Sony KP-61HS10 61 in. TV
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- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 16:9 Enhanced
- Weight: 225 lb.
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Sony KP-61HS10 H/DTV-Ready Rear-Projection Television -- Ready to Take You to the Future
Pros
High-def display resolutions, enhanced 16:9 vertical compression.
Cons
Older model, 4:3 aspect ratio screen, problematic 960i resolution.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Can handle both NTSC-standard material (which it boosts to 960i), 480p, and 1080i. The 960i resolution can be problematic. The 4:3 screen is ideal for standard broadcasts.
The Sony KP-61HS10 is a transitional product, designed to bring you from the 1950's era NTSC-standard broadcasts to the ATSC digital television future. The 61HS10's 4:3 screen aspect ratio (width to height) will work just fine with the current standard 480i broadcast signals. Its standard, box-like screen shape will also work perfectly with the output from a VCR or a cable box. Any 480i input is automatically bumped up to the 960i level by the 61HS10.
However, this TV can also handle some of the newer, higher-definition resolutions. Its not HDT-ready by itself. It has no integral digital tuner. To receive over-the-air (OTA) digital television signals, you must use one of the so-called set-top box tuners which will intercept the digital broadcast and put it out at one of the two higher definitions which this TV can accept and display -- 480p or 1080i. All the 1080i high-def broadcasts come in the 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen) and this set must use black letterbox bands to display such a signal. But this set has certain performance advantages over other sets, through its Vertical Compression Enhancement mode, when displaying 16:9 letterboxed material (more on this below).
The 61HS10, one of the more popular 4:3 H/DTV-ready televisions, has been on the market for about a year now. In fact, within the next few months Sony is bringing out two very-similar replacements for this TV, the KP-61HS20 and the KP-61HS30 (features almost identical in the two new TV's -- list prices $3,400 and $3,500). You won't be alone as an owner of the 61HS10. There are even a few user-run Web sites dedicated to this TV, such as the KP-xxHS10 site (note that this site is informative, but not terribly critical -- it's more of a "fan" and user-oriented site than a place to get information if you want to compare the value of this TV to others on the market).
http://home.att.net/~ricardo.david/kp-xxhs10/
Although the list price of the 61HS10 is $3,500, higher than either of the new TV's replacing it, you can find it selling for $3,100 and probably even a bit less than that. I don't know what the street prices will be on the new sets. They probably won't be discounted a great deal when they first come to the market.
Sony's Unique Approach to Improving NTSC -- 960i versus 480p
The key difference between this TV and most other H/DTV-ready rear-projection televisions (RPTV's) is that, instead of line-doubling NTSC-standard 480-interlaced (480i) input (VHS, broadcast, cable, regular DSS) up to 480-progressive (480p), it brings the signal up to 960i. At the 480i resolution, each video frame is divided into two fields, with the first, in the first 1/60th-of-a-second, containing the odd-numbered horizontal lines and the second, in the second 1/60th-of-a-second, containing the even-numbered lines. If done properly, when the 480i signal is line-doubled up to 480p (i.e., all 480 horizontal lines present in each 1/60th-of-a-second), a sharper picture, without noticeable scan lines, should result. If you're interested in the various issues relating to line doubling, please see my Pioneer DV-434 DVD player review where I explore these in some depth:
http://www.epinions.com/content_8202784388
Sony takes the unique approach of doubling the scan level of the interlaced signal, bumping it up to 960i. While this creates a finer image, it will preserve the drawbacks inherent in interlaced scanning (for example, solid horizontal lines appear to flicker). I was not particularly impressed with the picture this TV has from NTSC-standard sources. You'll want to definitely check out this aspect of the TV, unless your viewing will exclusively consist of progressive-scan (480p) DVD output, which the set will display at the native 480p resolution, or 1080i signals from a high-def tuner. I should note here that Sony claims to not just double the 480i signal to 960i, but to employ a technique they call Digital Reality Creation (DRC), which, as well as doubling the number of interlaced scan lines, also increases the numbers of pixels in each line.
Once you view the output of a 480p progressive-scan DVD, which the set displays in native 480p mode, you'll be far happier with its picture performance. I didn't get a chance to view 1080i material on this TV, but that would also presumably be quite good. As this TV is just H/DTV-ready, you'll need a set-top high-def tuner to receive the ATSC H/DTV broadcasts.
4:3 Aspect Ratio
Because of the 61HS10's 4:3 aspect ratio (ratio of width to height), widescreen material (such as DVD's which are approximately 16:9) will have to be shown with letterbox bands, black horizontal bands above and below the DVD image area. The same goes for 16:9 input from a high-def tuner. This is a good TV for somebody who knows they will watch a great deal of standard broadcast television, cable, and various other 4:3 sources. If you're going to mainly watch widescreen DVD's and other 16:9 sources, you might prefer a 16:9 set, such as Mitsubishi's 46-inch 46807 (street price $2,000) or Toshiba's 40H80 (street price $2,100).
If you're interested in either of those sets, please surf on over to the lovely reviews I wrote for the 46807:
http://www.epinions.com/content_22490680964
And the TW40X81 (the very similar predecessor to the 40H80 which isn't yet listed here):
http://www.epinions.com/elec-review-3EE4-3BC4B74B-3A1F413F-prod6
Only One Hi-Scan Component Input
One of the other drawbacks of this TV is that, while it has two component-video inputs, only one can accept signals over 480i (i.e., 480p and 1080i). On the other hand, the hi-scan input (Video 5) will take both Y-Pb-Pr and RGB+H/V signals, giving it more flexibility in the types of devices it can work with than most hi-def TV's, which usually just have Y-Pb-Pr component inputs.
The component inputs, by the way, take the video signal on three separate cables. Most DVD players have the Y-Pb-Pr component outputs, meaning one line carries luminance (black & white) information, one carries the yellow-blue chrominance (color) signal, and the third carries the yellow-red chrominance (color) signal. The RGB+H/V outputs are found on some high-end video equipment, such as high-definition broadcast and satellite receivers. RGB+H/V stands for Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal Sync, and Vertical Sync. You can connect a VGA output (such as is found on some high-def receivers, a.k.a. tuners) to the RGB+H/V input, using an adaptor with the VGA plug on one end and the five RCA plugs on the other end. However, the output from the VGA jack would have to be at a scan rate that this TV can accept, such as 480i, 480p, or 1080i. You could not feed a computer VGA or XGA signal and have it properly display.
Anyway, if you have more than one hi-scan (480p or 1080i) output to feed into the TV, you'll have to use a switcher with two hi-scan component inputs and a single hi-scan component output. Some switchers are manual, meaning you'd have to flick a switch to choose between, let's say, your prog-scan DVD player or your HD satellite receiver, and some are automatic, detecting the input with an active signal and choosing that one. These switchers are pricey, in some cases adding a couple of hundred dollars to the cost of the set.
Vertical Compression
One of the plus points of this set is that it has Sony's "Enhanced 16:9 Vertical Compression" mode. This means that, when a widescreen image is displayed on the set's 4:3 screen, the letterbox bands are created digitally instead of using up lines of horizontal resolution. For example, with a 480p 16:9 image from a progressive-scan DVD player, letterboxing on a regular EDTV or H/DTV would use up about 150 lines of horizontal resolution, leaving only 330 for the widescreen image. With Sony's Vertical Compression, all 480 lines are used in the widescreen image and the TV generates the black letterbox bands itself, digitally. It's unfortunate that Sony includes this feature on their Wega line of NTSC-standard direct-view sets, some of which list for as little as $700, while their "S" and "V" lines of NTSC-standard RPTV's, some listing for as much as $2,400 or more, do not have this feature.
Picture Quality
The 61HS10 creates its picture by projecting the image from three cathode-ray tubes (CRT's) through lenses and onto the inside of the set's plastic display screen. The image quality is limited by the seven-inch size of each of the three CRT's, though you don't find larger CRT's until you get into much more expensive sets. For example, Pioneer's $6,300 list PRO-510HD uses seven-inch CRT's, as do just about all less-expensive RPTV's. To enhance picture quality on RF and composite-video input, this set uses a 3D digital comb filter, the most advanced type found on consumer-level video equipment. Since the comb filter separates the Y and C signals (luminance and chrominance), it's not used with S-Video and component input where these signals are already separated.
Tuning Features
The TV has two-tuner picture-in-picture (PIP). Sony refers to the various PIP tricks as Multi-Image Driver (MID). The set can do the usual PIP format of putting the second broadcast channel or video signal in a small box on the screen, or it split the screen in half with one image on each side. Tuning features include favorite channel, express surf, and channel fix. There's a freeze memo to let you freeze the screen image when you want to take down a phone number or address from a TV show or commercial. There's a V-Chip which lets parents limit the type of programs their children watch.
Audio Performance
As with most Sony RPTV's, the audio performance on the 61HS10 is excellent, comparable to a mid-quality stereo boombox. The MTS stereo tuner features dbx noise reduction. The audio amplifier feeds 20 watts to each stereo channel. The speakers, behind the grills below the screen, are big enough to produce impressive midrange, making them ample for TV broadcasts and even many movie soundtracks. There's a fixed-level audio output on the back of the set, letting you feed a line-level signal to a surround-sound receiver for stereo, Dolby Pro Logic, and Dolby Pro Logic II (DPL available with properly-encoded soundtracks only, found on most TV dramas, comedies, and movies shown on TV). Also, a variable-level output lets you feed 20 watts each to a pair of extension speakers. I would not suggest using extension speakers with this TV, as most audio for video is not designed to sound good over two widely-separated stereo speakers. It's really optimized for playback over the stereo speakers in a television, which are generally about a foot apart from each other. If you really want surround-sound, bite the bullet and buy an A/V receiver and a complete set of surround-sound speakers and a subwoofer.
Remote
The RM-Y902 remote is the usual Sony mega-size, though of course it has a comprehensive set of controls, including a joystick and glow-in-the-dark buttons. This remote will also control VCR's from many other manufacturers, as well as a few brands of DVD players (Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, RCA, Toshiba), cable boxes, DSS receivers, and laserdisc players.
Inputs/Outputs
The front panel of the TV has an S-Video input, composite-video input, and L/R analog audio inputs (Video 2).
The rear panel features Video 1, with composite-video, S-Video, and L/R analog audio inputs, Video 3, with composite-video, S-Video, and L/R analog audio inputs, Video 4, with composite-video, S-Video, component-video (Y-Pb-Pr, 480i only), and L/R analog audio inputs, and Video 5, with composite-video, S-Video, component-video (Y-Pb-Pr and RGB+H/V, at 480i, 480p, and 1080i), and L/R analog audio inputs.
There's also a composite-video, L/R analog audio output, to feed an auxiliary monitor. The fixed-level L/R analog audio outputs will feed a line-level signal to an A/V receiver, while the stereo pair of variable-level jacks will feed extension speakers (not advisable, for reasons mentioned above).
Two RF jacks let you simultaneously connect an antenna and a cable or DSS box, switching between the two with the TV's remote control. The Control-S jack lets you coordinate the operation of the TV with other, similarly-connected Sony gear.
The center-speaker inputs (spring-clip) let you use the TV's two speakers as the center-channel speaker in a surround-sound configuration. This might seem like a good idea, as it lets you save on buying a center-channel speaker when setting up a surround-sound system, but it's best to not use this option, as the speaker timbre (sonic coloring) will change as an audio event passes from front-left, to center, to front-right speakers.
Misc.
Sony covers the TV with a one-year parts and labor warranty, extended to two-years on the CRT's (labor not included in the second year). The TV measures 48-inches wide x 57.5-inches high x 25-inches deep. It weighs 185 pounds. In standard operating mode, the set burns 240 watts, while in standby mode (which it's always in when not powered on, unless you unplug the TV), as it awaits the on signal from the remote, it burns a single watt.
Conclusion
The 61HS10 is a transitional product between NTSC-standard television and HDTV. If you like Sony and you want a TV that can operate at 480p and 1080i modes, but you know you'll be watching a lot of 4:3 material, this set would make a good monitor for your home theater. With a high-def set-top-box tuner, you can adapt this TV to display HDTV programming, though the 16:9 high-def programming (along with widescreen DVD's), will have to be displayed with letterboxing. As this set is slated for replacement within the next few months, you might find a good price on it if you shop around a bit.
Consumer Warning:
When you buy this product, beware of electronics retailers who will try to sell you premium cables and extended warranties.
1) Premium cables are a complete waste of money. They don't work one bit better than regular cables (RCA, Recoton, Radio Shack) and they cost up to ten times as much.
2) Extended warranties are a total ripoff. Buy your electronics at a store with 30-day money-back guarantee. Any piece of electronics gear which works perfectly for 30 days is very likely to continue doing so for the next several years. An extended warranty is a way for you to bet that your gear will break down, but with the odds stacked 100-to-1 in favor of the store. Also, electronics retailers are notorious about reneging on these warranties.
However, this TV can also handle some of the newer, higher-definition resolutions. Its not HDT-ready by itself. It has no integral digital tuner. To receive over-the-air (OTA) digital television signals, you must use one of the so-called set-top box tuners which will intercept the digital broadcast and put it out at one of the two higher definitions which this TV can accept and display -- 480p or 1080i. All the 1080i high-def broadcasts come in the 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen) and this set must use black letterbox bands to display such a signal. But this set has certain performance advantages over other sets, through its Vertical Compression Enhancement mode, when displaying 16:9 letterboxed material (more on this below).
The 61HS10, one of the more popular 4:3 H/DTV-ready televisions, has been on the market for about a year now. In fact, within the next few months Sony is bringing out two very-similar replacements for this TV, the KP-61HS20 and the KP-61HS30 (features almost identical in the two new TV's -- list prices $3,400 and $3,500). You won't be alone as an owner of the 61HS10. There are even a few user-run Web sites dedicated to this TV, such as the KP-xxHS10 site (note that this site is informative, but not terribly critical -- it's more of a "fan" and user-oriented site than a place to get information if you want to compare the value of this TV to others on the market).
http://home.att.net/~ricardo.david/kp-xxhs10/
Although the list price of the 61HS10 is $3,500, higher than either of the new TV's replacing it, you can find it selling for $3,100 and probably even a bit less than that. I don't know what the street prices will be on the new sets. They probably won't be discounted a great deal when they first come to the market.
Sony's Unique Approach to Improving NTSC -- 960i versus 480p
The key difference between this TV and most other H/DTV-ready rear-projection televisions (RPTV's) is that, instead of line-doubling NTSC-standard 480-interlaced (480i) input (VHS, broadcast, cable, regular DSS) up to 480-progressive (480p), it brings the signal up to 960i. At the 480i resolution, each video frame is divided into two fields, with the first, in the first 1/60th-of-a-second, containing the odd-numbered horizontal lines and the second, in the second 1/60th-of-a-second, containing the even-numbered lines. If done properly, when the 480i signal is line-doubled up to 480p (i.e., all 480 horizontal lines present in each 1/60th-of-a-second), a sharper picture, without noticeable scan lines, should result. If you're interested in the various issues relating to line doubling, please see my Pioneer DV-434 DVD player review where I explore these in some depth:
http://www.epinions.com/content_8202784388
Sony takes the unique approach of doubling the scan level of the interlaced signal, bumping it up to 960i. While this creates a finer image, it will preserve the drawbacks inherent in interlaced scanning (for example, solid horizontal lines appear to flicker). I was not particularly impressed with the picture this TV has from NTSC-standard sources. You'll want to definitely check out this aspect of the TV, unless your viewing will exclusively consist of progressive-scan (480p) DVD output, which the set will display at the native 480p resolution, or 1080i signals from a high-def tuner. I should note here that Sony claims to not just double the 480i signal to 960i, but to employ a technique they call Digital Reality Creation (DRC), which, as well as doubling the number of interlaced scan lines, also increases the numbers of pixels in each line.
Once you view the output of a 480p progressive-scan DVD, which the set displays in native 480p mode, you'll be far happier with its picture performance. I didn't get a chance to view 1080i material on this TV, but that would also presumably be quite good. As this TV is just H/DTV-ready, you'll need a set-top high-def tuner to receive the ATSC H/DTV broadcasts.
4:3 Aspect Ratio
Because of the 61HS10's 4:3 aspect ratio (ratio of width to height), widescreen material (such as DVD's which are approximately 16:9) will have to be shown with letterbox bands, black horizontal bands above and below the DVD image area. The same goes for 16:9 input from a high-def tuner. This is a good TV for somebody who knows they will watch a great deal of standard broadcast television, cable, and various other 4:3 sources. If you're going to mainly watch widescreen DVD's and other 16:9 sources, you might prefer a 16:9 set, such as Mitsubishi's 46-inch 46807 (street price $2,000) or Toshiba's 40H80 (street price $2,100).
If you're interested in either of those sets, please surf on over to the lovely reviews I wrote for the 46807:
http://www.epinions.com/content_22490680964
And the TW40X81 (the very similar predecessor to the 40H80 which isn't yet listed here):
http://www.epinions.com/elec-review-3EE4-3BC4B74B-3A1F413F-prod6
Only One Hi-Scan Component Input
One of the other drawbacks of this TV is that, while it has two component-video inputs, only one can accept signals over 480i (i.e., 480p and 1080i). On the other hand, the hi-scan input (Video 5) will take both Y-Pb-Pr and RGB+H/V signals, giving it more flexibility in the types of devices it can work with than most hi-def TV's, which usually just have Y-Pb-Pr component inputs.
The component inputs, by the way, take the video signal on three separate cables. Most DVD players have the Y-Pb-Pr component outputs, meaning one line carries luminance (black & white) information, one carries the yellow-blue chrominance (color) signal, and the third carries the yellow-red chrominance (color) signal. The RGB+H/V outputs are found on some high-end video equipment, such as high-definition broadcast and satellite receivers. RGB+H/V stands for Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal Sync, and Vertical Sync. You can connect a VGA output (such as is found on some high-def receivers, a.k.a. tuners) to the RGB+H/V input, using an adaptor with the VGA plug on one end and the five RCA plugs on the other end. However, the output from the VGA jack would have to be at a scan rate that this TV can accept, such as 480i, 480p, or 1080i. You could not feed a computer VGA or XGA signal and have it properly display.
Anyway, if you have more than one hi-scan (480p or 1080i) output to feed into the TV, you'll have to use a switcher with two hi-scan component inputs and a single hi-scan component output. Some switchers are manual, meaning you'd have to flick a switch to choose between, let's say, your prog-scan DVD player or your HD satellite receiver, and some are automatic, detecting the input with an active signal and choosing that one. These switchers are pricey, in some cases adding a couple of hundred dollars to the cost of the set.
Vertical Compression
One of the plus points of this set is that it has Sony's "Enhanced 16:9 Vertical Compression" mode. This means that, when a widescreen image is displayed on the set's 4:3 screen, the letterbox bands are created digitally instead of using up lines of horizontal resolution. For example, with a 480p 16:9 image from a progressive-scan DVD player, letterboxing on a regular EDTV or H/DTV would use up about 150 lines of horizontal resolution, leaving only 330 for the widescreen image. With Sony's Vertical Compression, all 480 lines are used in the widescreen image and the TV generates the black letterbox bands itself, digitally. It's unfortunate that Sony includes this feature on their Wega line of NTSC-standard direct-view sets, some of which list for as little as $700, while their "S" and "V" lines of NTSC-standard RPTV's, some listing for as much as $2,400 or more, do not have this feature.
Picture Quality
The 61HS10 creates its picture by projecting the image from three cathode-ray tubes (CRT's) through lenses and onto the inside of the set's plastic display screen. The image quality is limited by the seven-inch size of each of the three CRT's, though you don't find larger CRT's until you get into much more expensive sets. For example, Pioneer's $6,300 list PRO-510HD uses seven-inch CRT's, as do just about all less-expensive RPTV's. To enhance picture quality on RF and composite-video input, this set uses a 3D digital comb filter, the most advanced type found on consumer-level video equipment. Since the comb filter separates the Y and C signals (luminance and chrominance), it's not used with S-Video and component input where these signals are already separated.
Tuning Features
The TV has two-tuner picture-in-picture (PIP). Sony refers to the various PIP tricks as Multi-Image Driver (MID). The set can do the usual PIP format of putting the second broadcast channel or video signal in a small box on the screen, or it split the screen in half with one image on each side. Tuning features include favorite channel, express surf, and channel fix. There's a freeze memo to let you freeze the screen image when you want to take down a phone number or address from a TV show or commercial. There's a V-Chip which lets parents limit the type of programs their children watch.
Audio Performance
As with most Sony RPTV's, the audio performance on the 61HS10 is excellent, comparable to a mid-quality stereo boombox. The MTS stereo tuner features dbx noise reduction. The audio amplifier feeds 20 watts to each stereo channel. The speakers, behind the grills below the screen, are big enough to produce impressive midrange, making them ample for TV broadcasts and even many movie soundtracks. There's a fixed-level audio output on the back of the set, letting you feed a line-level signal to a surround-sound receiver for stereo, Dolby Pro Logic, and Dolby Pro Logic II (DPL available with properly-encoded soundtracks only, found on most TV dramas, comedies, and movies shown on TV). Also, a variable-level output lets you feed 20 watts each to a pair of extension speakers. I would not suggest using extension speakers with this TV, as most audio for video is not designed to sound good over two widely-separated stereo speakers. It's really optimized for playback over the stereo speakers in a television, which are generally about a foot apart from each other. If you really want surround-sound, bite the bullet and buy an A/V receiver and a complete set of surround-sound speakers and a subwoofer.
Remote
The RM-Y902 remote is the usual Sony mega-size, though of course it has a comprehensive set of controls, including a joystick and glow-in-the-dark buttons. This remote will also control VCR's from many other manufacturers, as well as a few brands of DVD players (Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, RCA, Toshiba), cable boxes, DSS receivers, and laserdisc players.
Inputs/Outputs
The front panel of the TV has an S-Video input, composite-video input, and L/R analog audio inputs (Video 2).
The rear panel features Video 1, with composite-video, S-Video, and L/R analog audio inputs, Video 3, with composite-video, S-Video, and L/R analog audio inputs, Video 4, with composite-video, S-Video, component-video (Y-Pb-Pr, 480i only), and L/R analog audio inputs, and Video 5, with composite-video, S-Video, component-video (Y-Pb-Pr and RGB+H/V, at 480i, 480p, and 1080i), and L/R analog audio inputs.
There's also a composite-video, L/R analog audio output, to feed an auxiliary monitor. The fixed-level L/R analog audio outputs will feed a line-level signal to an A/V receiver, while the stereo pair of variable-level jacks will feed extension speakers (not advisable, for reasons mentioned above).
Two RF jacks let you simultaneously connect an antenna and a cable or DSS box, switching between the two with the TV's remote control. The Control-S jack lets you coordinate the operation of the TV with other, similarly-connected Sony gear.
The center-speaker inputs (spring-clip) let you use the TV's two speakers as the center-channel speaker in a surround-sound configuration. This might seem like a good idea, as it lets you save on buying a center-channel speaker when setting up a surround-sound system, but it's best to not use this option, as the speaker timbre (sonic coloring) will change as an audio event passes from front-left, to center, to front-right speakers.
Misc.
Sony covers the TV with a one-year parts and labor warranty, extended to two-years on the CRT's (labor not included in the second year). The TV measures 48-inches wide x 57.5-inches high x 25-inches deep. It weighs 185 pounds. In standard operating mode, the set burns 240 watts, while in standby mode (which it's always in when not powered on, unless you unplug the TV), as it awaits the on signal from the remote, it burns a single watt.
Conclusion
The 61HS10 is a transitional product between NTSC-standard television and HDTV. If you like Sony and you want a TV that can operate at 480p and 1080i modes, but you know you'll be watching a lot of 4:3 material, this set would make a good monitor for your home theater. With a high-def set-top-box tuner, you can adapt this TV to display HDTV programming, though the 16:9 high-def programming (along with widescreen DVD's), will have to be displayed with letterboxing. As this set is slated for replacement within the next few months, you might find a good price on it if you shop around a bit.
Consumer Warning:
When you buy this product, beware of electronics retailers who will try to sell you premium cables and extended warranties.
1) Premium cables are a complete waste of money. They don't work one bit better than regular cables (RCA, Recoton, Radio Shack) and they cost up to ten times as much.
2) Extended warranties are a total ripoff. Buy your electronics at a store with 30-day money-back guarantee. Any piece of electronics gear which works perfectly for 30 days is very likely to continue doing so for the next several years. An extended warranty is a way for you to bet that your gear will break down, but with the odds stacked 100-to-1 in favor of the store. Also, electronics retailers are notorious about reneging on these warranties.
