Well, I already have a PS3. If I buy a standalone player it will be for the following reasons:
-Usable with a universal remote (curse you Bluetooth)
-Picture quality is good but not the BEST on the PS3
-Ability to stream DTS-HDMA (the PS3 cannot do this)
I haven't seen the load times on the Denon yet, but I'm very much going to be looking into a high end standalone player.