There are very few ways that I could imagine the PS3 being a better multimedia center. I have four external hard drives attached to my PS3 with all of our photos, music, tv shows and movies. We have rented movies from the store with absolutely no delay, not even one second once the movie starts. The playstation store has a ton of offerings for games, tv shows, movies, etc... I guess next would be music! The fact that the online access is free is a great benefit to me. Each time they they release an update it gets better and better. I have easily upgraded my internal hard drive; first to a 160 GB hard drive, then to a 500 GB hard drive. We use it for Blu Ray movies as well as regular DVD's. It only looks to get better and better. I'm glad I put my money behind this horse.