Smoked my PS3

[Gtracer]

Good info to know again, and admittedly I have no protection on the communication circuits. It took out two other devices connected on the LAN and one sprinkler system controller (non LAN connected). Clearly I dont have the protection I need.

But for now and to stay on topic, are the newer slim units any faster than the fat PS3's? Since I dont game, I am seriously considering replacing the PS3 with a full featured internet connected bluray player.

I have had both and other than asthetics, nothing different although the XMB menu does have a different format.

If you only use this for Blue Ray I would suggest going with just a player as it is much cheaper than a new PS3. I have both and the Blue Ray Player has almost the same "media" options that my PS3 had: Blue Ray, Netflix...