Go to Amazon.com - order a box to be delivered to a hotel in tNew York and go on a pre-XMAS shopping trip in New York - of course, tell the hotel in advance. No sales tax. The savings on all the other presents will more than pay for the flight over... oh, and the box is better because it's still got the emotion engine chip so is more compatible than the software emulation compatibility of the European boxes. Only question, how bad is the Region control ?
90 day warranties are not a concern - I never buy extended warranties and the products will have been designed to last 1 year (at least) so that Sony's eposure to warranty claims in Europe are minimised. Unless they use worse components for the US versions?
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Go to Amazon.com - order a box to be delivered to a hotel in tNew York and go on a pre-XMAS shopping trip in New York - of course, tell the hotel in advance. No sales tax. The savings on all the other presents will more than pay for the flight over... oh, and the box is better because it's still got the emotion engine chip so is more compatible than the software emulation compatibility of the European boxes. Only question, how bad is the Region control ?
90 day warranties are not a concern - I never buy extended warranties and the products will have been designed to last 1 year (at least) so that Sony's eposure to warranty claims in Europe are minimised. Unless they use worse components for the US versions?