The support from Sony truely sucks. If you have a problem I suggest finding your local Sony-affiliated service center and seeing if they can resolve the problem.
V-compression (16x9) vastly improves picture quality - but only when watching anamorphic DVDs. Since you seem to hate the "black bars", I suggest getting a 4x3 television that supports v-compression. That way you'll get maximum picture size when watching TV and non-widescreen DVDs (yuck!), and...
Since I got married, the throne has been removed - replaced by a flowery couch up against the wall. :frowning:
I have a couple choices to place the sub - in the corner as indicated in the picture, or in the corner behind the sofa. Spousal-unit prefers to hide it behind the sofa.
I did like...
I'm thinking of hiding my powered subwoofer in a corner behind a leather couch. The couch sits diagonally across the corner, forming an enclosed triangular area where I want to place the sub, as shown in this image (ignore the little triangles, and move the sub behind the couch):
Will this...
A few words about Infinity customer service:
I have Infinity speakers all around, and about a year ago, the amp on my powered subwoofer died (not sure why). The subwoofer warranty was 1-year for the amp, and 5-years for the rest.
I took it into the authorized service center, and they were...