A lot has been written lately about the High-Definition standard wars of Blu-Ray vs HDDVD.
I only have enough money to buy a single console and HD movies player,
so I have done the math using prices from Amazon.com:
Sony PS3 (60 Gb) console: $499
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009VXAM0
Sony PS3 Blu-Ray remote $24
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000M17AVO
Sony PS3 cordless Media Keyboard $65
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MFLBBK
Total: $ 589
Storage: 60GB
Full-size wireless Keyboard: Yes
Runs Linux without mod: Yes, [4, afaik] Yellowdog for PS3 , Fedora-PPC, Ubuntu-PPC, Gentoo
vs
Xbox 360 - 20Gb: $349
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B43OY4
Xbox 360 HD-DVD player add-on: $180
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JHO4L0
Xbox 360 Media Remote: $20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B6MLSM
Tiny clumsy Xbox rubber mini-Keyboard: $30
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UN3UDQ
Total: $579
Storage: 20GB
plays HD movies: YES, but with Bulky add-on
You fund an evil corporation which is also a convicted monopolist: YES
Runs Linux without mod?: NO
Full-size wireless keyboard: NO
Game over, Sony's PS3 wins. :)
Price difference:
Sony's $10 more expensive, big freaking deal. :)