Quote Originally Posted by Elly View Post
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because it plays back movies and music as well as plays games all in one convenient package, but unlike a home theater system you can not hook up a tape deck or record player but of course who uses those anymore... basicaly they're trying to take over the home theater market in the same way PCs are, both Sony and Microsoft are trying this by offering cheaper alternatives to a full blown space consuming tower... just add speakers and a highdef monitor/TV and you're good to go...
now buying a full tower costs the base price plus taxes for each individual piece of the tower then of course a custom stand/cabinet to protect and house the components safely and securely, and maybe two high jule surge protectors to cover all of the components, and it's well known that the PS3 has the best yet cheapest BD player on the market due to it being installed already in a full package product and SONY takes a financial hit for every one they sell... does PS3 have netradio like PSP if so it truly is the full package cause there's your tuner, who listens to local radio outside of their car anyway or even in it for that matter, personaly i just plug my iPod into my car radio, i don't remember the last time i actualy listened to local radio...
Yeah, it has an insane amount of video codecs so nearly anything you'd want to watch from your computer streaming, or on usb, or saved to hard drive can play, out the box. Plus the originals had all kinds of media slots to get that content on there.

Not to mention it has optical audio out, as well as HDMI in every system (since day 1).

I think Elly may have forgot to mention that a big reason why it's one of the best blu ray players on the market is not only is it internet connected for BD Live, but it also updates through firmware, making it a future-proof blu ray player.

With an internet-browser, it's also a webTV setup, and some sites are getting easier to use even with a controller, with two ways to get you connected on that internet (wired & wireless), with a wi-fi adapter that's good enough to handle even the most demanding games on an already powerful system.