Meh, you're paying way too much for an unproven system and an unproven video format. What's worse is you are not given the choice, it's just shoved down your throat. With a late launch, short supply, so many problems they have been having with Blu-Ray, so many problems they have had in the past, and very questionable business decisions, and really no advantage over the Xbox 360, many people paying for a PS3 are sheep. They are buying on name and market hype.
I'm not interested in one at all. I didn't like the Playstation (Nintendo 64 was my favorite of that gen), I didn't like the Playstation 2 (Dreamcast and Xbox) and I don't think I'll like the Xbox 360 (Wii60 ftw). So yeah, maybe I'm biased, but I don't like Sony or their systems. Maybe if they treated their customers with some respect, were real gamers, lowered their price, and showed some innovation, then that would be a different story. But.. to me, the Playstation 3 is just a push for their next-gen Betamax.
Anyways, here's your forum Captain, have at it with the worthless threads.