I chose this drive to replace my old BDP-S300, which dropped me after 4 years of loyal service. It's fun to compare these two same brand of readers because in 4 years progress has been made! Finished almost two minutes (sic) to wait before you can load a disc, the S186 you swallowed a cake in less than 30s. The upscaling DVDs is well made, restitution of BD is very good also. This reads a lot of formats (the mkv to xvid, class!) The carbon copy of the menu of the PS3 is nice. Last considerable asset, its price, now you'll have no excuse not to taste the HD! The bad thing for me, the lack of front panel display, but the default is much lower compared to its numerous qualities! The question is whether the product will be reliable over time, but I hope (SONY requires) Finally be aware that this product is highly rated by professionals (ranked # 1 by LAL for example) I strongly recommend this purchase!