Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a solid state drive, around 32 to 64GB, for use in my web server. The drive will contain my web sites and the operating system, either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Ubuntu. Large storage is handled by a separate RAID array, so capacity is not an issue. Rather, I am looking for the fastest, longest-lasting, and most reliable drive under $150 that is suitable to my application. Any thoughts? Thanks!"
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- you have never used a PS3 for media and it shows.
The PS3 is very strong as a home mdeia center.
While the web browser needs some work but is a boon when I want to check out tv schedules or movie show times.
The cd play back is good. It is a bit noisy for the quite movements on classical music CD'd.
The MP3 playback and encoding is every bit as good as my PC with iTunes.
The video playback doesn't stream that is true. It does handle playing my whole video library quite well through.
DVD and Blueray play back is flawless. I'd need to upgrade my whole system to get better playback.
I like the picture handling cabilities. It's nice to just plug in a camera and show off mt pictures. Copying to the hard drive is easy also.
I don't know how the 360 works since I don't own one but I have no problems with my PS3 and recommend it. For people with nice A/V systems $600 is an acceptable price for such a component.