- Sony’s sales sales will stop in the United Kingdom and the EU when current shares are exhausted
- Sony says that one of its suppliers is subject to EU sanctions
- We and other territories are not affected
Sony has suspended sales of all its current home film projectors in the European Union and also in the United Kingdom. That includes the recently released and very impressive Bravia Projoror 8 and Bravia Projorer 9, so if you like your appearance, you will need to move quickly while retailers still have actions.
If you want to know who is to blame, it seems to be Vladimir Putin: Sony’s decision seems to be guarantee the fulfillment of the export of the EU and commercial restrictions, which include sanctions to Russia and Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This is a real pity for cinema fans at the United Kingdom’s house and the EU, because Sony projectors are In fact Well, and your flagships are among the best 4K projectors. For example, we gave 4.5 stars to the projector of £ 15,999 Sony Bravia 8.
Putin the lights off in Europe and the United Kingdom
In a statement given to Inside Ci, Sony said that the legal problem was due to the sanctions package adopted by the EU in December 2024 and additional measures since February 2025. The sanctions are applied to a third party that supplies Sony, for whom “it is now prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export directly or indirectly, the products of dual use and the technology, as well as the technology in the list of regulatory regulations “. “
Sales in other parts of the world will continue.
According to Sony, all the following projectors will no longer be sold in the EU and the United Kingdom when current actions are exhausted:
- VPL-XW8100/W/of
- VPL-XW8100/W.
- VPL-XW8100/B/of
- VPL-XW8100/B.
- VPL-XW6100/W/of
- VPL-XW6100/W.
- VPL-XW6100/B/of
- VPL-XW6100/b
- VPL-XW5000/W/1
- VPL-XW5000/W/1
- VPL-XW5000/B/of/1
- VPL-XW5000/B/1
- VPL-FHZ85/B/1
- VPL-FHZ85/1
- VPL-FHZ80/B/1
- VPL-FHZ80/1
- VPL-FZ61/1
- VPL-PHZ51/1