I have no interest in gaming and know nothing about how well a PS3 plays Blu-Ray. But if you decide to buy a standalone unit, I'd recommend the Panasonic DMP-BD30. I bought it the other day at Circuit City and it does a fantastic job of upconverting standard DVD to 1080p. It also says it supports BD-R, both single and double layer, in case you decide to back up Blu-Ray movies in the future. Also, (I think) it's the only player currently on the market to play version 1.1 of the Blu-Ray standard, while others only do version 1.0.