Check here for info on Profile 2. Basically its just a mandatory Internet connection for web content (also larger local storage). And yes the PS3 will be updated to Profile 2 as per what Sony has said in the past.
As for why to use anything other then the PS3 as a Blu-ray that's just personal choice. I own one but I don't really care for its aesthetics TBH. For some people what it looks like in their HT stack might be very important. Or they just want a player and not a game system that can play Blu-ray. To each their own.
“While it's not exactly punching it out with the heavyweights in multi-room audio, the Mint Studio does certainly hold its own with many similarly-priced iPod docks out there.”
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Check here for info on Profile 2. Basically its just a mandatory Internet connection for web content (also larger local storage). And yes the PS3 will be updated to Profile 2 as per what Sony has said in the past.
As for why to use anything other then the PS3 as a Blu-ray that's just personal choice. I own one but I don't really care for its aesthetics TBH. For some people what it looks like in their HT stack might be very important. Or they just want a player and not a game system that can play Blu-ray. To each their own.