The format war has ended but not without some penalties to the consumer. Not only are the players still expensive but the disks are $10 – $15 more than standard DVD’s. The best way to view Blu-rays are through rentals. But, those prices are looking to go up reports the popular mail delivery, Netflix.
Citing that the costs per Blu-ray disk, Netflix plans to raise a subscriber’s monthly payment to cover the new extra costs. Though the numbers are still low for their customers who do make use of the rental service for the ease of availability for the high-def format, the price increase will begin sooner rather than later.
I love Blu-ray but I can only see this to be another reason why download-able content will out do the format in the next coming years. It’s so beautiful thought…it kills me!
