Thanks for your advice, guys.
I've decided to see, along the lines suggested by Moz, whether I can get a stand-alone warranty from Sony in the UK. I went into the Sony store and was met with blank looks, disappointingly, but the staff there said that were a local warranty available, it would have to be directly agreed with Sony - whose response I'm now waiting (not hopeful). I'm also investigating some other avenues for sourcing it from European resellers.
The idea of keeping the US warranty and getting the repaired unit sent to a US address interests me; does anybody have experience with US-to-UK mail forwarding services?
Thanks again.
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