Netflix Announces Subscription Rate Changes

[Richard Chao]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blog.netflix.com/2011/07/netflix-introduces-new-plans-and.html' target='_blank'>http://blog.netflix.com/2011/07/net...-plans-and.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"...we are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into separate plans to better reflect the costs of each and to give our members a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan or the option to subscribe to both."</em></p><p><img height="80" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//wpt/auto/1310530495.usr117680.png" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="600" /></p><p>In a continued move toward pushing its subscriber base to the streaming plans, Netflix announced today that it intends to separate the DVD and Streaming plans. &nbsp;You have to option to subscribe to both or either one separately but there will no longer be plans that include both. &nbsp;</p><p>For me, this means my current $10.00 plan will soon become $16.00. &nbsp;Since I rarely use the DVD option nowadays, I will most likely cancel the DVD portion and just stick with the streaming plan for $8.00 with Redbox for the occasional DVD rental. &nbsp;Come to think of it, I get free streaming from Amazon with my Prime subscription... maybe I'll cancel the streaming portion too. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Prices will take effect on September 1, 2011.</p>

[Sven Johannsen]

....... Come to think of it, I get free streaming from Amazon with my Prime subscription... maybe I'll cancel the streaming portion too.
Really? My wife has Amazon prime. I'll have to look at that. Guess the big diff would be that I can get Netflix on my XBOX, WII and Sony media thing. Amazon would need to be a PC hooked to a TV/Monitor?

[Bob Christensen]

Really? My wife has Amazon prime. I'll have to look at that. Guess the big diff would be that I can get Netflix on my XBOX, WII and Sony media thing. Amazon would need to be a PC hooked to a TV/Monitor?

Amazon has a few other streaming options, including the "Sony media thing" and the Roku (not as many as Netflix).

I don't like that Netflix is forcing me to choose between CDs or streaming; the new combined price isn't worth it to me, although a heavier user might find it still a good price point. As mentioned above, maybe Redbox for the occasional new release, and Amazon, Hulu, or other options for the streaming are good options.

[Eriq Cook]

I too will likely cancel DVD service (for Redbox) and go streaming only...but then I'll likely cancel the streaming service soon after. I liked having the OCCASIONAL access to streaming via xbox (the only time I use it), but the streaming movie collection is terrible and not worth me paying $8/month only to use it once or twice about every other month.

I didn't mind paying $10/month for DVD & streaming, but $16 pushed it over the edge. Netflix lost another customer.

UPDATE (3 minutes later):

I cancelled everything.