Go online to Home Theater Magazine and read the reviews on blu ray disc players. The PS3 is a better blu ray disc player than the S360. HTM has 3 levels on blu ray disc player, entry level to the high end. Here's the standing: entry level Panasonic BD-60, midrange level: Panasonic BD-55, Samsung P3600, Sony PS3, OPPO BDp-83 and Diego Moxi (december issue). Hope this will help you out
It is a good player, there are many reviews online as well as detailed specs on the Sony site for you to check. I have last years model (BDP-S350) and have owned it for a year and played 70+ B-rays without a problem as well as 100+ DVD's. I know it does not have a USB for media file viewing, many other models from other manufacturers do.