Netflix to Increase Cost of Blu-ray Rentals

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by faberryman

I'm not convinced the sky is falling. The surcharge reflects an additional cost incurred by Netflix - the cost of maintaining a dual inventory of DVD and Blu-ray copies of the same movie.

Nor am I. But you mention this as if you know for sure why the surcharge. I read a quote somewhere (I wish I could remember where) from the CEO who basically said “They are used to paying a premium so it should be no big deal.”

It also sounds really fishy that now that there is a winner in the format war there is a surcharge as people come on board. If it is that hard or cost ineffective then why get into a niche market in the first place? And if the inventory issue was such an extra expense why was it not a problem when they had to do DVD, Blu-ray and HD-DVD?

[faberryman]

Originally Posted by Orlando

It also sounds really fishy that now that there is a winner in the format war there is a surcharge as people come on board. If it is that hard or cost ineffective then why get into a niche market in the first place? And if the inventory issue was such an extra expense why was it not a problem when they had to do DVD, Blu-ray and HD-DVD?

If you don't want to pay Netflix extra for renting Blu-ray discs, don't rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix. It's not a conspiracy, it's the free market.

[wes]

Originally Posted by faberryman

If you don't want to pay Netflix extra for renting Blu-ray discs, don't rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix. It's not a conspiracy, it's the free market.

Agreed just switch to blockbuster that is what I did and "I am glad I ll' tell you" The Mask