I setup something like that for my laptop a while back. I ended up switching to chrome, not chromium, as netflix supports HTML5 video streaming through it instead of silverlight.
That's good for Netflix + html5, but doesn't help with every site (ex: fox/cw/etc). So it probably isn't a good solution for 'Grandma' since she probably wouldn't have the knowledge to understand why it breaks on non-html5 video sites. Whereas pipelight + user-agent works (currently) for a larger number of sites.
What's the resolution like with Pipelight vs Chrome HTML5? It was my previous understanding that the bitrates and resolutions were limited running on any PC platform. http://www.technorms.com/42752/5-netflix-tips-hacks-you-shou... has info on how to select bitrates via the "hidden" menu.
I get full HD bitrates through pipelight (looking at the hidden menu in pipelight shows it at the highest bitrate). I'm not at my house right now, but I think it's generally in the 3500kbps range (or some number in the 3k range in whatever that menu shows). I don't know what the bitrate for Chrome HTML5 is since I don't use it.
