Sony announced a few hours ago that it will be discontinuing sales of its projectors on the European continent. The Japanese manufacturer explains its decision by new European regulations being put in place.
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“In order to ensure our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including recent European export control regulations and trade restrictions, we have taken the unavoidable decision to discontinue sales of Sony projectors in Europe once the current stock is depleted. We remain committed to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and responsible business practices and are working closely with our business partners to ensure a smooth transition.”
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Inevitably, we wonder about the nature of these new regulations. In speaking with resellers/distributors and other industry players over the past 24 hours, it appears that the recent string of sanctions voted by Europe against Russia and some suppliers located outside Russian territory, in this case in China where the factory that manufactures Sony video projectors is located, are not unrelated to this new situation. Without a proven causal link, the continued availability of video projectors everywhere else in the world supports this hypothesis. And to our question about the possible importation of products via transit through a non-European country, then arriving in Europe, our sources clearly answered in the negative. The penalties provided by European authorities for this type of maneuver, described as enormous by our interlocutors, would be totally dissuasive.
Below is the list of Sony 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
