NetFlix to HD Owners: We Know You'll Pay More (Netflix raises Blu-Ray prices because it can)

tvpredictions.com ^ | April 22, 2008 | Phillip Swann

[HamiltonJay]

One response will be to boost fees for next-generation services. Chief Executive Reed Hastings said in a conference call that Netflix will be charging more to rent Blu-Ray discs starting later this year, though he didn't offer specifics. "As you are aware, purchasing Blu-ray DVDs costs more both at retail and wholesale than standard-definition DVDs," Hastings said. As a result, "Consumers are used to paying more for high-definition content in every other channel, including video rental stores, video-on-demand, and cable channels."

There's the full quote... They have to buy more expensive content, they are going to pass it along to the consumer... nothing nepharious about it. And even with its increase, its still the best deal in town.. Blockbuster has already anounced it plans to raise its rental fees across the board later this year.

[HamiltonJay]

Joined em a few months ago, and have had no issues.

Good service, $15 a month, can’t beat it.

Send a DVD back have the next on in my queue 2-3 days later at my door.

Blockbuster had already announced its raising its prices across the board later this year, but Netflix catches hell because its got to pay more for BD disks and expects the people who use them to pay more for them? Yea, that horrible corporation, how dare they actually expect customers to pay for their service.

If you think Netflix is ripping you off, go rent a video from blockbuster.. $5 a rental.. yea.. tell me how bad and a rip of netflix is... please.

[HamiltonJay]

Yea, be mad at netflix because you bet on the wrong horse, that makes sense.

[norraad]

Oh, I love netflix, I was mostly surprised how well & fast they responded to a customer complaint.

I really just wanted to let them know I noticed the slowing down of deliveries.

[Sans-Culotte]

I am not bitter about the HD DVD/Blu-ray war at all. I did not expect the HD DVD side to win when I bought into it. But I was able to get a great player and lot of discs for good prices. When Blu-ray gets to be so affordable, and when the PS3 is no longer the Blu-ray player of choice, I will get into Blu-ray. Netflix stopped renting HD discs and took the ones I had on rental out of my queue, even though they had the titles in stock. I can still rent them from Blockbuster, hence my departure from Netflix.