San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – February 27, 2013. PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their recent results to the “Top Selling Projectors” area of their website.

For more than 15 years now, PMA Research 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, PMA Research posts the Top 5 Projector Lists for the following product categories:

High-End (4000+ lumens) Projectors – The January 2013 results showed Mitsubishi with two of the top selling models. The WD720 took top honors, and the WD620 came in fifth. Epson had the second and third best selling models with the PowerLite Pro G5450WU in second place and the PowerLite 1945W in third. Optoma rounded out the Top 5 High-End projector list with their TH1060P taking the fourth spot in January.  This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Pro AV Projector Tracking Service sample, which is made up of North American dealers and integrators.

Mainstream (1000 to 3999 lumens) Projectors – For the Mainstream category in January, Hitachi took top honors, by unit volume, with the best-selling CP-X3015WN. InFocus landed the number two and four spots with the IN112 and the IN114, respectively. Epson’s PowerLite 93+ was the third best-selling projector in the January sample, and ViewSonic rounded out the Top 5 list with the PJD5123 in the fifth spot. 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.

New Era / Pico and Personal (sub-1000 lumens) Projectors – The January results showed that 4 of the Top 5 selling models, by unit volume, were Optoma projectors.  Coming in number one, three, four and five, respectively, were the Optoma PK-320, Optoma PK-120, Optoma PK-20, and the Optoma ML500. Vivitek’s Qumi Q2 rounded out the Top 5 for this category in the number two spot. 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.

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

About PMA Research

PMA Research specializes in worldwide front projector market information, including New Era (sub-1000 lumens), Mainstream (1000-3999 lumens), and High-End (4000+ 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. PMA Research, formerly 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’s US headquarters is at 25852 Avenida Cabrillo, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Phone: +1 (949) 493-4601.  www.pmaresearch.com