I hadn't seen anything on USB 3.0. Did a quick search and skimmed a pretty good introductory article over at Ars Technica. I found this quote interesting:
Kudos to them for being realistic about the time required to develop hardware for a new standard. Their estimate of 18 to 24 months from finalizing the spec to having hardware shipping to consumers is a lot more reasonable than the five to 12 months we've seen attempted (and expected by portions of the consumer market) for HDMI v1.3.

I use a Denon 3930CI full 1080P upconverting DVD player. Yes you heard right, a standard DVD upconverting player that outputs at 1080P over HDMI. The quality is so good I am not concerned about Blu-ray or HD-DVD at this time. As per my talks with Gonk, I will probably will get a PS3 as long as it can output DTS Master Audio and will need the nect generation Outlaw product to decode the HD Audio streams.

My Denon is the best upconverting player I have ever seen with it's powerful Teranex chip. The unit puts out heat so it has a heat sink and a cooling fan on it. That is one powerful processor.