I'd have to agree. Since it is "groundbreaking", it's gotta be something bass-related and not some flashy exotic material replacement for diamond tweeter.
I've had the BD-30 and the PS3. No contest, the PS3 is better. The main feature for the PS3 over any standalone: you will grow grey hairs waiting for your movie to load with a standalone after you've experienced the PS3. That's not even taking into account the awesome DLNA features. I really love Mkv2vob.
Answered to the 2nd Yes. Sold my BD-30 on Amazon for a profit, kept my 10 free blu-ray discs that came with a BD-30 promotion, and bought the PS3 instead. I love the PS3.
Did a similar thing, but it has been a very slow 4 year process due to buying a house, having a kid, having the wife stay at home, having another kid coming, etc. So I started with my receiver, then Paradigm Reference towers and center channel, eventually Paradigm Reference surrounds, finally got around to the Kuro tv this past New Year's and the PS3. I really wouldn't change a thing because so much has changed with tv's in those four years, but not much at all with speakers. My receiver is starting to feel dated though, since it has no HDMI.
Just sold my BD-30 for a profit and picked up a PS3 instead. I gotta admit, while I really loved my BD-30, the PS3 is just sublime. Streaming video, music, and photos wirelessly from my pc, feeling like I'm using a dvd player with its speed on loading blu-rays, having the continual updates...
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