headquarters brea california united states key people james chu founder ceo products computer display revenue 1.2 billion 2011 usd website 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 mini and all in one pcs and wireless monitors to asus acer and much more . the privately held company has approximately 1 billion in worldwide sales annually . viewsonic s headquarters are located in brea california united states . contents 1 history 2 products 3 main competitors 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was initially founded as keypoint technology corporation in 1987 by james chu . in 1990 it launched the viewsonic line of color computer monitors and shortly afterwards the company renamed itself after its brand . 1 the viewsonic logo features gouldian finches colorful birds native to australia . 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 millennium . in 2000 viewsonic acquired the nokia display products branded business . 2 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 . . 3 in 2007 viewsonic launched its general support center gsc in wuhan china . gsc specialized in finance customer service sales support supply chain management and excel related services and business process integration . gsc enable viewsonic to concentrate on their core areas while outsourcing their non core areas of business gsc . 4 on july 2 2007 the company filed with the securities and exchange commission to raise up to 143.8 m in an ipo on nasdaq . 5 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 . 6 products edit a viewsonic 17 inch lcd monitor . in 1998 viewsonic announced that two of its professional series monitors achieved tco 99 certification . 7 in 2000 viewsonic partnered with at & t corporation 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 . 8 in 2002 viewsonic announced a 3840 x 2400 wquxga 22.2 inch monitor vp2290 . 9 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 400 mhz intel xscale processor 32mb rom 64mb ram and 802.11 b wireless and a usb wireless hub for the host pc . citation needed 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 . 10 the viewsonic lcd monitor range currently includes four product groups the va value range the vg multimedia range the vx gamer range and the vp professional range . citation needed the two letter range codes are always used at the start of the product name followed by a number which indicates the diagonal screen size . they also produce the optiquest line of budget displays . viewsonic singapore unveiled their latest projectors series the pjd7 that is designed for education and commercial use and pro8 which is ideal for businesses and homes . 11 on may 31 2011 the viewpad 7x debuted at the computex computer show in taipei taiwan pocket lint reported being a follow up rather than a replacement to viewsonic s existing viewpad 7 tablet which runs android 2.2 aka froyo . 12 main competitors edit asus acer aoc nec display solutions samsung electronics lg electronics benq see also edit qxga viewsonic g tablet references edit james chu 1 8 asian american rags to riches success stories . goldsea . viewsonic corporation acquires nokia display products branded business archived december 9 2008 at the wayback machine . january 17 2000 accessed july 3 2007 f. moltzen edward 2005 12 13 . viewsonic prevails in patent dispute . channelweb network . cmp media llc . retrieved 2007 07 07 . wuhan viewsonic service center . wuhan viewsonic service center . retrieved 7 may 2016 . viewsonic registers for ipo forbes . access date 3 july 2007 . re viewsonic corporation withdrawal of registration statement on form s 1 file no. 333 144262 securities and exchange commission . access date 8 march 2008 09 . world first as viewsonic monitors achieve tco 99 . prnewswire.co.uk press release . pr newswire europe ltd. 1998 10 29 . retrieved 2007 07 07 . viewsonic corporation unveils state of the art internet appliances announces strategic relationship with at & t worldnet service . prnewswire.co.uk press release . pr newswire europe ltd. 2000 08 01 . retrieved 2007 07 07 . viewsonic brings world s highest resolution monitor to its lcd lineup 9.2 mega pixel lcd display provides professionals with photographic quality images press release . new york viewsonic press releases . 25 june 2002 . archived from the original on 7 december 2002 . burke steven 2007 01 09 . ces 2007 viewsonic drives ipod integration . channelweb network . cmp media llc . retrieved 2007 07 07 . viewsonic singapore launches pjd7 and pro8 series projectors . vr zone . lance whitney cnet . report viewsonic to win 7 inch honeycomb tablet race . may 13 2011 . retrieved may 13 2011 . 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