The sibling is right: For me it&#x27;s a Pi(2) right now. I&#x27;m fine with any box, but expect to have just _one_ box and want a generic thing. Runs Linux, I have full access &amp; control? Fine.<p>I don&#x27;t own a console. I don&#x27;t buy ~special~ hardware (Apple TV, Fire TV etc.) and don&#x27;t use Chrome at all&#x2F;see no value in a Chromecast.<p>So, given a Linux machine connected via HDMI trying to play Netflix seems to be .. gambling. Might work with unofficial clients, probably using Flash? Maybe?<p>It might be worth trying Netflix, since that&#x27;s billed monthly, I can use the free first month to fiddle around aimlessly until it might work somehow and when it breaks I&#x27;ll just cancel. Amazon bills for a year, and since there&#x27;s no officially supported way for me to use the service I .. won&#x27;t even try to use that.<p>Too much effort.