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Vizio to unveil computers at CES

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 07 Jan 2012 4:12 User comments (10)

Vizio to unveil computers at CES Vizio, which quietly took over the U.S. HDTV market with its low-priced offerings, has plans to do the same to the PC market.
The company will show off two desktops and three notebooks at next week's CES show, said Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae. The computers will go on sale in June and McRae says they will sell at "a price that just doesn't seem possible."

Vizio started in 2002 and the company became so popular due to their good quality at low price points that two veterans, Philips and Pioneer, eventually left the market completely. "It's very similar to TV -- we want to get in there and disrupt it," added McRae. "We think most PCs have been designed for the small-business users, that others have not done a very good job of making them entertainment devices."



The desktops will be "all-in-ones" with 24 or 27-inch displays. That market is currently dominated by Apple's iMacs and HP devices. The notebooks will be a 15.6-inch model and two smaller ultrabooks. Each of the devices will have "entertainment features that deliver audio and video to Vizio TVs and speakers," notes the company.

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10 user comments

17.1.2012 22:56

Do we really need another PC Manufacturer?

28.1.2012 10:34

It will cause lower prices and better products.....IMO

38.1.2012 14:05

If their computers are as good as their HDTVs, then they will definitely kick a**!

49.1.2012 12:09

It'll sell............to uninformed, ignorant and dumb poor ghetto people that don't know any better.

59.1.2012 12:10

Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
If their computers are as good as their HDTVs, then they will definitely kick a**!
WTF???? You must be shell shocked grandpa because I'm guessing you haven't had your Visio TV for very long. You'll see...........eventually.

69.1.2012 17:30

look what it says in grampas sig,idiot.if you are too stupid to understand what it means the best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut and quit offending everyone on this site.this forum is to discuss news items,not to denigrate people or their opinions.just as you are entitled to your opinions,so are they.

79.1.2012 20:27

Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
If their computers are as good as their HDTVs, then they will definitely kick a**!
WTF???? You must be shell shocked grandpa because I'm guessing you haven't had your Visio TV for very long. You'll see...........eventually.
You are confused; Vizio is a consumer electronics company. Visio is graphical program from Microsoft.
Vizio is growing faster than any other company in their market, and eating their competitor's lunch with high quality products at below market price points.
Vizio is proof of why capitalism works; with competition, everyone benefits (except the loser :) )

89.1.2012 21:57

hearme0, watch the attitude as you are starting to piss me off & you will loose with me, understood!!

913.1.2012 12:10

Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
If their computers are as good as their HDTVs, then they will definitely kick a**!
WTF???? You must be shell shocked grandpa because I'm guessing you haven't had your Visio TV for very long. You'll see...........eventually.
My Vizio is going on 5 years now. Not a single problem, other than being too small. :P

1014.1.2012 08:56

They make an excellent product.

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