[Centauri]

Yes, I still think it is the ugliest piece of consumer hardware ever to be considered successful at market. Yes, I still loathe Sony.

But... my nerd morals seem to be in fluctuation lately. And I'm craving things that the 360 apparently can't provide.

I'm not a gamer. At all. And I kinda doubt I will ever be. So my mild interest in the PS3 only goes so deep as its entertainment potential.

I see that it plays DVDs. I see that it plays SACDs. And I've heard it apparently also plays Blu-rays...

So I have a few questions;

DivX playback: To what extent can it handle DivX? What resolutions? And can it read them from a USB flash drive?

International DVDs: Can the player be made multi-region?

Remote: Can the PS3's hideous controller be taken completely out of the equation, allowing the system to be controlled entirely by the remote control that can be had?

Audio connectivity: Is its only digital-out optical? With my 5000 likely going toward the funding of a PS3 should I so decide, I'd have to bring my A20 back into service for HD DVDs, meaning it and the PS3 would have to fight over my receiver's one optical audio input.

Trying... to... click... Submit... button... AAAGGHHHHHHH!!!1111111!11