Will you cancel your Netflix?

[John Carroll]

I'm just going to keep the streaming.

[pagansoul]

I tend to use Redbox (Walmart) or Blockbuster (Pubix) for DVD renting so I just dropped the DVD part. I will not miss it. I don't even use the streaming much but every once in awhile I want to do an entire season of a show. I did that with most of the Doctor Who and started to do Dexter. I may drop the streaming as well in the future but I do like having it on my iPad. Maybe I'll give Hulu+ a try.

[arcticmaniac]

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

I don't have Netflix, but I use my husband's account. I expect that he will keep his plan unchanged, since he actively uses both sources. He gets three discs at a time and occasionally uses one of the discs to get something for the kids or me and still be able to get his discs, so I think it unlikely that he would downgrade to a fewer disc plan. I really don't know what he is going to do; it's one of *his* things and I don't make him accountable. (Just like he doesn't know how much I spend on ebooks. )

LOL...its very nice of your hubby to think about you and the kids once in awhile...

[arcticmaniac]

Originally Posted by Harry_Y

It is still an awesome deal even at double the new rate

?????

how is paying double for something an awesome deal??

[wodin]

Cheap at twice the price! My one month trial has not even expired, and I've already watched back seasons of several series that I like, which would have cost a couple of hunderd dollars if I had to buy the DVDs.

The only problem is that it's cutting into my reading time!

[SCION]

I've been a customer since 2000. i dropped the DVD thing a few years ago, strictly streaming now. The kids have their own account and they stream (PG rated or less) on their PS3 and Wii.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by arcticmaniac

?????

how is paying double for something an awesome deal??

Um...when double the old price is still a really good value, obviously.

I'm not thrilled about the increase of course (and NF has screwed me over once before, years ago with an unfair increase, and they made up for it) but I acknowledge costs go up, it costs money to keep those DVDs shipping in good condition, and Netflix's catalog of available disks, especially the older and obscure stuff I tend to get (or those few missing TV episodes that always seem to be unavailable on streaming...), is just not really available anywhere else. So if I can continue to afford it and they continue to keep the service up, I'll continue to get it.

If I was only interested in recent blockbusters. I'd probably drop it and use Redbox.

I also have many On Demand services available, but, heck, two new releases costs as much as a whole month of NF DVDs even under the new rates.

ApK

[anabolina]

That is true, Netflix has to keep in business, and I could swear I heard somewhere that the streaming portion was running at a loss so it's understandable that they'll charge more for it and the cost for the 1 DVD at a time is reasonable. In a way it's good they're doing this. I've have the 1 DVD thing since joining last October and have had 5 DVDs shipped to me since then. Which works out to $4 for each rental which is reasonable since none of the DVDs would have been in Redbox or Blockbuster stores (based on $2 more each month for the DVD vs Streaming only).

[markbot]

Originally Posted by macdonald79

Frankly, I'm amazed Netflix was able to stay in business charging such low prices. ISPs charge Netflix ridiculous fees (for no good reason) to send data over their networks (since they view Nextlix as a threat and are trying to destroy them). Netflix also has to huge pay hundreds of millions of dollars to movies studios and distributors in order to mainatin their library. I have no problem with Netflix raising my bill in order to pay their own.

I know that level3 was making a stink about having to pay for more ports, whatever that is, to act like a CDN for netflix streaming content...to comcast subscribers but this cost was relatively low....they just didn't like the precedent.

netflix has to pay for the dvds only once...then can rent them out as much as they want. for the digital streaming library they need to pay a fee for the rights, which last the length on the contract.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by markbot

netflix has to pay for the dvds only once...then can rent them out as much as they want. for the digital streaming library they need to pay a fee for the rights, which last the length on the contract.

Alsol add in that the DVDs cost money to replace when they are damaged, and the have a postal expense every time they are rented. So there are recurring costs with each, just different ones.

[Joonbug1]

Hopefully, Netflix will survive any bumps in the road it may face. Their service is really too good to see go the way of Blockbusters or the Do-Do. They've been great for hard to find movies, out of print titles, and "Complete Season" DVDs of TV shows.
On a related note: "Breaking Bad" is the best show on TV.

[arcticmaniac]

Originally Posted by anabolina

That is true, Netflix has to keep in business, and I could swear I heard somewhere that the streaming portion was running at a loss so it's understandable that they'll charge more for it and the cost for the 1 DVD at a time is reasonable. In a way it's good they're doing this. I've have the 1 DVD thing since joining last October and have had 5 DVDs shipped to me since then. Which works out to $4 for each rental which is reasonable since none of the DVDs would have been in Redbox or Blockbuster stores (based on $2 more each month for the DVD vs Streaming only).

I'm not sure that they are losing money with streaming since NF is actually trying to move to that model since mailing discs and having that large of a distribution center is whats hurting their bottom line. everytime you return a disc they are losing money. with streaming its all digital and you cut down on mailing cost and actually people. all you need are a bunch of IT geeks, server farms across the country and a few cust serv reps at home emailing folks back with their questions......

the amount of overhead with mailing dvd is tremendous.

[GraceKrispy]

I had no idea the price was going up. That's my husband's territory. We mostly use the streaming, but not all the movies are available that way (yet?).

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by markbot

I forgot to add "I will cancel my Netflix subscription entirely."

You also forot to remove I don't subscribe to Netflix. That totally skews the results and has no need to be there. Get a mod to remove it and you will then have proper results.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You also forot to remove I don't subscribe to Netflix. That totally skews the results and has no need to be there. Get a mod to remove it and you will then have proper results.

It's irrelevant, but how do you figure it skews anything?
Just pretend that line isn't there.