Hey David. Yeah I have tried this, and it works okay, but if you are looking to do stuff like Netflix on it, there are better solutions out there such as just buying a low end PS3 or Xbox 360. They offer a blu-ray player and Netflix software for around 200 bucks for the systems. They hook up via HDMI too, so the quality is better than the VGA. If you wish to go the route of using the laptop for other sites like Hulu, I would suggest just ordering at least a good, decent VGA cable from a place like Monoprice.com their cables are good quality and the cost for the cable and shipping are dirt cheap. Of course investing in a good wireless keyboard and mouse would be a given,since I doubt you two want to get up all of the time to change the website, adjust settings, etc. -Matt