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Got my PS3 about 10 days ago and I don't/probably won't own any games for it. It is a robust media server that also stores/streams DVDs and a BluRay player.

Got it using the Sony Card process mentioned above and for $299, it's a no brainer.

Really? Cool, which software makes that work? As far as being a true gamer... I own one game for the PS3... so, I'm pretty sure I don't qualify either. The one game I own, I love though. Assasin's Creed, amazing video. But, I digress...

Here is an article for one way to do it. and then there is Xoom. I have never tried either nor seen it work. I just use my Denon for any music and I am just not into streaming video to watch on my TV. Anything I watch that is streamed I just do so on the 22" computer monitor

Another option PS3 has is to install another OS. I have linux running on it. So one can use the PS3 as a computer too. I am yet to allow the PS3 processor to be used for research, but there is the choice to allow research institutes to use your PS3 to run algorithms.

Anybody waiting for the Sony Home thing??

In my "quest" to take advantage of this technology interchange through streaming, I tried everything I already owned first:

Denon 3808 - Simple for internet radio, didn't try either streaming from the PC or plugging in a USB drive. That is all the Denon does, so I moved on.

Directv HR-20 - Used Tversity as the serve/software. Worked OK for music and photos, but VERY rudimentary.

Wii - Signed up and used the Orb service. A bit better than the HR-20, but pretty basic.

That's when I settled in on the PS3. This link gives some detail on a pending firmware upgrade (next few days) that upgrades the PS3 BluRay to 2.0. I haven't seen anything definitive on the PlayStation Home thing yet.

BTW - with a PlayStation Eye (Sony's $40 webcam), you can do pretty much real-time video over the Playstation network. Tried it last Sunday with my daughter in DC and it was great.

Well let's not forget the PS3 is pretty much a near cutting edge HTPC in it's own right so it should be heads above most other products out there. I am trying to convince my wife to let me get one to go along with the HDTV in the basement when I finally settle on the one to buy.

I have an HTPC with Vista and it works great and I am considering buying a blu-ray drive for it but im worried that it may have choppy video on it.

The major drawback to having an HTPC is that it is next to impossible to record HD content from any digital Sat/cable box.