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...

Lite-On Technology to begin shipping pico projectors in 2Q10 or 3Q10

Jan 19, 12:38

Lite-On Technology has stepped into the pico projector market and will start shipments on an ODM basis in the second or third quarter of 2010, according to the company.

Taiwan-based Asia Optical and TI cooperate to develop digital camera with DLP pico projector

Jan 8, 15:31

Asia Optical has cooperated with US-based Texas Instruments (TI) to develop digital cameras equipped with built-in pico projectors based on TI's DLP technology. Products will be launched...

BLU makers report mixed results for October

Nov 10, 16:15

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic saw its October consolidated revenues increase 5% sequentially and 28% on year to NT$8.36 billion (US$258.54 million).

Epson expects 1080p projectors to become mainstream for home market in 2010

Nov 5, 15:09

Epson Taiwan expects 1080p front projector shipments worldwide will surpass those of 720p models in 2010 and become the mainstream product for the home-use market due to falling pr...

Projector chips supply to remain tight through end of 2009

Nov 3, 11:59

Front projector vendors are seeing chip shortage, especially for DLP chips from Texas Instruments (TI), amid surging demand since the second quarter of 2009, and they expect the shortage...

Pico projectors for handsets to see staggering growth in 2012, says Young Optics president

Nov 2, 16:57

Claude Hsu, president of Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, has predicted that shipments of pico projectors for handsets will grow to 10-25 million units in 2012, compared...

Coretronic 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$900 million

Oct 30, 16:53

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$647.14 million) with an operating income of NT$463 million...

Qisda announces net profit for 3Q09

Oct 21, 11:48

Qisda has released its third-quarter financial report, recording a consolidated net profit of NT$841 million (US$26 million), 17.3% gross margin, and EPS of NT$0.44. Operating income...

Taiwan market: Front projector prices to drop 35-40% in 2009

Sep 22, 11:42

Front projector prices in the Taiwan market are expected to drop by 35-40% on-year in 2009, with the 2,000-3,000 lumen segment seeing the biggest decrease, according to market sour...

Coretronic posts on-month growth in August revenues

Sep 10, 15:28

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.94 billion (US$181.68 million) for August, a growth of 11.62% from NT$5.32 billion for July, but...

Pico projector market to take off in 2010

Sep 7, 16:27

Demand for pico projectors is estimated to take off in 2010 with DLP and LCoS being the mainstream technologies, according to market observers.

Qisda August revenues drop on lower LCD monitor shipments

Sep 7, 13:38

Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.07 billion (US$215.27 million) for August, decreasing 5.3% from NT$7.47 billion for July and 15.9% from NT$8.4 billion for August...

Taiwan market: Chimei and BenQ win government procurement orders for LCD TVs

Sep 3, 15:04

Taiwan-based brand vendors Chimei and BenQ have together landed 60-70% of recently released government educational procurement orders for LCD TVs for senior high schools, with 90%...

US projector market up 12% sequentially in 2Q09, says iSuppli

Aug 31, 16:42

Shipments of front projectors in North America rose 12.4% in the second quarter of 2009 to reach 440,322 units, up from 391,646 in the first quarter, according to iSuppli. This contrasts...

Young Optics trims pico projector revenue goal for 2009

Aug 17, 15:56

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, a subsidiary of backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic, has lowered pico projectors' estimated share of revenues to 5% from 19% for 2009,...

Taiwan market: Projector shipments in 2Q09 drop below 20,000 units, says IDC

Aug 17, 10:25

Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market dropped to only 15,300 units in the second quarter of 2009, lower than the previous seven-quarterly average of over 20,000 units, according...