I think it comes down to what you will do with it. The PS3 has soooo many value adds for the money, if you would use them.
PS3 for streaming music and movies to your HT area without buying separate gear, picture collection viewing, Netflix access (if you are US), gaming, and I'd like to say web browsing but until they get better browser software, it's way too cludgy for surfing. Rumors they are talking to Mozilla.
If you seriously think you will never use any of those features, then a good player like the Oppo is easier to manipulate. Although with that 12 dollar USB gadget I recently bought, I am now back to one single remote for everything, including the PS3.
