global sales of projectors have witnessed a very poor first half of 2009, with global Q2 volumes down 16 per cent year-on-year drop from Q2 2008.

Projector market hit hard in 1st half of 2009

Paul Milligan, 11 August 2009

In news that will surprise very few in the industry global sales of projectors have witnessed a very poor first half of 2009, with global Q2 volumes down 16 per cent year-on-year drop from Q2 2008. It is not all doom and gloom for projector manufacturers and resellers however as a report called 'The Future of Projector Technologies', published by Futuresource Consulting, does predict sales of LED, W-XGA and pico projectors will continue to rise to help see the second half of the year improve on the first.

Short-throw projectors are also another area of growth, and now represent 10 per cent of the market.
The W-XGA category reached six per cent in Q2 2009, representing 130 per cent year-on-year growth.

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