San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – April 29, 2014. PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website.

For more than 16 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 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:

Mainstream Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Distributor Projector Tracking Service panel, which is made up of North American distributors. For the Mainstream segment, NEC took top honors with the best-selling NP-M271X projector, and also filled the fourth spot with the NP-VE281X. Epson’s PowerLite 97 came in second in March. InFocus rounded out the “Top 5” with the IN114 and the IN112 in the third and fifth spots, respectively.

High-End Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Pro AV Projector Tracking Service panel, which is made up of North American dealers and integrators. For High-End projectors, Sony took top honors in March with the VPL-FHZ55/W coming in first. Hitachi followed with the CP-WX4022WN coming in second. Epson followed with a pair of projectors – the PowerLite Pro G6450WU and the PowerLite 1945W – in the number three and four spots, respectively. NEC’s NP-PA500U-13ZL rounded out this “Top 5” list.

Home Entertainment Projectors – This “Top 5″ list is compiled from data collected from PMA’s monthly Retail Projector Tracking Service panel, which is made up of North American retailers and web resellers. For Home Entertainment projectors, the March results showed BenQ with the number one selling model, the BenQ W1070, for the third month in a row. BenQ also filled the number three spot with the W1080ST. Epson had a trio of projectors round out the Home Entertainment list with the PowerLite Home Cinema 500 Silver, the PowerLite Home Cinema 730HD and the PowerLite Home Cinema 2030 filling the second, fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

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 High-End projectors, Mainstream projectors, and Pico and Personal projectors.

Their Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data and forecasts) on front projector markets, 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 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