Is there an article detailing how the PS3 is better than a standalone?

[WickyWoo]

People who choose the standalone over the PS3 are COMPLETELY missing its potential as a media center

I really wish people would get their definitions right. PS3 is standalone in every definition of the word. You're talking about a DEDICATED player. And people who choose dedicated decks are choosing them for the 6-channel analog out, the far superior DACs and the dedicated and tuned data pipelines specifically for movie playback

And I wouldn't be counting on the Cell as this miracle worker. Considering that film playback is essentially one fat pipe, those extra processors aren't doing much

Anyone who works in high end electronics will tell you that having dedicated specialized hardware beats the generic every time when it comes to what you can ring out of it in the long run.