Netflix Beefs Up Blu-ray Offerings

In a statement given by the online movie rental company increasing projected subscribers, Netflix mentioned that they will increase their Blu-ray catalog by as many as 1,500 titles. Currently, Netflix maintains about 400 Blu-ray titles in their rental database. The plus-up in available titles is due to increased demand for high definition movies and the culmination of the format war. There also continues to be discussion about possibly raising their fees due to the excess cost of the media. When asked if Netflix would raise their fees for Blu-ray customers, CFO for Netflix Barry McCarthy commented, "It seems apparent that content will cost us more. Whether we raise prices will be entirely a function of churn, subscriber acquisition costs and gross margins."
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wwstall  » Feb 28, 2008
sweet cant wait...

JadedRaverLA  » Feb 28, 2008
And these 1500 new titles are going to come from where exactly? There's no way anywhere near that many titles are getting released this year.

Minimejer05  » Feb 28, 2008
Nice!! Go Netflix.

ibeetle  » Feb 28, 2008
I thought this happened. I noticed late last week. All in one fell swoop that all but 3 of my 12 "Very Long Wait" Blu-ray Disc had been moved to "Short Wait", and all 15 remaining in wait line list are now in "Available Now" status. I guess the spent the money they would have spend on HD DVD buying more Blu-ray Disc. The benefits of one video format.

QuincyMass  » Feb 28, 2008
THANK GOD... maybe now the top 30 movies in my queue will become available... Their supply for Blu users has been terrible. My queue still has long wait for them all right now

Rainman208  » Feb 28, 2008
Too bad I fired them over a year ago for "thorttling". If they knock that crap off I might consider returning one day.

CptGreedle  » Feb 28, 2008
I have never tried a rental service like this, and I am not sure I am willing to pay a monthly fee to join, but now that they have boosted their Blu-ray catalog I might consider it.

Xerious  » Feb 28, 2008
1500 eh? hmmm... where are those 1100 nonexistant bluray titles coming from?

Bluray_ne1  » Feb 28, 2008

'When asked if Netflix would raise their fees for Blu-ray customers, CFO for Netflix Barry McCarthy commented, "It seems apparent that content will cost us more. Whether we raise prices will be entirely a function of churn, subscriber acquisition costs and gross margins." Translation: "Absolutely! And you thought Blockbuster was expensive..." So much for $15 a month. Nice to have the selection though, instead of waiting for 2 months for a title to be available.

johnnyd1  » Feb 28, 2008
You beat me to the punch JJxiv !

groovyone  » Feb 28, 2008
My wait list times also disappeared! Very nice.

punkguy03  » Feb 28, 2008
i dont have netflix yet but this might be a reason to get it both my roomates use it for sd and they love it so i dont see it as being bad or anything its just i dont rent sds just blurays.

groovyone  » Feb 28, 2008
@punkguy03 If your roommates use it, just get them to start adding Blu-rays to their lists.

visual0ne  » Feb 28, 2008
Nice! Perhaps I will consider rejoining. I got tired of seeing long wait times and them sending me titles at the bottom of my list over the new releases.

visual0ne  » Feb 28, 2008
Also to those wondering where the 1400 new titles are coming from, they are just ordering duplicates of what they currently stock. Not new titles. As this will shorten wait times for subscribers.

Barion  » Feb 28, 2008
All the Blu-ray Discs in my Netflix queue are available now, and it happened shortly after the announcement to support BD only. I've never experienced this throttling phenomenon, although I did take advantage of a free month at the unlimited 4-out plan. I've been a member since May 2001 and Netflix has always been awesome. I look forward to the enhanced Blu-ray support.

PossumPete  » Feb 28, 2008
Do you really think this "media" costs more than SD? Maybe all the BOGOs spoiled me but I don't think I'm paying any more for BD than I did for SD. ebay helps, too!

smiley  » Feb 28, 2008
I can't wait until they start shipping all these nonexistent titles. That will be great.

JT_Designer  » Feb 28, 2008
Nice, I hope they keep Netflix set at the same price though.

arsnlrob  » Feb 28, 2008
Erm, what's "throttling"?

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