Menlo Park, California, USA – October 2, 2012. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their recent results to the “Top Selling Projectors” area of their website.

For nearly 15 years, Pacific Media Associates (PMA) has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data and analysis on unit sales, true volume-weighted street prices, and inventories of front projectors for these channels.

Each month, Pacific Media Associates posts the Top 5 Lists for the following categories:

High-End (4000+ lumens) Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Pro A/V Projector Tracking Service sample, which is made up of North American dealers and integrators. The August 2012 results show that three of the top five selling models, by unit volume, were WXGA resolution projectors. The “Top 5” selling high-end projectors in August were the WXGA NEC NP-PA550W-13ZL, the Mitsubishi XD600, the WXGA Mitsubishi WD620, the Epson PowerLite Pro G5450WU and the WXGA Epson PowerLite 1945W.

Mainstream (1000 to 3999 lumens) Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Distributor Projector Tracking Service sample, which is made up of North American distributors. The August results, by unit volume, show that the three best selling projectors in this category were XGA resolution models. The “Top 5” August projectors were the XGA resolution NEC NP-V260X, the Epson PowerLite 93+ and the InFocus IN114. The InFocus IN112 and the NEC NP-V260, both SVGA resolution models, rounded out the “Top 5”.

New Era / Pico and Personal (sub-1000 lumens) Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Retail Projector Tracking Service sample, which is made up of North American retailers and web resellers. The August results showed Optoma taking three of the top five selling projectors spots, by unit volume, with the Optoma PK-320, Optoma ML500 and PK-201coming in first, third and fifth. The Acer K11 took the number two spot, and the AAXA M2 Micro rounded out the “Top 5” in the fourth position.

Resellers, distributors, manufacturers, and the press are invited to visit PMA’s site each month at www.pacificmediaassociates.com to see the Top Selling 5 projectors for these categories, as well as new product blogs and information on Pacific Media’s projector market research.

About Pacific Media Associates

Pacific Media specializes in worldwide front projector market information, including New Era (sub-500 lumens), Mainstream (500-4999 lumens), and High-End (5000+ lumens) categories. Their Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data and forecasts) on front projector markets, newsletters on new products and other key industry developments, and biennial Web surveys of North American dealers and end users (including organizations and individual consumers). Their Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data and analysis on unit sales, true volume-weighted street prices, and inventories of front projectors sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. Pacific Media Associates was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was a co-founder of Dataquest (now part of Gartner) and helped start the syndicated high-tech market information business. The company headquarters is at 1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Telephone +1 650-561-9020 www.pacificmediaassociates.com