Alliance

I'd play Katamari Damacy for certain if they released it for the PS3 (although there's an XBox version finally...), which means I'll have to get the PS2 version of the game and PS3 that can play PS2 games... so much jumping through hoops these days... I guess it's worth it if reach happiness.

Ahh... my comments were pertaining to the ongoing development for the Blu-ray and HD DVD technologies. Here's a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Ongoing_development

Cheers!

Here's a valuable resource for those of you with questions about PS3 model differences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3

Random thoughts:

For those who want a complete entertainment system, all three major consoles make sense--for different reasons already covered in this and other threads. Why not own all three? Brand loyalty should be left behind in a competitive free-market--the best products win (in this case all three consoles are pretty good, overall).

With Netflix (or similar), who rents both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, either the XBox 360 (with upgraded HD DVD player) or the PS3 (Standard) both win... HD content is terrific.

On a 10-layer Blu-ray disc you can attain 250Gb of space... on a 10-layer HD DVD disc you can 'only' attain 150Gb of space... This format-war is certainly as frustrating as when mini-discs were introduced only to be usurped by CDRs and flash drives containing MP3 content a few years later. VHS, Beta... uugh.

I'm intrigued that you can openly install Linux on the PS3 (a clear advantage over the Wii and Xbox, from my understanding, at least without hacking it on there)... this PS3 Linux community ought to be interesting to watch.

Guess I'll have to by a TV before I can buy a PS3... :)

ahh... maybe it's not the series and just the 3000 & 3000B... ops!

Ha! I have a TDS3014B sitting on my desk right now... Funny thing is, yesterday was the first day I left it on overnight so I could vpn in, write some firmware and look at some signals remotely...