Ultraportable projectors are the growth engine of the future.
But Bill Coggshall of the research firm Pacific Media Associates predicts sales of ultraportable projectors will surpass those of conference room projectors next year, indicating that the combination of light weight, lower price and around 500 lumens of brightness may be a sweet-spot for presenters. Reflective projection technologies continue to make serious inroads. More than a dozen manufacturers are selling projectors featuring Texas Instruments' DLP technology, and the company was showing an impressive SXGA-resolution version in a private suite at the show. Watch for a variety of new reflective-LCD products later this year. Transmissive LCD still produces a slightly better image, but for many users the difference is negligible.