07-13-2011, 01:09 AM
We have streaming/2 DVDs out at a time. We may downgrade to one DVD, but were keeping the service. The streaming is magic when you find something good. It's my belief it's still a good value, and that the earlier prices were "too low".
My real concern is that with added growth (which overall, I'm sure will still happen) Netflix will be able to show content creators more eyeballs, who will only hold that over their heads for additional revenue, same as they do with cable/sat companies who don't pony up enough initially during negotiations. You would think it could work the other way but never seems to do so.
The earlier thread here had a link saying Netflix' expenses are expected to increase several billion in the next two years. Hollywood just lives in a different universe than the rest of us, and they will do whatever is necessary to prevent their drug from depreciating value.
Edit: I should add that since the last price increase (or thereabouts) Netflix has additionally suffered postage increases. The U.S. Postal Service, already on the ropes and facing inability to pay pensions later this year without Congressional help, had been giving Netflix and similar media postage a big discount, placing Netflix' postal expenses unnaturally low since their inception.
My real concern is that with added growth (which overall, I'm sure will still happen) Netflix will be able to show content creators more eyeballs, who will only hold that over their heads for additional revenue, same as they do with cable/sat companies who don't pony up enough initially during negotiations. You would think it could work the other way but never seems to do so.
The earlier thread here had a link saying Netflix' expenses are expected to increase several billion in the next two years. Hollywood just lives in a different universe than the rest of us, and they will do whatever is necessary to prevent their drug from depreciating value.
Edit: I should add that since the last price increase (or thereabouts) Netflix has additionally suffered postage increases. The U.S. Postal Service, already on the ropes and facing inability to pay pensions later this year without Congressional help, had been giving Netflix and similar media postage a big discount, placing Netflix' postal expenses unnaturally low since their inception.