Being a gamer and playing everything out there, Blu-ray with the cell processor is the best combo, best video, and sound. Remember the files on PS3 are hugh, downloads etc, because of blu ray format, so the fact its as fast as it is , is amazing. Its reading 4-6 x more data then 360, 360 works on dvd, they only have 7 or 8 gigs, vs 50-80 gigs on blu ray disc. Hugh difference, espesially when you reading or downloading that much data from a disc, PS3 is a amazing machine, 299.99 , that is really a great price for everything you get.