This now costs more. Frowny face.

Netflix was one of the biggest bargains in entertainment.  For under $10 a month, you could have a new DVD every couple of days and watch all the streaming video you want.  Well, Netflix must have realized just how cheap their plan was, and they’re going to more effectively charge customers for the services used.  Netflix is effectively raising its prices by splitting its services.  If you want unlimited DVDs by mail (one at a time), you now have to pay $8 per month.  If you want unlimited streaming, you now have to pay $8 a month.  Streaming and unlimited single DVDs will now run Netflix subscribers $16 a month, versus $10 a month under the old system.  The prices go into effect immediately for new subscribers; old subscribers will be forced to pick a new plan by September 1, 2011.

On one hand, the Netflix prices are good for some customers.  If only only get DVDs by mail or you only use streaming and leave your DVDs to gather dust (ahem, like me), then you can pick the plan appropriate for yourself and you save a little money versus paying for something you don’t use.  If you use both your physical media and your streaming service to get your movie fix, then you’re probably pretty angry at Netflix for raising prices again, this time by $6, over the old “unlimited 1 DVD at a time, unlimited streaming” plan.

Blame the allure of even more record profits, I guess.  Still, $16 a month for all the media you could want to consume?  That’s a really sweet deal.

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