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#298743 12-Jul-2022 14:27

Its 2022, and up go Neon's prices again

What is the new price of a Neon subscription?

From 15 August, the price of Neon's monthly Standard Plan is increasing to $17.99 per month, and our Annual Plan is increasing to $179.99 per year. We're also introducing a monthly Basic Plan for $12.99 per month.

Click here to compare our plans and pricing to decide which one is right for you.

Why is the price of Neon increasing?

So that we can bring you premium and exclusive shows like House of the Dragon, The Handmaid's Tale and Yellowstone, as well as the latest blockbuster movies."

At $18.00 a month (as compared with Prime Video $8.00) I am starting to wonder the if the value is worth the cost.

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#2941156 12-Jul-2022 14:55

Great to see Sky finally providing a range of resolution with the introduction of the basic plan.

That is, provided you’re happy with a resolution of 540p.

Surely they’re taking the piss?!

So an increased price for their ‘high res’ plan, despite it still having no 4K or discrete audio.

2D is trying to hold onto our BB contract, offering the six months free of Prime and Neon; not really sure how much use I’d make of the latter given the above…

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#2941163 12-Jul-2022 15:36

It looks like the 'basic' plan is a no go due to the terrible video quality, so it's either suck up the increase or cancel.

I accept that price rises are a thing at the moment, but Neon really can't compete with the overseas competition as they have an inferior platform and very limited local content.

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#2941167 12-Jul-2022 15:46

At home we use a very crude "$1.00 per hour" to gauge the value of any "passive streaming service" or PC game (i.e. if I pay $50.00 for a PC game will I play it for at least 50 hours).

So for the new Neon prices I ask myself if I will watch 18 hours of that streaming service each month.

I am not sure that I would. So I am not sure if it is value at that new price, especially with everything else costing more.

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#2941185 12-Jul-2022 16:11

Already cancelled, poor product at a premium price.

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#2941532 13-Jul-2022 15:33

Are they going to do 5.1 sound and a decent movie rental system rather than click on the email to rent??

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#2941556 13-Jul-2022 16:33

jonathan18: Great to see Sky finally providing a range of resolution with the introduction of the basic plan.

That is, provided you’re happy with a resolution of 540p.

Surely they’re taking the piss?!

Neon, owned by Sky who remember charged extra for HD via satellite which was being beamed out regardless to make their own service look better on their own hardware.

I kind of understand the lower resolution option for those who literally just stream on the phone/tablet over mobile data and don't own a TV and wouldn't notice the difference... But it's 2022.

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#2941564 13-Jul-2022 17:06

old3eyes:

Are they going to do 5.1 sound and a decent movie rental system rather than click on the email to rent??

Apple meets all my needs there. YouTube also does 5.1 on compatible devices now so chance their rentals are 5.1 as well. Don’t need Sky in the picture to rent decent quality movies.

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#2941565 13-Jul-2022 17:11

rugrat:

old3eyes:

Are they going to do 5.1 sound and a decent movie rental system rather than click on the email to rent??

Apple meets all my needs there. YouTube also does 5.1 on compatible devices now so chance their rentals are 5.1 as well. Don’t need Sky in the picture to rent decent quality movies.

I've never rented from them due to their crappy method of doing a rental but 5.1 sound on their normal TV streaming would be nice.

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#2941639 13-Jul-2022 21:01

Another price increase ? Seems to be difficult economic environment for that ?

I have felt Neon is slipping in content.
Its not like the back catalog is very deep either.
Movies made in Covid have been pretty bland which has not helped I guess.
So a deep back catalog, vs a small rotating selection would help fill out value.

Having a Rental side of the business seems to hollow stream releases ?

For TV Series, the problem of the current writing style raises its ugly head.
Painfully drawn out thinly spread plots with huge lashings of backstory.
Over the top emotional characters you can't care about given nothing much has happened.

I expect 'House of Dragon' that Neon use to justify their price increase will go the same way.
Even GOT, if they had moved things along a bit in places they could have avoided a rushed ending.

I find it difficult these days to get my partner beyond the first episode of most new things.
Just too little bang for each episode, and horrible feeling that there is little payoff for holding on.

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#2941805 14-Jul-2022 12:54

I got again this month after stopping for a year, for daughter to watch Love Island UK mainly!

Mainly just reminds me how we don't really watch that much TV, I know it is quality stuff on Neon mostly, and personally not too fussed about 4k or Atmos but can't see myself watching much this month. Probably watch the rest of season 3 Westworld and seaason 4 but nothing else really grabs me.