This may be irrelevant, but I will never buy anything from Sony again, and when people ask, I will recommend against Sony. My protest is tiny and unorganized, but I find when I have a position like this, I am seldom alone.
IMHO, the quality of their products have been going steadily downhill. My brother used to swear by Sony, but he's changing his mind.
He's had 3 Playstations. They all refuse to work now for no apparent reason, well before such a device should have failed (His PS2 is about four or five years old, in a house with no children. It's a $200 paperweight now). My son's ancient Nintendo 64, btw, still works just fine.
He bought a Sony television around 2000. The thing has already failed. It plays audio but shows no picture. My GE television has worked since 1996 or so.
His last computer was a Sony Vaio. The thing literally exploded less than two weeks after he got it (now he has an HP). My homebuilt pieces-parts model has been happily chugging along since 2002.
I'm not sure, but I think he told me his Sony DVD player failed also.
Apparently, they're putting most of their quality control funds into developing software to hijack and compromise your computer.
My respect for their products and their ethics has gone steadily downhill over the past few years.