Vizio entering PC labtop market

[Woochifer]

Wooch, may be you should be a contribute writer for one of those tech magazines

No thanks. So much of what passes for journalism at tech publications is nothing more than link baiting. A style guide for AOL (which publishes Engadget, Fanhouse, Huffington Post, and other popular online media sites) that got leaked online last year laid it all out -- it's all about goading readers into clicking headlines. Think about this next time you end up looking at some top 10 list that's nothing more than link bait to get you to make 10 clicks on a slide show.

You probably right about Pioneer. Shifting of consumer from Plasma to LCD and others catching up to Pioneer in picture quality (at lower price) probably did Pioneer in.

But, it was primarily their production inefficiencies. All the way to the end, Pioneer could only cut one plasma panel from a single sheet of glass, whereas Panasonic and Samsung (and presumably LG) were able to cut 8 panels from one sheet. Pioneer could afford to maintain inefficient processes if they could sell their HDTVs at premium prices, but once the price points went into a nosedive, they had no choice but to exit the market.

Looks like that is where they are focused since their two PC models are all-in-one PCs. There are couple of manufcatures beside Apple that makes all-in-one Pcs, but they are rather pricey. Maybe that is where Vizio is trying to undercut the competition. But first we have to see the pricing

Yeah, surprise surprise, Vizio is trying to copy the look of Apple's iMac, everything down to the chiclet keyboard and trackpad.

Right now, Apple controls about 1/3 of the all-in-one PC market. They are pricey primarily because Apple does not sell any entry level spec'd models, and all of their iMacs use the more expensive LED-backlit IPS LCD displays. Dell, Lenovo, and HP all sell less expensive all-in-one PCs, but those are entry level models with lower performance. Apple aims at the most profitable segments of the market, and ignores the entry level lines because that's where profits get sucked into the black hole.

HP already sells their Omni all-in-one PC starting at under $500, so I don't see how much further down Vizio can go. If Vizio undercuts those brands by a wide margin, I'd be very curious as to the components they use since budget PCs will often sacrifice build and component quality to hit that lower price target. Vizio won't gain a significant advantage by outsourcing, since these PC makers contract with the same manufacturers.