San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – October 31, 2013. 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 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 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:

Pico and Personal Projectors – For Pico and Personal projectors, the September results showed Optoma took top honors with the PK-320. Optoma also had another projector make the Pico and Personal list with the ML550 coming in third. 3M landed the number two spot with the MP410.  AAXA and ViewSonic rounded out this “Top 5” list with the P3 Pico and PLED-W200 in fourth and fifth, respectively. 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.

Mainstream Projectors – For the Mainstream category, InFocus took top honors in September with the best-selling IN112. Epson had a pair of projectors make the list with the PowerLite X12 coming in second and the PowerLite 93+ coming in third. NEC took the fourth spot with the NP-VE281X, and Hitachi rounded out the Mainstream list with the CP-X2521WN coming in fifth. 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.

High-End Projectors – For High-End projectors, NEC took top honors with the two best selling models in September. The NEC NP-PA550W-13XL came in first, followed by the NP-P401W. Optoma’s TH1060P came in third and Epson took the fourth spot with the PowerLite 1945W. Panasonic rounded out the High-End “Top 5” list with the PT-DZ570 in fifth. 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.

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