Taiwan market: Optoma launch 2 high-brightness projectors for commercial and educational market

Oct 19, 15:23

Eyeing the commercial and educational market, Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology has launched two high brightness front projectors, the EX779 and OP1991, in Taiwan.

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments to drop 30% on year in 2010

Oct 4, 11:43

Shipments to the front projector market in Taiwan are expected to drop by about 30% on year to about 80,000-85,000 units in 2010 due to limited educational procurement projects and...

Delta own-brand projectors targeting high-end market

Oct 1, 15:00

Delta Electronics sees 2010 as Year One for its own-brand business. Apart from electro-mechanical equipment and LED lighting, Delta is also embracing a two-prong strategy for its...

Taiwan market: Epson to take 50% projector market in 2010

Sep 21, 15:09

Epson has launched two high-end front projectors, the EH-R4000 and EH-R1000, featuring its latest 3LCD-Reflective technology in Taiwan and aims to take 50% market share of Taiwan's...

Global projector market to increase over 36% in 2010, says PMA

Sep 17, 14:19

The global front projector market will grow to a total of 8.65 million units in 2010, increasing by 36.65% from 6.33 million units in 2009, according to Pacific Media Associates (P...

Qisda to see 20% of revenues from e-book readers, smartphones, tablet PCs in 2H10

Aug 30, 16:13

Qisda expects its new businesses including e-book readers, smartphones and tablet PCs to account for 20% of its total revenues in the second half of 2010, up from 16% in the second...

Qisda posts net profit of NT$900 million for 2Q10

Aug 30, 15:51

Qisda has announced net profit for the quarter of 2010 totaled NT$900 million (US$28.117 million) with an EPS of NT$0.47.

Coretronic projector revenues up 16% sequentially in 2Q10

Aug 13, 16:40

Coretronic saw revenues for its projector business in the second quarter increase by 16.6% sequentially to NT$5.62 billion (US$175.84 million), and shipments increased 21% sequentially...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 80% on year in 2Q10, says IDC

Aug 12, 17:06

Taiwan front projector shipments in the second quarter of 2010 totaled 27,600 units, up 3.2% sequentially and 80.6% on year, according to IDC data.

Taiwan market: Epson increases projector shipment goal for 2010

Aug 6, 15:46

With projector shipments in the first half of 2010 exceeding its goal, Epson has decided to raise its full-year shipment target for the Taiwan market to about 30,000 units, up from...

Taiwan market: LG expects to sell 1,000 3D LCD TVs in 2010

Aug 3, 10:46

LG Electronics unveiled its 47- and 55-inch 3D LED-backlit 3D LCD TVs on August 2 in Taiwan and aims to ship 1,000 units in 2010 to take 30% of the local 3D TV market, according to...

Global pico projector shipments reach 437,000 units in 1H10

Jul 28, 17:09

Global shipments of pico projectors in the first half of 2010 totaled 437,791 units, of which 46% were LCoS-based handset models offered by China-based white-box vendors, and 10%...

Delta working with TI for China movie theater market

Jul 5, 15:28

Delta Electronics is cooperating with Texas Instruments (TI) to tap into the movie projector market in China as the government is promoting a program to set up movie theaters in rural...

Vivitek introduces 38cm short-throw front projector

Jul 2, 15:28

Vivitek has unveiled a 3,000-lumen short-throw front projector using DLP technology, capable of projecting a 95-inch screen at a distance of 38cm. The new device is 3D ready and will...

BenQ aims to ship 550,000 projectors in 2010

Jul 1, 17:09

BenQ expects to ship 150,000 projectors in the Asia Pacific market in 2010, which would represent growth of 35% from 2009, while its worldwide aim is to ship 550,000 units, an increase...

Nikon to launch new DSC with LCoS pico projector in August

Jun 24, 16:08

Nikon reportedly plans to launch a second-generation digital still camera (DSC) with built-in LCoS pico-projector technology from Himax Technologies, which is capable of connecting...

3D DLP projector shipments reach 250,000 units in 1Q10, says PMA

Jun 14, 17:09

Shipments of 3D DLP projectors reached 250,000 units worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to president of Pacific Media Associates (PMA) William Coggshall.

LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy targets pico projector market

Jun 14, 15:44

Formosa Epitaxy shipped one million green LED chips in May to three pico projector vendors in Taiwan and South Korea, and expects pico projector shipments to account for 10% of revenues,...

Front projector market to grow over 30% in 2010, says Pacific Media Associates

Jun 7, 10:25

The worldwide front projector market is on target to grow 30% or more in 2010 from its 2009 level, thanks to a particularly strong first quarter that notched 1.9 million units worldwide,...

Pico projector LED costs to drop 10% in 2H10

May 27, 15:14

The cost of LEDs used as light sources in pico projectors is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of 2010, and Taiwan-based LED players expect to enter the supply chain for...

Vivitek introduces 95-inch screen short-throw projector

May 21, 16:46

Vivitek has introduced a short-throw front projector with a projected screen size of 95-inch in the Taiwan market, and the company aims to ship 200,000 projectors worldwide in 2010,...

Taiwan market: Short-throw projector share to go up in 2010, says IDC

May 21, 15:50

Short-throw models' share of Taiwan's front projector market is expected to increase to 15% in 2010, up from 9.2% in 2009, while the overall projector market in Taiwan is expected...

Taiwan market: Projector shipments drop 55% sequentially in 1Q10, says IDC

May 17, 16:28

Projector shipments in Taiwan reached 26,000 units in the first quarter of 2010, a decrease of 55% sequentially but an increase of 28% on year, according to figures from IDC.

Young Optics expects handset pico projector market to take off at end of 2010

May 5, 16:30

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics believes shipments of pico projectors for handsets will begin to increase significantly around the end of 2010 and most handset vendors...

Qisda sees growth in 1Q10 revenues

Apr 29, 15:30

Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$19.8 billion (US$629.67 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up 1.2% on quarter and 9.9% on year.

China market: BenQ expects 50% shipment growth for projectors, 30% for DSC

Apr 20, 11:34

BenQ shipped 96,000 front projectors and 380,000 digital still cameras (DSCs) to the China market in 2009, an increase from 2008 by 60% and 30% respectively, and the company expects...

Taiwan market: Epson aims at 35% share of projector market in 2010

Apr 16, 16:21

Epson has recently launched four new interactive ultra short-throw front projectors in Taiwan and aims at taking a 35% share in the local front projector market in 2010, according...

Coretronic reports growth in March consolidated revenues

Apr 12, 14:52

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has reported consolidated revenues in March 2010 rose 10% sequentially and 43% on year to NT$7.394 billion (US$234.7 million),...

Coretronic reports 6% sequential drop for February revenues

Mar 10, 16:58

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$6.7 billion (US$210.99 million) for February, down 6.08% on month but up 50.67% on year,...

Taiwan market: 20% of BenQ LCD TVs will be LED-backlit in 2010, says executive

Mar 9, 15:43

BenQ will begin shipments of LED-backlit LCD TVs in Taiwan in the second quarter of 2010, and expects LED models to account for over 20% of its total LCD TV shipments in 2010, according...

Qisda reports revenues down for 2009 and February 2010

Mar 8, 11:56

Qisda has announced fourth-quarter 2009 revenues of NT$19.57 billion (US$613.93 million) and revenues for the full year of NT$79.67 billion.

Taiwan-based Optoma aims at 15% global market share for DLP projectors in 3 years

Mar 3, 16:58

Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology shipped 490,000 units for a global market share of 8% in 2009 and expects to hit 15% in three years, according to the company.

Young Optics sees lower sales and profit in 2009

Feb 26, 15:48

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, a subsidiary of backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.6 billion (US$174.61 million) for...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 81% sequentially in 4Q09

Feb 5, 16:54

Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market reached 57,300 units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 81% sequentially and 150% on year, mainly due to government procurements for...

Taiwan handset makers hold conservative outlook for projector handsets

Jan 28, 15:26

Although a number of branded handset vendors, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics (LGE) and RIM, have launched handsets with built-in pico-projectors, handset makers in...