Optoma
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| Industry | Electronics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | SY Chen, CEO |
Number of employees | 500+ (2021) |
| Parent | Coretronic Corporation |
| Website | www.optoma.com |
Optoma is a multinational company that specializes in the marketing and sales of large-format display solutions and services, including projectors, interactive flat panels, large all-in-one LED displays, and image processing equipment. It serves a wide variety of market sectors including home, corporate, education, large venue, entertainment, museums, retail, and simulation.[1]
Optoma has regional headquarters in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and China, which has facilities for R&D, Sales, Marketing, and services.
Products
Projectors
Optoma offers a wide range of projectors with differing throw ratios, lumens, and interchangeable lenses suitable for different use cases, ranging from home entertainment to professional live events. Optoma projectors use lasers, bulbs, and LEDs as light sources.
A notable product series in the home segment is the CinemaX line of ultra short throw projectors.
Interactive Flat Panels
Optoma offers interactive flat panels for education and business use, with sizes ranging from 65-inch to 86-inches.
All-in-one LED Displays
With its acquisition of Calibre, Optoma is able to offer 130” and 163” LED displays with built-in scaling and switching. These high-end displays are generally used in situations where high-brightness is important due to the amount of ambient lighting, such as in exhibitions, high-end retail stores, corporate lobbies, etc.
History
The Optoma brand has its origins as early as 1992 under the Coretronic Group (Taiwan). Regional headquarters were established in the Americas (1995) and Europe (1997), leading up to the establishment of Optoma. The Optoma brand was born in 2000 and Optoma became globally established in 2002.[2]
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2000 | The Optoma brand was born. |
| 2002 | Optoma is established.[3] |
| 2003 | Optoma launched world’s first 65-inch DLP Projection television [4] and won the Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Award in 2003.[5] |
| 2005 | Optoma announced the world's first all-in-one DVD projector, the MovieTime™ [6] DV10.[7] |
| 2006 | Optoma launched HD81-World’s 1st 1080P Home Cinema Projector. |
| 2008 | Optoma launched PK101-World’s 1st Pico Projector. |
| 2013-2015 | An ultra-mobile LED light source projector range (ML750/ML1000) [8] as well as Optoma's first laser phosphor technology illuminated projector (ZU650) [9] was announced in 2013 and 2015 respectively. |
| 2014 | Optoma acquired California-based NuForce, a manufacturer of consumer audio equipment.[10] |
| 2016 |
Infocomm 2016 (Las Vegas) saw the announcement of the world's first 4K UHD ultra short throw laser projector from Optoma.[11] |
| 2017 |
Optoma provided the first 4K UHD laser projector UHZ65 for the home cinema category. |
| 2018 |
In CES 2018, Optoma announced the UHD51A, the world's 1st 4K UHD projector which can work with Amazon Alexa voice assistant. Utilizing Texas Instruments' DLP projection technology,[12] |
| 2019 |
Optoma announced all-in-one QUAD LED display (FHDQ130), ProScene 4K UHD Laser Projector (ZK1050) and the Dolby Digital 2.0 Smart 4K UHD Laser Cinema (P1). |
| 2020 | Optoma launched FHDQ163, an all-in-one 163" LED display as well as two new interactive flat panel series, the 3-Series and 5-Series. |
| 2021 | Optoma launched UHD35, a gaming projector with 4ms response time. |
References
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- ^ "About Optoma". Optoma Corporate Marketing. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Optoma Corporation Profile". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Widescreen Review Webzine | News | Optoma Introduces New HD2 DLP Rear Projection TVs". www.widescreenreview.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Herman, Ami. "Optoma Utilizes Oplus Technologies' Rembrandt-1 Chip in its Award-Winning High Definition Rear Projection TVs | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "MOVIETIME Trademark - Registration Number 3043237 - Serial Number 76528626 :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com.
- ^ "ProjectorCentral News - Jan 6 2005 - Optoma Announces MovieTime DV10 Projector With DVD". www.projectorcentral.com.
- ^ Kayye, Gary (11 April 2016). "Optoma Launches Ultra-Light, Short Throw Projector Aimed at Both Business and Home - rAVe [Publications]". rAVe Publications. rAVe Publications. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ ASHLEY, CHARLOTTE (February 2016). "Optoma launches 6,000 lumen laser | Products | InAVate". www.inavateonthenet.net. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Optoma Acquires Acclaimed Californian Consumer Audio Company NuForce". AudioXpress. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Irving, Michael (10 June 2016). "This projector can throw 100-inch UHD video from just 2 inches". newatlas.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Benedict, Emily (13 January 2015). "21 Scientific And Technical Achievements To Be Honored With Academy Awards®". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Optoma official website". Optoma Global.