In the latest chapter of Epson’s crusade against deceptive advertising practices in the video projection industry, Chinese portable projection specialist XGIMI today agreed to correct inaccurate brightness specs it had published for four of its projectors. Under the terms of its settlement with Epson, XGIMI has corrected “previously misstated lumens to reflect accurate brightness claims to benefit consumers.” The lumens specs XGIMI publishes for its Horizon Pro (XK03H) and Horizon (XK03K) projectors have been reduced from 2,200 to 1,500.
Epson has prevailed in a lawsuit charging Wemax, maker of portable and ultra-short-throw (UST) video projectors, with deceptive advertising practices that grossly overstated the brightness of the company’s Nova series of UST projectors. Under the terms of the settlement, Wemax agreed to correct the brightness spec for its Nova projectors from 2,100 lumens to 1,300 lumens, a decrease of 38%.