So how many PS3's have burned out for you?

[JoeKickass]

I'm about to receive replacement number 2 (second complete system failure in less than a year).

This is getting REALLY annoying since Sony offers only a one year from purchase warranty and zero warranty on the defective referb units they send back out, and they charge %50 of the cost of a NEW PS3 for a crap referb unit. WTF?! I am horrified to think to how much money I've paid just for a working PS3 (and I still don't have one).

So if this latest unit comes back with a problem, I'm just not sure what the hell to do. Possibly waste yet more money and buy a new PS3, or suck up the losses and write the experience off as a learning lesson (avoid all consoles except for Nintendo).

If I wasn't addicted like a heroin addict to media steaming, I'd toss the machine and go back to PC gaming, but dammit, the PS3 puts the xbox to shame as a streaming media player so it's almost worth it for that alone (plus the blu).