- Sony projectors’ sales will stop in the United Kingdom and the EU when the current stock is exhausted
- Sony says that one of its suppliers is subject to EU sanctions
- The United States and other territories are not affected
Sony has suspended sales of all its current home cinema spotlights in the European Union and in the United Kingdom as well. This includes the Bravia Projector 8 recently launched and very impressive and Bravia Projector 9 – So if you like their appearance, you will have to move quickly while the retailers always have stocks.
If you want to know who is to blame, it seems that it is Vladimir Putin: Sony’s decision seems to be to ensure respect for restrictions on export and EU trade, which include sanctions in Russia and Bélarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is a real shame for fans of movie at home in the United Kingdom and the EU, because Sony’s spotlights are Really Well, and their flagship products rank among the best 4K projectors. For example, we gave 4.5 stars to the £ 15,999 Sony Bravia Projector 8.
Putin Enlightenment extinct in Europe and the United Kingdom
In a declaration given within the IC, Sony said that the legal issue was due to the EU sanctions package in December 2024 and additional measures from February 2025. Sanctions apply to a third party that provides Sony, for whom “it is now prohibited to sell, provide, transfer or export, directly or indirect.”
Sales in other parts of the world will continue.
According to Sony, all the following spotlights will no longer be sold in the EU and the United Kingdom when the current actions will run out:
- VPL-XW8100 / W /
- VPL-XW8100 / W
- VPL-XW8100 / B /
- VPL-XW8100 / B
- VPL-XW6100 / W /
- VPL-XW6100 / W
- VPL-XW6100 / B /
- VPL-XW6100 / B
- VPL-XW5000 / W / DE / 1
- VPL-XW5000 / W / 1
- VPL-XW5000 / B / DE / 1
- VPL-XW5000 / B / 1
- VPL-FHZ85 / B / 1
- VPL-FHZ85 / 1
- VPL-FHZ80 / B / 1
- VPL-FHZ80 / 1
- VPL-PHZ61 / 1
- VPL-PHZ51 / 1
