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ssj12 on 24 April 2008
FishyJoe said:
I guess none of you mind paying more, I guess that's your choice.

But now that the war is over, disc prices are going up, player prices are going up, and now rental prices are going up.

That's progress right?

 Disc prices have been the same... player prices are the same. wtf are you talking about?

Sony Blu-ray Burner has stayed at $599 since it launched 4 months ago but its the only real 4X burner on the market.

Players $389 to $648 ($648 model is the HD/DVD and Bluray combo drive), so still holding the same price as before and most of the are newer models. 

A price drop is expected this summer to $299 and below.



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supermario128 on 24 April 2008

Makes since to me.




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ssj12 on 24 April 2008
twesterm said:
/end Netflix subscription

 for what... a dollar more? they wont increase over what BlockBuster did which was 1 dollar. Wow a dollar... painful. lol

Plus I know that was sarcasm lol



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twesterm on 24 April 2008
ssj12 said:
twesterm said:
/end Netflix subscription

for what... a dollar more? they wont increase over what BlockBuster did which was 1 dollar. Wow a dollar... painful. lol

Plus I know that was sarcasm lol


 Actually, no I'm serious.  I really don't want to pay the dollar more and there are probably a good 100 movies in my queue that I only put on their because they were on BluRay and I don't want to go back through it and clean it out.  So yeah, fuck them, I'm just going to cancel my subscritption.



 

DMeisterJ on 24 April 2008

Twesterm

Seriously? Over a buck or two?

Sheesh.

I'm not richie rich, but I wouldn't cancel a subscription over 1-2 bucks.



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DMeisterJ on 24 April 2008
FishyJoe said:
I guess none of you mind paying more, I guess that's your choice.

But now that the war is over, disc prices are going up, player prices are going up, and now rental prices are going up.

That's progress right?

Disc prices going up?  I don't think so.

Player prices going up?  The PS3 is still $400 bucks, the only (and cheapest) BD 2.0 player. 

Rental prices going up?  Yes, but no one is hurting for one or two bucks.

Progress being made?  Yes, but at a minimal price.



twesterm on 24 April 2008
DMeisterJ said:
Twesterm

Seriously? Over a buck or two?

Sheesh.

I'm not richie rich, but I wouldn't cancel a subscription over 1-2 bucks.

  1.  I'm cheap
  2. I was considering caceling my account anyways since I don't have as much as I'd like to watch the movies.
Now I actually have a reason to cancel my account.  I'll probably finish Scrubs and then cancel it.

 

Strategyking92 on 24 April 2008
Ail said:
FishyJoe said:

Wecome the the world of Blu-ray win.  

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9924836-1.html

Bad news today for home theater fans: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said on a conference call that because Blu-ray discs cost more to purchase, the company plans on charging a premium on accounts that rent Blu-ray movies. Hastings said "consumers are used to paying more for high-definition," but with Blu-ray renters making up only a small percentage of Netflix subscribers, this certainly won't help spur adoption.

Previous to this announcement, videophiles have pretty much gotten a free-ride on renting higher-priced high-definition media, as Netflix offered both HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs to subscribers for no additional charge over a standard subscription--until Netflix stopped offering HD DVDs in February. Netflix continues to offer the ability to watch some movies online ("Watch Now") at no additional charge, but the selection is still pretty limited at this point (check out our hands-on from last year).


360 and PS3 games cost 10$ more than PS2 and Xbox games.

Your point ?

Movies don't have multiplayer.

 



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MattAAron on 24 April 2008

Gotta pay extra for the best...

You pay extra if you want a TV with HDTV
You pay extra if you want 1080p
You pay extra if you want a bigger size HDTV
You pay extra for wireless
You pay extra for portability
You pay extra for something better/powerful
You pay extra for CD from VHS
You pay extra for DVD from CD
You pay extra for BluRay from DVD

Bigger, Better, Power, or Portability always means more $, This is just common knowledge in any industry



DMeisterJ on 24 April 2008
twesterm said:
DMeisterJ said:
Twesterm

Seriously? Over a buck or two?

Sheesh.

I'm not richie rich, but I wouldn't cancel a subscription over 1-2 bucks.

  1.  I'm cheap
  2. I was considering caceling my account anyways since I don't have as much as I'd like to watch the movies.
Now I actually have a reason to cancel my account.  I'll probably finish Scrubs and then cancel it.

Did you cancel your cable once you figured out that getting the HD channels costed more?