Netflix testing new Ultra subscription tier

Pay [-]More[/-]same for less. I believe the youngsters call this shrinkflation.
 
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I guess they figured SA users wouldn't care as much about HDR, which is more expensive for them to provide. So they increase the price and drop the streaming setup for cheaper accounts to force an upgrade. Some European users see no changes to the streaming setup, and Ultra only includes HDR support as a premium feature over Premium.

Also, my math is off today. If I had to switch to an SA account when the pricing changes, I'll be saving $2 instead of staying with the US account. I guess that's my incentive.
 
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CataclysmZA said:
When SA Netflix launched, I was still using DNS proxies and tried a VPN for a while. I haven't had the incentive to switch accounts to a new SA one. But if this pricing comes into effect and my current account will be downgraded, I'll switch. My family does tend to stream on multiple devices at times, and this is quite useful to us.
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I had a UK based account at the time so I saved even more but regardless, $2 is $2 and

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Why pay it if you don't have to. ;)
 
I can't argue with a well-constructed and intimidating meme.
 
Isn't there still a fairly big difference in the available library of videos between SA and USA?
 
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dennis.se.foon said:
Isn't there still a fairly big difference in the available library of videos between SA and USA?
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There is indeed, but that has nothing to do with your billing country. It's where you are watching that matters - or rather where they think you're watching it. ;)
 
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bwana said:
There is indeed, but that has nothing to do with your billing country. It's where you are watching that matters - or rather where they think you're watching it. ;)
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Well we day pay slightly less in SA so it does matter where you first signed up I guess.
 
SauRoNZA said:
But we have HDR and UHD on Premium right now?
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UHD only, AFAIK. HDR8/10 support has only been for a select few testing titles. They also moved to a new codec recently that is less bandwidth intensive than HEVC H.265 (it could be VP9? Can't remember the details now).

Netflix might be moving to offer HDR on as much content as possible moving forward, and they'll need to use separate media for that as well.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
Well we day pay slightly less in SA so it does matter where you first signed up I guess.
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It doesn't matter in terms of content. Your library is determined by your viewing location. That why I closed my UK account and opened an SA account. Why pay more for the same content if you don't have to. :)
 
CataclysmZA said:
UHD only, AFAIK. HDR8/10 support has only been for a select few testing titles. They also moved to a new codec recently that is less bandwidth intensive than HEVC H.265 (it could be VP9? Can't remember the details now).

Netflix might be moving to offer HDR on as much content as possible moving forward, and they'll need to use separate media for that as well.
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I watch plenty of stuff in Dolby Vision.

So it’s enabled on the package which was my point.

Don’t expect it on every title.
 
bwana said:
It doesn't matter in terms of content. Your library is determined by your viewing location. That why I closed my UK account and opened an SA account. Why pay more for the same content if you don't have to. :)
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Absolutely.
 
CataclysmZA said:
UHD only, AFAIK. HDR8/10 support has only been for a select few testing titles. They also moved to a new codec recently that is less bandwidth intensive than HEVC H.265 (it could be VP9? Can't remember the details now).

Netflix might be moving to offer HDR on as much content as possible moving forward, and they'll need to use separate media for that as well.
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Netflix uses VP9 for non 4k content, HEVC for 4k and HDR (which is why you can't stream 4k on Chrome or FF).
They are moving to AV1 (basically VP10, it's royalty free, Google, Amazon, FF, Netflix, etc. are all part of it) and will be one of the first adopters but only for non 4k or HDR by the end of the year.
 
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Netflix uses VP9 for non 4k content, HEVC for 4k and HDR (which is why you can't stream 4k on Chrome or FF).
They are moving to AV1 (basically VP10, it's royalty free, Google, Amazon, FF, Netflix, etc. are all part of it) and will be one of the first adopters but only for non 4k or HDR by the end of the year.
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Yep, it's AV1 that I was thinking of. Royalty-free and free to adopt and use. Very neat stuff going on there.

dmw said:
Is that the pricing for SA or USA? Reason for asking is that here in the US I see Standard for $10.99 and Premium for $13.99. So if it is USA pricing, then will only be a extra dollar.
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My pricing was for a US account. I can't remember what the old SA pricing was on before we got the Ultra option.
 
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