Netflix?

[The Mystery Machine]

Understood, but I suspect MM's point was that given a $X difference in price between an all-streaming service and a streaming-plus-disc service, many people will start switching to all-streaming to save money. At some point, the numbers will reach a point where the streaming-plus-disc service is actually wasting capital, i.e., making too little profit to justify itself. That'll be reflected in higher price increases than would otherwise have been applied, for what would effectively become a boutique service. The higher prices will drive even more subscribers to switch to all-streaming, and the disc service will fall into a death spiral. There will always be people who want discs, but it seems likely that eventually there won't be a Netflix-priced (i.e., affordable to most) service offering that.

Yep. I am already ready to drop the disc service. I find that I watch streaming over my discs.

If I want a "new" release, I will go to Redbox.

If the new releases go to streaming then obviously I am going to cancel the disc portion as there will be no point in keeping it.

Sorry about the close captioning, thing. That is stupid for them to not include that need for people.

 

[LilyWDW]

I am dropping my service down to the one DVD at the time. Currently I have the two DVD service, but find I don't really watch enough to justify the increase in cost at this time. I am mostly streaming TV show, though many of the movies I have picked are also on instant.

 

[Big Cuddly Bear]

I would like to add, that, IMO, for TV show streaming, Hulu+ at $10 is a better service.

And I love my netflix.

 

[Muushka]

We just get one disc at a time.
I enjoy getting them in the mail, but with everything available on streaming, there isn't much need (in this family) for more things to watch!

And since we got a faster internet connection, the picture quality is fantastic.

 

[bicker]

Keep in mind that both Hulu Plus and Netflix streaming face big price increases next time their studio contracts come up. Starz has already informed Netflix that their contract price is going to go up quite a lot, and Netflix has already determined that they're going to drop the Starz contract when that happens. These streaming outlets, at least for television series, might dry up before a new profit model is injected in to save them.