Netflix Announces Subscription Rate Changes

"...we are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into separate plans to better reflect the costs of each and to give our members a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan or the option to subscribe to both."

In a continued move toward pushing its subscriber base to the streaming plans, Netflix announced today that it intends to separate the DVD and Streaming plans.  You have to option to subscribe to both or either one separately but there will no longer be plans that include both.  

For me, this means my current $10.00 plan will soon become $16.00.  Since I rarely use the DVD option nowadays, I will most likely cancel the DVD portion and just stick with the streaming plan for $8.00 with Redbox for the occasional DVD rental.  Come to think of it, I get free streaming from Amazon with my Prime subscription... maybe I'll cancel the streaming portion too.   

Prices will take effect on September 1, 2011.