This just makes me feel old and curmudgeonly. I cannot yet bear focusing on long-form video on my computer, and I don't want to give up the commentaries and other "extras" that, to the best of my knowledge, are not offered in Instant Viewing. Besides, I like getting mail.
jd On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:04 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I got an email from my friends at Netflix today informing me that they were > raising the price of the Unlimited instant viewing, unlimited (but 1 out at > a time) disk plan from $8.99 to $9.99. They also rolled out a new plan - > unlimited instant viewing, no disk viewing - for $7.99. > > I am not complaining, I think it is still a good deal and I am happy with > the service. They say this is because more and more subscribers want instant > viewing (I guess meaning that they have fewer subscribers to the multi disk > at a time plans, and have to spread their fixed costs for shipping disks > over a smaller base?). > > What is interesting though is the report that the $2.00 spread between the > two instant viewing plans (one with access to disks, the other not) reflects > their shipping cost. Of course I suspect they have padded that a bit and are > making extra profit on the $9.99 plan, banking that most people would rather > pay the extra buck each month to be able to access the disks. But we would > need to know more information to tell. > > The email references several times that instant viewing is becoming more and > more popular, so I hope all of this means that they realize their future is > in getting more of those disk only titles available for instant viewing. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
