Comments on: Netflix Charging $1 Blu-Ray Premium http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/netflix_charging_1_blu-ray_premium/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:52:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bithead http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/netflix_charging_1_blu-ray_premium/comment-page-1/#comment-516617 Bithead Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:48 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25954#comment-516617 IS Blu-Ray the next stop long this line, though? Do we see a time when instead of being the high quality option, it'll be the standard format? If so, will they at that point lower the end user costs? IS Blu-Ray the next stop long this line, though? Do we see a time when instead of being the high quality option, it'll be the standard format?

If so, will they at that point lower the end user costs?

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/netflix_charging_1_blu-ray_premium/comment-page-1/#comment-516604 James Joyner Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:54:30 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25954#comment-516604 John: Yep, we opted out. I don't mind paying the dollar, really, but the lack of product makes it not worth it. Steven: I'm generally not an early adopter on these things, either. Moreover, Blu-Ray really isn't that big an upgrade. The picture is definitely better, although not as noticeable an improvement as, say, DVD vs. VHS or high-def vs standard, but the discs take forever to load and the selection is lousy. John: Yep, we opted out. I don't mind paying the dollar, really, but the lack of product makes it not worth it.

Steven: I'm generally not an early adopter on these things, either. Moreover, Blu-Ray really isn't that big an upgrade. The picture is definitely better, although not as noticeable an improvement as, say, DVD vs. VHS or high-def vs standard, but the discs take forever to load and the selection is lousy.

]]> By: Steven Taylor http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/netflix_charging_1_blu-ray_premium/comment-page-1/#comment-516560 Steven Taylor Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:55:35 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25954#comment-516560 I've avoided the problem to this point by being too cheap to have purchased a Blu-Ray player as yet. I've avoided the problem to this point by being too cheap to have purchased a Blu-Ray player as yet.

]]> By: yetanotherjohn http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/netflix_charging_1_blu-ray_premium/comment-page-1/#comment-516507 yetanotherjohn Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:07:50 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25954#comment-516507 But that is part of the "all you can eat aspect". If you go to an all you can eat buffet, you get to pick out what you want to eat and load up. If they then offer a "seafood" addition to the buffet, even if 90% of your plate is going to be non-seafood they will still charge the extra dollar. What isn't clear from your post is if they are giving you a blu-ray-non-blu-ray option. If so, then what is your beef? If you don't think a dollar more a month is worth the limited number of blu-ray options, don't go for it. If you do, shut up a sit on the couch like a potato. I don't even go for the basic netflix option because my local library had thousands of titles for free (actually, I pay $1 for the library card and part of my local taxes support the library). But that is part of the "all you can eat aspect". If you go to an all you can eat buffet, you get to pick out what you want to eat and load up. If they then offer a "seafood" addition to the buffet, even if 90% of your plate is going to be non-seafood they will still charge the extra dollar.

What isn't clear from your post is if they are giving you a blu-ray-non-blu-ray option. If so, then what is your beef? If you don't think a dollar more a month is worth the limited number of blu-ray options, don't go for it. If you do, shut up a sit on the couch like a potato.

I don't even go for the basic netflix option because my local library had thousands of titles for free (actually, I pay $1 for the library card and part of my local taxes support the library).

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