Vizio
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VIZIO Inc. | |
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Type | Corporation |
Founded | Costa Mesa, California, USA |
Headquarters | Irvine, California, USA |
Key people | William Wang, Founder / CEO |
Industry | Consumer electronics |
Products | Electronics; plasma and LCD TVs |
Website | vizio.com |
Vizio, is a privately-held producer of consumer electronics, based in Irvine California, USA. It was founded in October of 2002 as V Inc.,[1]
Vizio currently produces primarily LCD and plasma televisions. Amtran, a Taiwanese company, is one of a number of investors in Vizio.
As of 22 August 2007, Vizio is the largest LCD TV seller in North America, with 606,402 TVs sold in the second quarter of 2007, a 76% jump from the previous quarter. Its market share increased from 9.4% to 14.5%.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lawton, Christopher,Kane, Yukari, Iwatani Kane and Dean, Jason."U.S. Upstart Takes On TV Giants in Price War", The Wall Street Journal, 2008-04-15. Retrieved on April 15, 2008.
- ^ Vizio tops in LCD TV sales in second quarter at CNET.com