Best Selling Business and Education Projectors - July, August 2015

The leaders in the 4,000+ Lumen Projectors were mostly business units.  Editor's note: the Epson PowerLite 1985WU was voted the Best Value Large Venue Projector, right here in our 2015-16 Education Projector report. The Sony VPL-FHZ55 is also a solid choice for houses of worship.

The portable Epson PowerLite 1940W seems to be the least expensive of the five, coming in at roughly $1,200. At the high end is the $4,500-plus Sony VPL-FHZ55 with its 3LCD laser light source.  Hitachi joins the group leaders in this month's report,  with a solid choice for auditoriums and conference rooms.

Epson took top honors with a pair of interactive projectors in Mainstream Projector list. Epson also followed with the PowerLite 98H and 99WH, good values for business and small conference rooms.  FYI at this time Epson dominates in the interactive projector category with far more models than anyone else, and they claim to have over a 60% market share of the interactive projectors in the US market.

All are at least somewhat portable and feature around 3,000 lumens of brightness.

The beginning of the best-selling Pico and Personal Projectors list may look a little familiar.  AAXA’s 25-lumen LED Pico and 300-lumen P300 were again on the list. Asus’ S1, with its multi-use battery remains popular with pico users. New to the list is AAXA again with the P4-X and for the first time, LG's PF1500, the brightest with 1400 lumens and comes complete with TV tuner.

August’s best selling 4,000+ Lumen Projectors saw a few overlaps with July’s list.

But first, the Epson Pro G6770WU tops the list as a new entry.  Again, the list featured mostly business units. The Epson PowerLite 1985WU, voted Best Value Large Venue Projector in our 2015-16 education projector report, came in 4th this month and the Sony VPL-FHZ55 3LCD laser light source projector, a popular choice for houses of worship, again made the list in 2nd place, while its partner, the VPL-FHZ65/W comes in 5th this month, which, like the Epson G6770WU is a brand new projector.  Optoma's EH501 rounds out the list by placing 3rd.  While most are installation projectors, the 1985W at 10.5 lbs., is suitable to be moved from room to room.

August’s Mainstream Projector best sellers featured several models popular in the classroom, including the Epson PowerLite 98H, Epson PowerLite X27 and low-cost InFocus In114a.

The PowerLite 98H’s moderator device management software lets instructors wirelessly share and compare students' work from multiple devices, making it a popular choice for BYOD (bring your own device) classrooms.

It should be noted that the Epson 585Wi which claimed top sales numbers by PMA for an interactive projector, sells for far more than any of the other projectors on this Mainstream list below.  That says a whole lot about the surging popularity of interactive projectors, primarily in educational institutions.  It is over twice the price of any of the others on this list, even when considering education discounts.

The best selling model in the Pico and Personal Projectors segment in August was the Asus S1 followed by the AAXA LED Pico, the P300 Pico and P4-X.  LG rounded out this August "Top 5" list with their PF1500 coming in 5th once again this month.  We have recently received another AAXA projector for review, and are expecting an LG PF1500 for review as well.