Bullshit and you know it. PS3 does not play MKV files natively through streaming, only off of USB/Hard Drive, and thanks to Sony, Cinavia protection is in full force on BluRay/DVD/Cams.
uhh no.. I use Plex Media Center and I play 1080p 3D HSBS MKVs all day. Most media centers transcode in real-time.
PS3 has better controls for streaming media, allowing you to skip minutes etc in streaming media that the 360 doesn't, but the 360 doesn't have to deal with fucking bullshit Cinavia protection cutting out the sound.
I've never had any issues with sound, and PS3 allows streaming 7.1 HD audio for DTS and Dolby Digital which the 360 does not. I don't see how that's not an enormous advantage, again, for anyone with a home theater. Why would you pay $1k+ for speakers and a receiver that you cannot even use if the 360 is the base of your media center? The PS3 can do these things, with great 3D, and Bluray. The 360 cannot.
For once, I feel like the superior in this subject, because this is the shit I deal with daily. Dammit Gour, I've got over 16 TBs of TV shows/movies/etc set up on my media server.
I don't have 16TiB but I do have 6TiB, and I own both consoles. The 360 simply doesn't compare - it doesn't. You cannot get TruHD audio, you cannot do 1080 HSBS 3D on most setups, the backend does not support as many servers as the PS3, and there is no Bluray which is kinda the whole point.
The 360 does have Kinect, and Windows Media Center, but that's it. If you don't run Windows, or don't want to use WMC, the PS3 is vastly superior for the aforementioned reasons. If you're having difficulties with audio, why not use a transcoder on your streaming backend? There are many to choose from and ffmpeg is included in almost ever media server there is. FFMpeg also has PS3 specific settings that can be flagged on the command-line that will output exactly what the PS3 expects (repacked/muxed without re-encoding).
p.s.
X, I just looked up whether or not the PS3 can play MKVs, because I know I play them all the time - and indeed it does. The issue people have is they use media servers that do not support MKV or attempt to incorrectly transcode the files. The PS3 does not need transcoding and can play MKV natively, you can test this by simply using a file server, the PS3 Media Server or TVersity or Plex, and all will allow MKV, 3D, HD SBS, and TruHD audio. None of those things you can do on the 360 -
and you still can't playback Blurays, which is huge.