Audio Video News

Netflix has officially taken the wraps off its previously announced streaming-only plan for the U.S. The price is a low-low-low $7.99. However, the announcement also brings price hikes for the existing disc-and-streaming plans.

Netflix streaming works with all three of the major game consoles as well as Blu-ray players from Insignia, Panasonic, Philips, and Sony; TVs from Insignia, LG, Samsung, Sony, and Vizio; the iPad, iPhone, and Windows phones; and TiVo and Roku set-top boxes.

The price of the plan allowing one DVD at a time is rising by a dollar, from $8.99 to $9.99. For three DVDs, the price goes up $3, to $19.99. And so it goes up to the eight-disc plan, rising $8 to $55.99. However, the price for one DVD at a time with a limit of two per month remains the same at $4.99.

The announcement on the Netflix Blog does not mention Blu-ray discs. Presumably the $2/month premium for Blu-ray rentals remains unchanged.