Wow, truly awesome. I really appreciate the lengthy explanation. Will definitely try to rig up something similar and give it a go. Thanks again.

BostonDave - what's your "Antenna with a homebrew DVR" setup like? Would you mind talking components/cost/performance?

Far worse was Netflix disabling its RSS feeds for newly added Instant Watch movies over a month ago. I used to really appreciate that feature.

This might sound strange, but is it gone from the Play Store since you installed it? I can see that it was once there, but I'm getting "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." from Google Play once I click on it.

Anyone know what icon pack / launcher that is?

Kyle - semi-related - what's your battery situation like on the Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.2? Can you get through the day with a single charge, do you swap batteries, or do you rock one of those "humpback" battery replacements?