Netflix Raises Prices to $18 a Month! Another Reason to Support Physical Media

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Texan26

Movie theater ticket prices go up every year. Netflix raises their price by a dollar or two and everyone goes crazy.

Why do you think I rarely go to movie theaters? Seems like such a waste to spend $15 to see a movie once when I could eventually rent it for a few bucks. Heck, I could just blind buy it later on for the same price and actually get to keep the movie!

With that said, I think we could say goodbye to movie theaters due to this pandemic we’re in.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

You don’t subscribe for their “old movies”, it’s all about their original content: series, original movies, comedy specials, documentaries, etc.

The “old movies” are just bonus.

Exactly.

[Britbuffguy]

I cut off Netflix this month and have been on Prime now. Prime is far, far better as I'm not much for TV shows and Netflix has yet to produce a great movie, while I have found tons of 80s/90s stuff to watch on Prime.

My question, is how often does Prime mix the rent only movies into the free with Prime stuff?

[darkness2918]

I dont mind paying for Netflix & also buying BDs. Netflix (along with Hulu, Shudder & Prime Video) has saved me plenty of times from making a blind buy I wouldve regretted since I got to watch the movies first. The reverse has also happened where ill watch a movie on a streaming service & liked it so mmuch I bought it.

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

I dont mind paying for Netflix & also buying BDs. Netflix (along with Hulu, Shudder & Prime Video) has saved me plenty of times from making a blind buy I wouldve regretted since I got to watch the movies first. The reverse has also happened where ill watch a movie on a streaming service & liked it so mmuch I bought it.

But I have to question "Where is the value?" in Netflix? They've LOST a lot of their archived content, their originals aren't that great (IMO), they JUST had a price increase where their top tier of 4K is now $18 a month!

Compare to HBO Max, $11.99 (I jumped on the initial $3 discount deal) movies I USED to watch on Criterion (saving me $10) better originals IMO AND 4K coming with the debut of Wonder Woman '84 in 2 weeks. You can STILL get HBO Max AND Disney+ (both have 4K content) and pay the same as Netflix. Now Netflix has MORE originals coming, but they're 6 mos-1 yr away. Post-production in the time of COVID affects Netflix MORE because they don't have the facilities "in-house" that Disney/Warner do.

[JamesKurtovich]

They lost Doctor Who, Friends, That '70s Show, etc. Might just need to cancel Netflix until Cobra Kai drops in February.