Ouchas!!!!!

DVDs are not dead yet, but they are going to cost more — at least for customers of Netflix, the popular entertainment service, which said on Tuesday that it was sharply increasing the price of its Internet-plus-DVDs-in-the-mail plan.

For current Netflix customers, the price changes will take effect in September, but for new customers, they took effect Tuesday.

What cost $10 a month — online streams of movies plus one DVD by mail at a time — will now cost $16 a month, the company said, tacitly acknowledging the high costs of mailing physical DVDs, but also admitting that many people still want the skinny little discs. Online streaming alone will remain $8 a month. Netflix advertised the change as a new choice for consumers.

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