stuff on regular commercial TV at night.  So even if we're only averaging 6 DVDs per month, that's $1.66 per DVD and that includes the postage.

I always thought their pricing model was generous and I've been telling my wife since we signed up "they're going to spend a few years getting people hooked on this then they're going to jack the prices up"

Sure enough, that's just what they did when the opportunity (splitting the streaming and DVD by mail service) presented itself.

[Tick]

I wasn't crazy about the price increase, but for me the cost is still worth it.  My wife and I use NetFlix almost exclusively for watching television series that we never watched when they were actually on TV.  For example, right now we're plowing our way through "Lost," "Breaking Bad," and "Rescue Me."  Generally, we go through one or two DVDs per week since we don't really watch a lot of stuff on regular commercial TV at night.  So even if we're only averaging 6 DVDs per month, that's $1.66 per DVD and that includes the postage.

I always thought their pricing model was generous and I've been telling my wife since we signed up "they're going to spend a few years getting people hooked on this then they're going to jack the prices up"

Sure enough, that's just what they did when the opportunity (splitting the streaming and DVD by mail service) presented itself.

They lost a shitload of customers in 2011.

[cramx3]

Netflix was one of the worst ran companies of 2011. I still like the dvd service, the streaming got old after like 6 monthes, but after taking time off, id consider starting up the streaming if they get a better selection.

[Cable]

I wasn't crazy about the price increase, but for me the cost is still worth it.  My wife and I use NetFlix almost exclusively for watching television series that we never watched when they were actually on TV.  For example, right now we're plowing our way through "Lost," "Breaking Bad," and "Rescue Me."  Generally, we go through one or two DVDs per week since we don't really watch a lot of stuff on regular commercial TV at night.  So even if we're only averaging 6 DVDs per month, that's $1.66 per DVD and that includes the postage.

I always thought their pricing model was generous and I've been telling my wife since we signed up "they're going to spend a few years getting people hooked on this then they're going to jack the prices up"

Sure enough, that's just what they did when the opportunity (splitting the streaming and DVD by mail service) presented itself.

They lost a shitload of customers in 2011.

Yeah, they did.

But I agree completely with Kirk.

My wife and I ditched cable all together; were not home enough, and the price for what we got was awful. So we did Netflix before the service split, and I actually said "I would pay more for this." It was underpriced, considering they threw streaming in the packages. Even now, I could make the case. I think a lot of the complaining comes from people who use this to plus their cable options... so when the 8 dollars a month is suddenly raised, yeah, it is kind of shocking. But even if they were to raise their prices again, it would still be less than what we would pay for cable.

We did cut the streaming, solely based on our slow internet speeds and Wii interface not buffering streams. But we bumped up our discs to 3 out at a time from 2, and it has been quite good.

[Tick]

I wasn't crazy about the price increase, but for me the cost is still worth it.  My wife and I use NetFlix almost exclusively for watching television series that we never watched when they were actually on TV.  For example, right now we're plowing our way through "Lost," "Breaking Bad," and "Rescue Me."  Generally, we go through one or two DVDs per week since we don't really watch a lot of stuff on regular commercial TV at night.  So even if we're only averaging 6 DVDs per month, that's $1.66 per DVD and that includes the postage.

I always thought their pricing model was generous and I've been telling my wife since we signed up "they're going to spend a few years getting people hooked on this then they're going to jack the prices up"

Sure enough, that's just what they did when the opportunity (splitting the streaming and DVD by mail service) presented itself.

They lost a shitload of customers in 2011.

Yeah, they did.

But I agree completely with Kirk.

My wife and I ditched cable all together; were not home enough, and the price for what we got was awful. So we did Netflix before the service split, and I actually said "I would pay more for this." It was underpriced, considering they threw streaming in the packages. Even now, I could make the case. I think a lot of the complaining comes from people who use this to plus their cable options... so when the 8 dollars a month is suddenly raised, yeah, it is kind of shocking. But even if they were to raise their prices again, it would still be less than what we would pay for cable.

We did cut the streaming, solely based on our slow internet speeds and Wii interface not buffering streams. But we bumped up our discs to 3 out at a time from 2, and it has been quite good.

I'm a big sports fan so Netflix is no substitute for cable. I just think the steaming service is chock full of garbage. That's my opinion.

[Implode]

In my experience if there's a movie I want to watch, it's not on Netflix. Streaming is really only good for TV shows.

[glaurung]

Their streaming service's strength is TV. I cant wait for cable to die so all TV can just be streamed whenever I want it to.

[The King in Crimson]

There's plenty of movies to stream (notice I didn't say 'good movies'), but yeah, the selection really isn't there yet. The TV streaming is great though.

Between Netflix and Hulu, I don't actually watch TV anymore. Too inconvenient!

[AcidLameLTE]

Okay, I just unlinked my Netflix account with Facebook. I share my account with my sister and I just got a text saying: "LOL, YOU'RE WATCHING TEEN MOM"

[bss4life15]

Is it just me or is the streaming service losing movies?  I remember watching Zombieland and Full Metal Jacket on there a long time ago and now they are add only.

[Fiery Winds]

They have lost some recently; some of their licensing deals with the studios expired and weren't renewed.  I'm pretty sure they have different contracts for DVD and streaming.

[MykeHavoc]

Is it just me or is the streaming service losing movies?  I remember watching Zombieland and Full Metal Jacket on there a long time ago and now they are add only.

Every title has a license with a specific amount of time it will be available to stream. If the license isn't renewed, the title gets pulled.

[Tick]

Is it just me or is the streaming service losing movies?  I remember watching Zombieland and Full Metal Jacket on there a long time ago and now they are add only.

Yeah, I believe Staz play is done. Most of the good movies came from them.

[kirksnosehair]

I wasn't crazy about the price increase, but for me the cost is still worth it.  My wife and I use NetFlix almost exclusively for watching television series that we never watched when they were actually on TV.  For example, right now we're plowing our way through "Lost," "Breaking Bad," and "Rescue Me."  Generally, we go through one or two DVDs per week since we don't really watch a lot of stuff on regular commercial TV at night.  So even if we're only averaging 6 DVDs per month, that's $1.66 per DVD and that includes the postage.

I always thought their pricing model was generous and I've been telling my wife since we signed up "they're going to spend a few years getting people hooked on this then they're going to jack the prices up"

Sure enough, that's just what they did when the opportunity (splitting the streaming and DVD by mail service) presented itself.

They lost a shitload of customers in 2011.

Yeah, they did.

But I agree completely with Kirk.

My wife and I ditched cable all together; were not home enough, and the price for what we got was awful. So we did Netflix before the service split, and I actually said "I would pay more for this." It was underpriced, considering they threw streaming in the packages. Even now, I could make the case. I think a lot of the complaining comes from people who use this to plus their cable options... so when the 8 dollars a month is suddenly raised, yeah, it is kind of shocking. But even if they were to raise their prices again, it would still be less than what we would pay for cable.

We did cut the streaming, solely based on our slow internet speeds and Wii interface not buffering streams. But we bumped up our discs to 3 out at a time from 2, and it has been quite good.

I'm a big sports fan so Netflix is no substitute for cable. I just think the steaming service is chock full of garbage. That's my opinion.

Yeah, looking at what they offer on there, I probably wouldn't bother with the streaming.  But for us, 2 DVDs is definitely worth what we're paying.