When you say you need to use a TV to use the Sony, do you mean a TV is necessary to make the necessary setup selections to play SACDs, or that you have to be able to see a screen simply to operate the machine (like to play, pause, stop, ff, reverse, select tracks)? It's not unheard of to need screen access for initial setup, but needing it for day-to-day playback operations would be something else, and I could see how it would be a deal-breaker.