Administrator StereoNET Posted March 22 Administrator Posted March 22 Industry sources report that Sony is set to cease sales of its home cinema projectors in Europe, including the UK, citing new regulatory constraints.View the full article 1
betty boop Posted Saturday at 09:51 PM Posted Saturday at 09:51 PM not sure what happened to @Kazz thread on this along with a bunch of posts threads in last 24 hours, anyways this has popped up on inter web. here translated from avcesar... gordon @ convergent av a well known calibrator there picked this up... and likely impacts uk as well https://www.avcesar.com/videoprojecteurs-sony-interruption-brutale-des-ventes-en-europe-44311? apparently related to sanctions to china and russia... and eu has harsh penalties for bypassing those.. Below is the list of Sony video projectors affected by this measure: • Sony VPL-XW8100/B/W/DE, 4K Home Cinema Projectors • Sony VPL-XW6100/B/W/DE, 4K Home Cinema Projectors • Sony VPL-XW6100/B/W/DE, 4K Home Cinema Projectors • Sony VPL-XW5000/B/W/DE, 4K Home Cinema Projectors • Sony VPL-FHZ85/B/1, Installation Projectors • Sony VPL-FHZ80/B/1, Installation Projectors • Sony VPL-PHZ61/1, Installation Projectors • Sony VPL-PHZ51/1, Installation Projectors Sony video projectors, sudden interruption of sales in Europe We learned the information yesterday, it is confirmed today, the sale of Sony Home Cinema projectors is interrupted sine die in Europe. After the exhaustion of stocks (relatively low for this kind of equipment), it will be over. Sony announced a few hours ago that it stopped marketing its projectors on the European continent. The Japanese manufacturer explains its decision with new European regulations put in place. The floor to Sony “To ensure our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including recent European export control regulations and trade restrictions, we have made the inevitable decision to suspend sales of Sony projectors in Europe once the current stock is exhausted. We remain committed to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and responsible business practices and we work closely with our business partners to ensure a smooth transition." Sony Home Cinema projectors, why an interruption in sales? Of course, we wonder about the nature of these new regulations. By exchanging with resellers/distributors and other players in the sector in the last 24 hours, it appears that the recent sanctions voted by Europe against Russia and some of the suppliers located outside Russian territory, in this case in China where the factory that manufactures Sony projectors is located, are not foreign to this new situation. Without a proven causal link, the always assured availability of video projectors elsewhere in the world argues for this hypothesis. And to our question of a possible import of products via a transit through a non-European country, and then arrive in Europe, our sources clearly answered us in the negative. The penalties provided for by the European authorities for this kind of maneuver, described as enormous by our interlocutors, would be totally dissuasive. Hidden wires in uk says it impacts uk as well... https://www.hiddenwires.co.uk/news/article/sony-suspends-sale-of-home-cinema-projectors-in-europe The consumer tech brand is pulling its home cinema projectors from sale in Europe, including the UK, once current stock comes to an end.
Volunteer Kazz Posted Sunday at 05:54 AM Volunteer Posted Sunday at 05:54 AM 8 hours ago, betty boop said: not sure what happened to @Kazz thread on this along with a bunch of posts threads in last 24 hours, anyways this has popped up on inter web. I think it got lost in the forum weirdness of the last couple of days. 1
xPLAYRZx Posted Tuesday at 08:16 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:16 AM Digging into this a little more - Sony's decision to discontinue its home cinema projectors in Europe is influenced by recent European Union (EU) regulations and trade restrictions. Specifically, the EU's 16th sanctions package, adopted on February 24, 2025, prohibits the sale, supply, transfer, or export of dual-use goods and technology to certain entities listed in Annex IV of Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014. This includes products that can be used for both civilian and military applications, potentially impacting components used in Sony's projectors. Additionally, EU Regulation 2023/2049, effective from January 1, 2026, bans the manufacture and importation of mercury-containing products, including Ultra High-Performance (UHP) projector lamps. This regulation aims to reduce the use of hazardous substances to protect human health and the environment. Seems to me like an extreme response, especially for home cinema projectors, which are primarily consumer products. While the intent behind dual-use restrictions is to prevent sensitive technology from being misused, applying them to projectors feels like regulatory overreach. It'll be interesting to see if Sony eventually introduce models specifically designed to comply with these new rules.
betty boop Posted Tuesday at 08:38 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:38 AM 3 minutes ago, xPLAYRZx said: Additionally, EU Regulation 2023/2049, effective from January 1, 2026, bans the manufacture and importation of mercury-containing products, including Ultra High-Performance (UHP) projector lamps. This regulation aims to reduce the use of hazardous substances to protect human health and the environment. To which Epson easily got an exemption ? Anyways do Sony even make a lamp projector anymore for sale in eu ? Don’t know their range there … 20 minutes ago, xPLAYRZx said: Seems to me like an extreme response, especially for home cinema projectors, which are primarily consumer products. While the intent behind dual-use restrictions is to prevent sensitive technology from being misused, applying them to projectors feels like regulatory overreach. It'll be interesting to see if Sony eventually introduce models specifically designed to comply with these new rules Agree, no other makers have taken this sort of extreme move, so hopefully Sony work through soon enough … 1
Tweaky Posted Tuesday at 12:34 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:34 PM The E.U. had told manufacturers of new regulations coming in, it not only effects projectors, but TV's as well. It had been a hot topic at the UK based AVForum a few years ago. The E.U. made the ridiculous, blanket decision, that home appliances, including TV's and Projectors, can only draw a certain MAX amount of electricity, which is too low to produce a decent picture, even on today's low power consuming units. The TV manufacturers came up with a plan to get around it [I don't know if it has needed to be implemented], by having their TV's set to draw a minimal amount of power when shipped, but the owners are "recommended" to have a look in the TV's settings, to find a different power mode, which allow a higher [Normal to us] power draw to occur, allowing the TV's to work the same as everywhere else in the world.
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