I'll have to check, as my Blu-Ray collection is tiny (pretty much consists of a disc that I bought when the format was new, along with HD-DVD to eventually add one to my failed format pile). Game playing, the PS3 is much quieter then the 360, both between the optical drive and the fan. The PS3 went with one very large fan at the bottom of the system to cool it, so while you do hear air moving, it's usually drowned out by anything else. Unlike the higher pitched noise of the 360 fans. A dedicated player is likely to be quieter, but I'm betting most do still have fans at this point.



Indeed. Much like the lower end 360 also can't play XBox 1 games. In both cases it's a cost cutting measure. On the PS3 they removed the PS2 hardware that was inside the console to provide the compatibility, and the 360 didn't include the hard drive necessary to store the recompiled binaries.