A new Pacific Media Associates market information service focuses on the emerging class of sub-500 lumen front projectors and their target buyers. The service aims to identify, classify, and quantify the markets for "new era" products such as Stand-alone mini-projectors (also known as pocket projectors), Snap-on or embedded mini-projector modules for mobile host devices, Embedded mini-projector modules for "big" host devices, Lower-end "toy" projectors, Higher-end gaming projectors, and Personal projectors.

During the past two years, the front projector market has seen numerous developments of components that are quantitatively and/or qualitatively different from the classic ("Old Era") models. Enabled by advances in lasers, LEDs, imager chips, and other technological changes, these "New Era" models are typically considerably smaller, dimmer, lower-powered, and less expensive than most Old Era models. Pacific Media has been tracking their evolution since the beginning, and now is prepared to provide thorough reporting on this emerging market segment.

As with any early-stage development, this segment is marked by considerable confusion and a broad range of technological combinations. For example, most of the smallest models that incorporate LEDs or lasers are battery-powered, but at least one (relatively bright) model requires wall power. The only characteristic that all seem to have in common currently is that they all offer less than 500 lumens of brightness.

The New Era Front Projector Industry Service’s deliverables will be a subset of Pacific Media’s current Front Projector Industry Service.

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