San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – May 31, 2017. PMA Research, the market information experts on the professional Flat Panel market, has posted their most recent Flat Panel Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Flat Panels” area of their website.

Analyst firm PMA Research collects monthly sell-through data from leading U.S Flat Panel Pro AV dealers and AV/IT distributors. Their Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely data and analysis on unit sales, true volume-weighted street prices, and inventories of professional flat panels for these channels.

Each month, PMA Research posts the “Top 5” Flat Panel Lists for the following Large-Format display product segments:

Professional 70-inch to 79-inch Displays – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Distributor Flat Panel Tracking Service panel, which is made up of North U.S. AV and IT distributors. For 70” to 79” Flat Panels being sold through Distribution, Sharp took top honors in April with the number one selling LC-70LE661U. Samsung had a pair of displays make the “Top 5” list with the DM75E and ED75E coming in second and fourth, respectively. The E705 from NEC was the third best-selling model in April and LG rounded out the list with the 70UW340C coming in fifth.

In the professional market, Samsung remained #1 in sales in April with 34% unit share and 28% revenue share. NEC advanced to the #2 spot in revenue with 25% revenue share and LG advanced to the #2 spot in volume with 20% unit share. Sharp was the #3 brand in revenue with a 22% revenue share and NEC was the #3 brand in volume with 19% unit share.

Professional 50-inch to 65-inch Displays – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Pro AV Flat Panel Tracking Service panel, which is made up of North American dealers and integrators. For 50-inch to 65-inch Flat Panels being sold through the Pro AV channel, the April results showed Samsung with a trio of flat panels – the DM55E, ED65E and DC55E coming in first, second and third, respectively. Sharp followed in fourth with the LC-60LE661U, and LG rounded out April’s Pro AV channel “Top 5” list with the 65LX341C in fifth place.

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 Flat Panel Displays for these channels, as well as new product blogs and information on PMA Research’s flat panel market research offerings.

About PMA Research

PMA Research (PMA) specializes in worldwide market information for the projector industry, including detailed and comprehensive coverage of High-End Projectors, Mainstream Projectors, and Pico Projectors. With a series of quarterly projector shipment and forecast reports along with monthly sales tracking, PMA publishes data-driven insights for projector manufacturers, component suppliers, accessory companies and channel partners.  Expanded coverage of the display industry includes market information on U.S. Professional Large-Format Flat Panel Displays. PMA’s Flat Panel Tracking Reports offer timely sell-through data and analysis on unit sales, revenues and true volume-weighted street prices of Professional Large-Format Flat Panel Displays sold by leading U.S. dealers, systems integrators, and distributors.

PMA Research was formerly Pacific Media Associates, which was established by Dr. William Coggshall. Dr. Coggshall was a co-founder of Dataquest (now part of Gartner) and helped start the syndicated high-tech market information business. PMA Research has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company’s US headquarters is located at 25852 Avenida Cabrillo, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Phone: +1 (949) 493-4601.  www.pmaresearch.com