Playstation3 's Blue-Ray vs Stand Alone Units

Thanks, Mekong. I wish I had known that was going to be the case a few months ago. I would have gone with the PS3 instead.

I don't think I'll be buying any audio-only Blu-Ray discs, though. I have a few too many DVD-As laying around collecting dust to buy music on yet another new format that is mainly centered on video.

What about the audio quality in blu-ray or DVD in comparing to a good quality blu-ray player? I especially interest to know if both running optical cable instead of hdmi to pre/pro, I think this is most system are running. This is the only part in suspect as audio always require more sophisticated circuit to present nice sonic...anyone did compare please share.

Be careful with Blu=Ray. They are not equal. There are various versions of BluRay, and sometimes some discs will not play on some players.