What the fuuuuuck. Dammit. That's really annoying. $6 more a month for what I'm already doing? I wonder if I can alternate months or something, do streaming one month and DVDs another month. Gah.
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Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2011 9:14:40 am PDT #15314 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2011 9:17:12 am PDT #15315 of 30000
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I would pay good money for a movie of Batman: Odyssey. IJS.
I'm not even sure Nolan could do justice to the "bloody crunking battle".
askye - Jul 12, 2011 9:19:25 am PDT #15316 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
The CSR I talked to said their reasoning is that there's been a huge demand for streaming only. BUT there are a also a lot of people who can't do streaming (including not having the internet access to support it) and only wanted dvds only. So this was their plan.
What also sucks about this is that there are tv shows that are streaming, but some of the episodes are dvd only. I've only run into this with older shows, but it's still an issue.
Jessica - Jul 12, 2011 9:20:41 am PDT #15317 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They are separating out streaming and non streaming
Oh, that blows. Unlimited streaming + 1 DVD out is perfect for us, but not at twice the price.
Consuela - Jul 12, 2011 9:21:31 am PDT #15318 of 30000
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Unlimited streaming + 1 DVD out is perfect for us, but not at twice the price
Indeed!
Burrell - Jul 12, 2011 9:23:52 am PDT #15319 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I guess their plan is to have everyone cancel the DVDs? Must be their plan.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2011 9:26:04 am PDT #15320 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The CSR I talked to said their reasoning is that there's been a huge demand for streaming only. BUT there are a also a lot of people who can't do streaming (including not having the internet access to support it) and only wanted dvds only. So this was their plan.
Sure, I get that, but they should also have some sort of bundle plan for the people who can and want to do both and have been doing so for years. Hell, they already raised the price of the bundle a buck or two about six months ago. Raise it or a buck or two if you need to, but six bucks? Criminy, that's a 60% increase.
I guess their plan is to have everyone cancel the DVDs? Must be their plan.
Guess so! I guess this will be a good excuse to focus on clearing out my streaming queue. Maybe I really will alternate. But it sucks because there are a lot of movies that are DVD-only, and there are times when I want do to a DVD/streaming double-feature or something.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2011 9:29:50 am PDT #15321 of 30000
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I would pay good money for a movie of Batman: Odyssey. IJS.
I'm not even sure Nolan could do justice to the "bloody crunking battle".
I'd still like to see him try.
Streaming only will be 7.99 1 DVD out unlimited
I don't have Netflix, so -- this is $7.99 for streaming AND 1 DVD out? What was it before? (I'm thinking about joining Netflix, so I'm curious.)
askye - Jul 12, 2011 9:30:40 am PDT #15322 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I don't know, I like having the 2 dvd plan. Right now I have one profile of stuff Will and I are watching together that he hasn't seen or I haven't seen, and then stuff for me. And it's all stuff that's not on streaming.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2011 9:31:30 am PDT #15323 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't have Netflix, so -- this is $7.99 for streaming AND 1 DVD out? What was it before? (I'm thinking about joining Netflix, so I'm curious.)
Formatting issue. $7.99 for streaming OR $7.99 for 1 DVD out. $15.98 for both. Right now, it's $9.99 for both.