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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. 4k is a buzzword by rafjaimes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    4k is just a buzzword. They'd be better off having higher quality 1080 streams, right now they're highly compressed. Higher quality 1080 would appeal to MANY more people given the adoption rate of 1080 over 4k.

    1. 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.

  2. Re: Thats Fair by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd pay more for better bandwidth.

    The problem isn't the bandwidth. Verizon FIOS has the bandwidth, and Netflix has the Bandwidth. The problem is not the bandwidth, the problem is you, willing to "pay more" to get Verizon and Netflix to install a cable between their switches at the COLO facility, which is something they should do. But if Verizon FIOS is anything like Comcast, they want to charge Netflix to bring Netflix to their own customers.

    You are Netflix Customer
    You are Verizon FIOS Customer
    You are already paying for their service (both sides).

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  3. 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.