Netflix is going up to £9.99 & £13.99 next month

Psycho Sonny said:
I went from having the full package on everything. To alternative methods.

I now only pay for prime because of the delivery and I use it a lot.

The money saved from sky, Netflix, TV license was all put into an unraid server and a small monthly VPN service.

Will take a year or so to break even after that point I'll be saving circa £100 a month.

TV license is the one that really irks me. They need to move to a private model either make it subscription service a la Netflix or bring in advertising.

To just charge everyone when some make extremely little use of their service is outdated. I also don't like the fact that you can have exclusive content. That shouldn't be allowed. Especially for sports and TV shows, etc.

Everyone should be allowed access and pay a fair rate for access. Then let the services compete against each other on fair grounds.

Like there should be no reason to require 6 different subscriptions it should all be available through one with many companies competing on that basis.
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It annoys me too but you don't have to pay it if your not watching a live service (does bother me that you need to pay it if you never watch BBC only commercial channels. If all you do is stream (even on a tv) you don't need to pay it, I know it's daft but some people think you need a licence for owning a TV.
 
deuse said:
So disc is still king.

The BBC version of 4K is really good when they show it.
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Disc is always king but there no way it worth paying the crazy prices for them compared to a 4K ATV..

If i remember right i paid £300 for 16 4k Discs and my 100 4k movies on my ATV cost me £300
Them 16 4K discs are all now just collecting dust in the Loft :D
 
Puzzled said:
I don't really get the fuss over Netflix content either, sure they do have some really good series but most of it is rubbish. In a weeks viewing 90% of what we watch is still on the main 5 channels, the vast majority BBC.
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I honestly believe you're just not watching the good stuff then... because there's loads of great shows on Netflix, be they original content or just hosted there. Mind you, tbf 'most of it' could be rubbish and there's still soooo much good stuff due to the volume of content on there. I think I heard recently that Netflix average a new show (Netflix original) launching literally every day. So if there's 10,000 shows, and 9,000 are rubbish, that's most of them. It's still 1,000 great shows to watch though...
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I went from having the full package on everything. To alternative methods.

I now only pay for prime because of the delivery and I use it a lot.

The money saved from sky, Netflix, TV license was all put into an unraid server and a small monthly VPN service.

Will take a year or so to break even after that point I'll be saving circa £100 a month.

TV license is the one that really irks me. They need to move to a private model either make it subscription service a la Netflix or bring in advertising.

To just charge everyone when some make extremely little use of their service is outdated. I also don't like the fact that you can have exclusive content. That shouldn't be allowed. Especially for sports and TV shows, etc.

Everyone should be allowed access and pay a fair rate for access. Then let the services compete against each other on fair grounds.

Like there should be no reason to require 6 different subscriptions it should all be available through one with many companies competing on that basis.
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Man saves money by pirating shocker.
I think anyone who decides to not bother paying for what they consume and simply takes it instead would save money - nothing special going on - except of course you're cool.....so very cool
 
stoofa said:
Man saves money by pirating shocker.
I think anyone who decides to not bother paying for what they consume and simply takes it instead would save money - nothing special going on - except of course you're cool.....so very cool
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How someone is repeatedly allowed to admit to stealing on here is beyond me to be honest.
 
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chaparral said:
Disc is always king but there no way it worth paying the crazy prices for them compared to a 4K ATV..

If i remember right i paid £300 for 16 4k Discs and my 100 4k movies on my ATV cost me £300
Them 16 4K discs are all now just collecting dust in the Loft :D
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All my fav films are on disc.
You see what you're missing go back to disk :)
 
For streaming I mainly pay for the instant convenience and reliability. Alternative methods are just a pain and I can't be bothered with them these days. I just want to press the watch Netflix macro on Harmony and it be ready to go.
 
deuse said:
All my fav films are on disc.
You see what you're missing go back to disk :)
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Indeed. It's nice to have a ritual of a kind for favourites. Browse, pick, take some kind of action besides just clicking a remote feels good somehow.

And if it's a favourite i don't want to be suffering the problems that low bitrate brings.

Majority of my viewing still streamed though
 
yes the bbc article seemed confounding - Even that ratio is an impressive testament to disney growth.

All of that is translating into impressive subscriber growth, even as Netflix sees its momentum slowing. The streaming pioneer also saw a spike in new subscriber additions early on in the pandemic -- it added 25.86 million new accounts in the first half of 2020, almost as many as it added for all of 2019. However, that growth slowed to a trickle in the third quarter when Netflix added just 2.2 million subscribers, and only 177,000 were in the U.S.

That happened even as Disney+ grew from 33.5 million subscribers in the second quarter to 57.5 million in the third. Over the next few years, Disney could very well surpass Netflix to become the leading name in streaming. And in terms of revenue, Disney could take the No. 1 spot as soon as 2022.

Disney+ and Hulu are a powerful combination
eMarketer forecasts Disney+ streaming revenue in the U.S. will grow from $1.94 billion at the end of 2020 to $4.23 billion by 2022, aided by the $1-per-month price increase that will take effect in March.

At that point, revenue will still be shy of the $12.95 billion eMarketer expects Netflix to generate next year, but let's not forget the other pieces of Disney's streaming operation. Adding Hulu and ESPN+ to the mix, Disney could generate an estimated $12.36 billion in streaming revenue, well within striking distance of the No. 1 spot.

While Disney+ has been wowing investors with its rapid growth, Hulu actually accounts for over 67% of the company's streaming revenue. It will be the combination of Disney+ and Hulu that eventually puts Disney over the top.

eMarketer forecasts Disney+ streaming revenue in the U.S. will grow from $1.94 billion at the end of 2020 to $4.23 billion by 2022, aided by the $1-per-month price increase that will take effect in March.

At that point, revenue will still be shy of the $12.95 billion eMarketer expects Netflix to generate next year, but let's not forget the other pieces of Disney's streaming operation. Adding Hulu and ESPN+ to the mix, Disney could generate an estimated $12.36 billion in streaming revenue, well within striking distance of the No. 1 spot.
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revenue, not profit; but I hadn't appreciated disney, via espn, do sports, which covid permitting, seem like a cash cow.
 
Disney's price rise includes introducing stuff for adults in the form of 'STAR', which actually means I might watch some stuff on there:

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23rd February, apparently
 
cheesyboy said:
Disney's price rise includes introducing stuff for adults in the form of 'STAR', which actually means I might watch some stuff on there:

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23rd February, apparently
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How much is the monthly sub, is it £5.99 or does that not include the price rise?

I might cancel Netflix as Im on 4k package and switch to disney, and I might keep cancelling and switching as and when content interests me.
 
cheesyboy said:
Disney's price rise includes introducing stuff for adults in the form of 'STAR', which actually means I might watch some stuff on there:

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23rd February, apparently
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Am going back & forward thinking if i do want to sign up to this as the Disney+ app is not available on my TV or my mobile phone :(:mad: , But i can get through my 4K ATV
 
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