The agreement is a result of Epson’s proactive campaign to highlight deceiving advertising that does not use industry standard specifications.
Epson America announced it has reached an agreement with Philips and Screeneo Innovation that all future Philips NeoPix projectors designed, manufactured, and sold by Screeneo will use industry standard specifications (ISO 21118:2020) for brightness claims.
As more households turn to at-home projection solutions for everyday viewing and entertainment, Epson said that the agreement helps equip shoppers with a consistent way to compare projector performance. Projector brightness, measured in lumens and tested according to industry standards, is the number one specification used by consumers in the purchase process to compare performance. Epson said it has worked diligently to ensure its projectors meet industry standards and that misleading public claims by other manufacturers are corrected.
“This is another big step forward for projector shoppers and the market as a whole as consumers upgrade their home viewing solutions to big-screen projection solutions,” said Mike Isgrig, Vice President, Consumer Sales and Marketing, Epson America. “When just one brand improperly quotes light output with non-standard metrics like ‘Lux’ or ‘LED lumens’, it causes customer confusion. The recent agreement with Philips is part of Epson’s ongoing campaign to eradicate false and misleading brightness claims in order to help consumers make more informed purchasing decisions.”
As part of the agreement, Philips and Screeneo, Philips’ brand licensee for projectors, remain committed to advertising the brightness of projectors using the agreed upon ISO lumens standards in advertising and on product packaging using the ICDM.
In addition, Epson America remains focused on ensuring a fair marketplace with accurate information for consumers, including recently filing suit against four projector brands sold on Amazon – Vankyo, WiMiUS, GooDee, and Bomaker – for misleading brightness claims in advertising.
In 2019, Epson reached a settlement with Curtis International Ltd. and Technicolor in its lawsuit alleging the companies falsely advertised the lumens of projectors manufactured and sold under the RCA and ONN (Walmart) brand names. Curtis agreed to advertise its projectors only using the industry standard ISO/ANSI lumens and to modify its packaging to reflect the accurate lumens ratings.
In addition, in 2018 Epson obtained a permanent injunction and damage award for $5 million (€4.17 million) as a result of its successful litigation against iRulu for falsely advertising lumens ratings.
“Epson will continue to work to create a market where consumers can easily get the specs and information that necessary for making informed purchasing decisions,” said Isgrig.
