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Chi Mei Optoelectronic votes "no" to cutting LCD production

by Darren Murph posted Nov 28th 2008 at 10:03AM


With practically every other flat-panel maker out there cutting back production like it's going out of style, it's no shock that rumors were a-flowin' that LCD maker Chi Mei Optoelectronic would soon be following suit. After suffering a $125 million loss in Q3 and facing a grim Q4, the outfit has proudly proclaimed that it has zero intentions of shutting down factories or otherwise lowering production in order to counter the slump. 'Course, CMO did trim output by around 20% last quarter, but in an official filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange, it clearly stated that it currently had "no plans to close factories as reported by the media." So, what exactly is it doing? Encouraging employees to take unpaid vacations. Interesting.

[Image courtesy of UberGizmo]

CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel

by Darren Murph posted Oct 29th 2008 at 11:40AM

Call us crazy, but we're thinking the OLED battle is totally on. With the novelty of Sony's XEL-1 behind us and the lust for bigger screen sizes completely consuming our minds, we're drooling at the mere thought of a 25-inch OLED panel that checks in at just 1-millimeter thick. Taiwan's Chi Mei EL was caught showing off the long-awaited display at the FPD International exhibition in Japan (last year's image shown), where it explained to onlookers that the marvel featured a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 and was capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. Regrettably, there was no mention of an expected release date, but we'll be watching at CES 2009 just in case (one of our) wildest dreams come true.

[Via OLED-Display]

Chi Mei tosses in an Xbox 360 with its LCD HDTVs

by Darren Murph posted Jan 27th 2008 at 3:23AM


Enticing consumers to pick up a new HDTV by throwing in a fairly attractive bonus is quite an antiquated (but still incredibly effective) trick, and it seems as if Chi Mei is resorting to such tactics to move its 42- and 50-inch 1080p LCD HDTVs. Reportedly, the group is bundling the aforementioned sets with Xbox 360s during the 2008 Taipei Game Show, but we've no idea if it plans on keeping the promotion alive after January 28th comes and goes. Now, if only there were an HD DVD add-on thrown in, we might consider ourselves sold.

CMO's 42-inch 1080p LCD: $1,665 now in Europe, Q2 US

by Thomas Ricker posted Feb 5th 2007 at 10:47AM


Look out Westinghouse and Vizio, Taiwan's Chi Mei has a new 42-inch, 1080p LCD TV looking for market share at the low-to-mid end of the big panel LCD spectrum. Shipping now in Taiwan and Europe, model DTL-742E500 is expected to make its US premier sometime in Q2 -- about the time we expect their 47-inch Quad HD LCD to ship. Their new set swaddles a Faroudja DCDi scaler and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) panel with a 1200:1 contrast ratio, 500cd/m2 brightness, 176-degree viewing angle, 6.5-ms response, and 2x HDMI inputs among a healthy collection of in and outs. Expected to pop at your local big box for right around $1,665 or less by the time it arrives.

[Via Akihabara News]




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