Netflix will charge more for Blu-ray

" Netflix will charge more for Blu-ray.

Blu-ray and DVD news

By Henning Molbaek
First published Apr 22, 2008

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If you rent Blu-ray releases trough the Netflix rent service you could look forward to paying a premium for the service.

Until now renting HD titles on Netflix has been available at no extra cost. However, "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said on a conference call that because Blu-ray discs cost more to purchase, the company plans on charging a premium on accounts that rent Blu-ray movies." according to CNET. Hastings said "consumers are used to paying more for high-definition,"

Hastings also said that they would expand their upcoming download/streaming service to include more set-top boxes. So, Netflix will support their own upcoming box they are doing with LG and also plans to pair up with two additional major companies, and one additional small company.

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Falcon01

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 7:28 AM

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Not a big surprise. I wonder how much of a "premium" they're going to charge for bluray discs. Hopefully it's nothing ridiculous.

khwiggins2

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 7:37 AM

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No more price breaks now that the format war is over. Just glad it hasn't hit retail disks yet. I'd hate to see blu-ray discs get as expensive as some laserdiscs were.

PerfectBlue

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 8:12 AM

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This is the side effect of no competition. Sony must be really happy that the format war is over.

nicholc2

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 9:18 AM

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Yet another reason I have Blockbuster online instead of Netflix. They still rent HDDVD and now they are better on price for Blu-ray. Plus being able to swap in store is a nice perk too.

spoonard

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 9:22 AM

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Welcome to the Blu world!

PerfectBlue

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 10:14 AM

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It is nice to know that we have an option and there isn’t a single player controlling the rental market. In this case, if we don’t like the price changes that Netflix made, we can choose to go to Blockbuster for a better deal or service.

[Post edited by PerfectBlue on Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 10:45 AM]

mikes2923

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 10:42 AM

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Kinda disappointing, but as long as the increase is reasonable I suppose I can understand the business rationale behind it. It will be interesting to see what Blockbuster does. I have tried their service a couple times just to compare and so far I do prefer Netflix but if the cost starts creeping up and Blockbuster does not charge a premium for Blu-Ray it might be worth revisiting.

mikelmorris

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 10:49 AM

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Do you honestly think Blockbuster will not follow up with an increase of their own?

kucoloco

Apr 22, 2008 - CDT 10:58 AM

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Quote:Kinda disappointing, but as long as the increase is reasonable I suppose I can understand the business rationale behind it. It will be interesting to see what Blockbuster does. I have tried their service a couple times just to compare and so far I do prefer Netflix but if the cost starts creeping up and Blockbuster does not charge a premium for Blu-Ray it might be worth revisiting.

same here, from time to time i dont use the store xchange, so the 3 at a time netflix works better for me for 16 bux. if it goes too high, im going back to the blockbusta