im thinking of getting a ps3 and using it in my home theater setup as a blu-ray movie player, a dvd player, cd player, and of course for games.

on a scale of 1-10, how good is the ps3 as a dvd player?
on a scale of 1-10, how good is the ps3 as a blu-ray player?
on a scale of 1-10, how good is the ps3 as a cd player?
am i correct that the ps3 will not do the lossless audio that the other sony blu-ray players do?

this will be a big help for me, please convince me on what to do, you control my purchase. thanks guys!!!!

DVD: 9
Blu-Ray: 10
CD/SACD: 9

It plays all of the playable formats currently available. It does no more or no less than any other unit available right now

so it does the linear pcm thing, no loss audio, just like the high end sony blu ray player?

so it does the linear pcm thing, no loss audio, just like the high end sony blu ray player?
It will support DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD in future firmware update.
Other than that Linear PCM > Lossless Compression. Just technically better but not
sonically.

PS3 already decodes Dolby TrueHD. DTS HD-MA is rumored to be possibly added as a firmware update, but in any case none of the stand-alone BD players support this, either. I agree the PS3 is a great BD player and a good DVD and CD/SACD player. I expect it will be a great game machine once more games are out which make use of it's capabilities (should be 5 or 6 I'm interested in by the Holidays).

PS3 already decodes Dolby TrueHD. DTS HD-MA is rumored to be possibly added as a firmware update, but in any case none of the stand-alone BD players support this, either. I agree the PS3 is a great BD player and a good DVD and CD/SACD player. I expect it will be a great game machine once more games are out which make use of it's capabilities (should be 5 or 6 I'm interested in by the Holidays).
I thought PS3 converts it to LPCM. Hell it convert most of the time LPCM.