| In a move that will undoubtedly cause an incredibly raucous stir, only to fade away as movie renters realize that Netflix is still the best deal going, America's most adored by-mail rental service is hiking the price of Blu-ray rentals once again. |
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
Universal, please release Streets of Fire on Blu-ray.
| I guess my deeper frustration is with the price of Blu-ray software in general. One year ago, when I made the plunge and bought my PS3, I didn't envision paying $25-30 for new titles a year later. I certainly didn't pay that much for new HD-DVD titles before the format war ended. |
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Originally Posted by Clinton McClure
You didn't buy too many titles on LD did you, Chris?
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Dan
"I'm a very good man, I'm just a very bad wizard."
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Originally Posted by Greg_M
Netflix has no competition to keep the prices low so they got ya by the B****!
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Originally Posted by brandonchenry
Interesting. although I have come close more than once, I still have not signed up for NetFlix. I never liked the idea of waiting for my movies. I am an instant gratification kind of guy. If they don't have the movie I want at one rental place, I will go to another.
The blockbuster closest to my house has vanished. My girlfriend picks up SD DVD's at the redbox down the street (even though she knows I am an HD snob!). Therefore NetFlix was finally starting to sound appealing to me. I would only want BluRay from them though. After hearing the wait times some of you experience, I am scared away. If I am paying more, I want more. BD's are the the thing of the future. I think all discs should be Bluray, and have a SD track on them for those non-converted. That way there would be no time delay based on definition. How about we start a movie sharing program on HTF? |
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
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Originally Posted by Greg_M
Netflix has no competition to keep the prices low so they got ya by the B****!
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Of course, I also don't use it as my primary source for prepackaged movie media (like some do) either, so YMMV as usual...Just another amateur learning to paint w/ "the light of the world".
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| Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities in Los Angeles, said he estimated the cost to Netflix for a standard DVD is about $1.20 per use, and the cost of a Blu-ray title is around $1.80. He estimated that the average Netflix user watches six movies per month, including two that are Blu-ray. The analyst said the incremental cost associated with the two BD titles is $1.20 ($1.80 - 1.20 = $0.60 x 2 = $1.20), which he believed Netflix had been covering. “We don't expect this surcharge change to impact usage or membership dramatically, given that there is not really anywhere else for people to go since Blockbuster raised prices on heavy users,” Pachter said in a note. “Thus, any revenue increase should drop to the bottom line.” |
