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Netflix raises prices as password boost fades (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Netflix is starting to raise prices in some countries as growth spurred by its crackdown on password sharing starts to fade.

The film and TV streaming giant said it had already lifted subscription fees in Japan and parts of Europe as well as the Middle East and Africa over the last month.

Changes in Italy and Spain are now being rolled-out.

In its latest results, Netflix announced that it had added 5.1 million subscribers between July and September - ahead of forecasts but the smallest gain in more than a year.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I keep telling my friends this. It was incredibly simple to do. And you can start with only a couple smaller 1 or 4 TB drives and still end up starting a decent collection

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Especially if you're fine with the low image quality of streaming services. Equivalent video files aren't particularly big.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its about ~2-3GB for a movie for me. The Quality isnt great but still better than Netflix streams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I would recommend "spending" about 6 GB on a 1080p x265 encoding of a movie, if you can. The quality is much better, good enough to be viewed up close on a large screen, unless there's a large amount of high frequency detail, like in recent animated or very CGI-heavy movies - or unless it's an older film with strong film grain and/or large mass scenes (think Lawrence of Arabia). Those do benefit from higher bitrates and resolutions, even if your screen isn't 4K.