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!"
Let me see:
* It's cheaper
* It's quiter (no fan)
* It bitstream all audio codecs
* It re-encodes to DTS so you can use with your old receiver
* It works with universal remotes
I wonder why anyone bother with a PS3.
I'll give you the DTS encoding for the old receivers (PS3 does Dolby Digital), but as far as I can tell, this player is the same price as the PS3 40gb (and you can get the PS3 40gb for $299 if you try hard enough...). Also, my PS3's fans never come on during a Blu-Ray movie, my PS3 works with my universal remote thanks to a $9.99 IR remote and receiver (admittedly, no power button or slow-mo), and uncompressed PCM letting the PS3 do the codec decompression should be every bit as good as bitstreaming the compressed codecs to the receiver. I am not saying this is not a nice player, but I would still buy the PS3 instead of the standalone player since it has the additional gaming functionality, potential media center features, and it has been upgradable to new Blu-Ray profiles pretty regularly vs. the spotty standalone profile support. Now, when the standalone players are $150 vs. a $299 PS3, then I can see buying a standalone player if one doesn't need the additional features.
@Jose,
Correct me if I'm wrong, I learnt that PS3 can't re-encode LPCM tracks to output on SPDIF connections. And if you ever used Harmony remote, you will know why those $10 IR adapter is useless.
The price on this player will go further down, probably faster than PS3 could.