Last Christmas I was seriously considering buying a PS3 as a relatively inexpensive Blu-Ray player with the added benefit of being able to play PS3 games, but when I found out that the new model no longer allowed the installation of "Other OS" and I would not also be able to use it as a Linux box, I decided to forget about it and just pick up a refurbished older model some day. Now that idea is no longer feasible as any refurbished models will most likely have the update installed and will also not be able to install an "Other OS". Oh well, that just saved me some money and the wasted time of playing games on yet another platform. I will just get a Blu-Ray player for my PC instead.