ViewSonic

Infobox_Company
company_name = ViewSonic Corporation
company_type = Private
company_
foundation = 1987
location_city = Walnut, California
location_country = United States
key_people = James Chu, Founder, CEO
num_employees =
revenue = $1.2002 billion (2005) USD
industry = Computer
products = Computer display
homepage = [http://www.viewsonic.com/ www.viewsonic.com]

ViewSonic Corporation is a manufacturer and provider of visual technology, specifically CRT monitors, liquid crystal displays, projectors, plasma displays, HDTV technology, and mobile products, including tablet PCs and wireless monitors.

The privately held company has approximately $1 billion in worldwide sales annually. ViewSonic's headquarters are located in Walnut, California, United States.

History

The company was initially founded as Keypoint Technology Corporation in 1987. In 1990 it launched the ViewSonic line of color computer monitors, and shortly afterwards the company renamed itself after its brand. The founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of ViewSonic is James Chu. [http://goldsea.com/RTR/Chujames/chujames.html]

The ViewSonic logo features Gouldian Finches, colorful birds native to Australia, as a symbol of innovation, quality and value.

In the mid-1990s, ViewSonic rose to become one of the top-rated makers of computer CRT monitors, alongside Sony, NEC, MAG Innovision, and Panasonic. ViewSonic soon displaced the rest of these companies to emerge as the largest display manufacturer from America/Japan at the turn of the century. More recently, ViewSonic has been overtaken by Korean giants Samsung and LG, as the latter were at the forefront of fledging LCD technology.

In 2000, ViewSonic acquired the Nokia Display Products' branded business. [ [http://press.nokia.com/PR/200001/775025_5.html ViewSonic Corporation Acquires Nokia Display Products' Branded Business] (January 17, 2000) - Accessed: July 3, 2007]

In 2002, a former employee of ViewSonic maliciously shut down a key company server. This prevented ViewSonic's Taiwan office from accessing the business's data, causing an estimated US$53,000 in damages. [ [http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39116957,00.htm Former admin pleads guilty to data deletion] (07 Oct 2003) ZDNet.co.uk - Accessed: July 3, 2007]

In 2005, ViewSonic and Tatung won a British patent lawsuit filed against them by LG Philips in a dispute over which company created technology for rear mounting of LCDs in a mobile PC (U.K. Patent GB2346464B, titled, “portable computer."). [cite news | first=Edward | last=F. Moltzen | coauthors= | title=ViewSonic Prevails In Patent Dispute | date=2005-12-13 | publisher=CMP Media LLC | url =http://www.crn.com/it-channel/175001457?queryText=viewsonic | work =ChannelWeb Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-07 | language = ]

On July 2, 2007 the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $143.8M in an IPO on NASDAQ. [ [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/02/ap3879649.html ViewSonic Registers for IPO] , Forbes. Access date: 3-July-2007.]

On March 5, 2008, the company filed a withdraw request with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying "terms currently obtainable in the public marketplace are not sufficiently attractive to the Registrant to warrant proceeding with the initial public offering." [ [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1068806/000110465908015551/a08-7335_1rw.htm] , Securities and Exchange Commission. Access date: 8-March-2008.]

Products

In 1998, ViewSonic announced that two of its Professional Series monitors achieved TCO '99 certification. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=WORLD FIRST AS VIEWSONIC MONITORS ACHIEVE TCO '99 | date=1998-10-29 | publisher=PR Newswire Europe Ltd. | url =http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=57800 | work =prnewswire.co.uk | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-07 | language = ]

In 2000, ViewSonic partnered with AT&T to offer Internet appliances integrated with the AT&T WorldNet Service, initially targeting the corporate market. The Internet appliances ranged from standalone i-boxes, integrated LCD and CRT devices, to web phones and wireless web pads. The units were deemed capable of operating on nearly any operating system, including Windows CE, Linux, QNX and VxWorks. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Viewsonic Corporation unveils state-of-the-art internet appliances - announces strategic relationship with AT&T WorldNet Service | date=2000-08-01 | publisher=PR Newswire Europe Ltd. | url =http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=29141 | work =prnewswire.co.uk | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-07 | language = ]

In 2002 ViewSonic announced a 3840 x 2400 QUXGA, 22.2-inch monitor, VP2290. [ [http://www.viewsonic.com/companyinfo/pressrelease_detail.cfm?key_press_release=155 ViewSonic announcemnt from 3840 x 2400 QUXGA, 22.2-inch monitor (VP2290b)] ]

ViewSonic was the first manufacturer to bring Smart Display to the market, with the Airpanel V150 in early 2003. This included a 15" 1024×768 LCD, a 400MHz Intel XScale processor, 32MB ROM, 64MB RAM and 802.11b wireless, and a USB wireless hub for the host PC.Fact|date=June 2007

At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, ViewSonic introduced display products, namely a projector, monitors and an HDTV set, capable of being connected directly to a video iPod. [cite news | first=Steven | last=Burke | coauthors= | title=CES 2007: ViewSonic Drives iPod Integration | date=2007-01-09 | publisher=CMP Media LLC | url =http://www.crn.com/digital-home/196802095?queryText=viewsonic | work =ChannelWeb Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-07 | language = ]

The ViewSonic LCD monitor range currently includes 4 product groups, the VA value range [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Example of Viewsonic VA range product specification| date=2008-03-04 | publisher=IT Sorcerer Ltd. | url =http://www.itsorcerer.com/buy/computer_hardware/monitors/flat_panel_lcdtft/17_screen_size/viewsonic_va1716w_flat_panel/6269/| work =itsorcerer.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-04 | language =English ] , the VG multimedia range [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Example of Viewsonic VG range product specification| date=2008-03-04 | publisher=IT Sorcerer Ltd. | url =http://www.itsorcerer.com/buy/computer_hardware/monitors/flat_panel_lcdtft/19_screen_size/viewsonic_vg1930wm_flat_panel/6136/| work =itsorcerer.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-04 | language =English ] , the VX gamer range [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Example of Viewsonic VX range product specification| date=2008-03-04 | publisher=IT Sorcerer Ltd. | url =http://www.itsorcerer.com/buy/computer_hardware/monitors/flat_panel_lcdtft/19_screen_size/viewsonic_vx1935wm_flat_panel/6052/| work =itsorcerer.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-04 | language =English ] , and the VP professional range [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Example of Viewsonic VP range product specification| date=2008-03-04 | publisher=IT Sorcerer Ltd. | url =http://www.itsorcerer.com/buy/computer_hardware/monitors/flat_panel_lcdtft/19_screen_size/viewsonic_vp930_flat_panel/5762/| work =itsorcerer.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-04 | language =English ] . The 2 letter range codes are always used at the start of the product name followed by a number which indicates the diagonal screen size.

Main competitors

* Acer
* NEC Display Solutions
* Samsung Electronics

ee also

*QXGA

References

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External links

* [http://www.viewsonic.com/ ViewSonic Corporation] (US)
* [http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/ ViewSonic Corporation] (Europe subsidiary)
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/43/43453.html Yahoo! Finance: ViewSonic Corporation]