Netflix hadn't hinted at any llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new dictionary plans to change the public service it offers, but NewTeeVee spotted an unadvertised DVD-only plan on its site a few days ago, and an nameless tipster from within the company indicates that's just the start. The DVD.Netflix.com page offers unlimited DVDs by mail, per month (one at a time) for $7.99, which slots it between the yardstick DVD & streaming combo plans and a $4.99 present that gives just two DVDs per month. llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new lexicon



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document.write("") to the tipster we spoke to, Netflix is birth forestalling to change its pricing entirely, by also implementing a streaming only plan with no discs for $7.99, and jacking up the minimum pricetag for combined government-provided relief to $15.98 from the current $9.99 it has charged since November. They indicated the change would take place tomorrow night around 9 p.m., with deed notified by email and no plans to grandfathering any of the old pricing setups along. With belligerent spread plans urgent forward and its costs to acquire content rising sharply, hiking the price by 50 percent on many of its 20 million+ subscribers could be the easiest way to make the numbers add up, it could be just those subscribers who are left to delimit exactly what Watch Instantly streaming (or DVD access) is worth to them.



Update: Just that fast, Netflix has officially announced these changes to its pricing plans. Just like our hash indicated, DVD only or streaming only unlimited plans are disposable for $7.99 each per month, or $15.98 together. llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new lexicography members can float on their current plans until September 1st but new members will see these rates productive immediately. incontrovertible to a post on the touchstone blog, the change replaces the DVD plan's existence as a $2 surcharge over streaming and from now on it will no longer unlimited discs and streaming as a single package. Two discs at a time will cost $11.99 by themselves now, but there's no mention of higher plans just yet. Fans of the plastic platter should be at least a bit encouraged however, as there's a new team devoted solely to that service -- here's hoping they can get the stagnant Blu-ray catalog refreshed.

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