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Taiwan market: Optoma releases low-cost XGA front projectors

Press release, September 26; Emily Chuang, DIGITIMES Asia 0

Optoma recently introduced four new DLP (digital light processing) business-use front projectors in the Taiwan market with three of the new models featuring XGA resolution (1,024×768), according to the company.

Optoma cited figures from International Data Corporation (IDC) in saying that the company ranked second with a 16.4% market share in the Taiwan projector market in the second quarter of this year.

Specifications of Optoma's latest DLP projectors

Model number

EP706

EP709

EP7150

EP719H

Resolution

800×600

1024×768

1024×768

1024×768

Contrast ratio

2,000:1

2,200:1

2,500:1

2,500:1

Brightness (lumens)

1,800

1,800

2,000

2,500

Pricing (NT$)

19,999

29,999

39,999

44,000

Source: Company, compiled by DigiTimes, September 2006.

Taiwan market: Top six projector vendor market share, 2Q06

Vendors

Market share

Epson

20.1%

Optoma

16.4%

BenQ

12.6%

Panasonic

9.6%

ViewSonic

8.6%

Others

32.8%

Source: Optoma citing data from IDC, compiled by DigiTimes, September 2006.

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The Optoma EP7150.
Photo: Company

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The Optoma EP709.
Photo: Company