i got the PS3 for the same reasons you posted. as someone with a 360, the current benefit of playing PS3-only games is not enough to compensate for the fan noise that kicks in half-way through a movie. add to that, i HATE the PS3 controller and there's very few good PS3 games out there. i got...
i don't know about that; if the 2 HD formats weren't fighting eachother, they'd still be fighting SD. there might be a couple years where they'd suck early adopters dry, but to make mass market profits, the price would have to go down.