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Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video

Posted by samzenpus on from the premium-pay dept.

Mr D from 63 points out that watching Netflix in Ultra high-definition is going to cost you a little extra per month. A higher-resolution, 4K stream from Netflix will cost more. The company has boosted its monthly price for streaming ultrahigh-definition television and movies to $11.99 per month, citing the higher expenses associated with that content. In May, Netflix announced that its original series, such as House of Cards, would be available to stream in the 4K format, which offers roughly four times the resolution of current high-def TVs.

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  1. Thats Fair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    To me that doesn't seem like a bad deal. 3 bux more for 4k video, sounds good . Now only if there was alot of 4k video available

  2. Netflix officially runs on Linux by kervin · · Score: 4, Informative

    A bit off-topic but strange, Netflix officially removed the Linux block after the release of Chrome 38 and all the NSS updates this week. And we didn't even get a Slashdot story on this.

  3. Re: 4k is a buzzword by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Video people use verticals (1080) which comes from the analog days where the vertical resolution was much easier to quantify.

    Film people use horizontals since we work with multiple aspect ratios so the vertical changes from show to show.

    Since film and tv are adopting 4k at about the same time, I guess the marketing guys chose to follow the film standard.