inputs.text: beware not warranty - course dealing malfunctions sony prst1 learned followingthe 1year manufacturers \\warranty\\ not warranty would understand terminstead productexchange agreehement must pay 29 exchange send unit sent back refurbished product not inhouse refurbished product rehemainder warranty gone replaced 90day pl insteadif not want warranty want unit fixed pay 30 hourly charge labor parts covered except screen screen needs replacing part cost 90you may wondering \\no warranty all\\ looks like \\underwarranty\\ alas cannot enlighten youwhy would sony topnotch brand offer warrantythat isnotawarranty like speculate sony knows chinabased production process not reliable many devices defective permit thehem offer kind normal warranty would lose shirts actually fix unitsthe sony corp 80s 90s would never allowed happen product brand may offshored cheaper foreign labor onceproud worthy brand sony apparently opted try cash past glory hope make money name still means anything not noti discommend products whole certainly not buying anything nontrivial sony future suggest read warranty coverage carefully check country manufacture sony product thinking buying