BenQ....Inspired by Acer

[TheCorm]

Did Acer become BenQ??....or is BenQ a shootoff company from Acer?

Jamie

 

[EY2K]

Acer became Benq some years ago. BenQ=Acer or vice versa.

 

[jagr10]

I think BenQ is a division of acer. All these companies are merged or divisions. Same with Logitech/Labtec.

 

[boyRacer]

Acer/ALi/Aopen/Benq plus a bunch more ...all together i think.

 

[TheCorm]

Some Acer Products are still being sold now....Laptops for example.

 

[VBboy]

Acer = Benq.

Btw, PackardBell still exists! That's right. http://www.packardbell.co.uk/

They are hardly recognizeable now, though.

 

[psy44]

Wow, packard bell still exists, cool! I still have my crappy p1 from them, thanks for the crappiest thing ever!

 

[jagr10]

I remember when packard bell was all over the place back in the day. Then they were somehow ousted. What's the story there?

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: VBboy
Acer = Benq.

Btw, PackardBell still exists! That's right. http://www.packardbell.co.uk/

They are hardly recognizeable now, though.

for some reason... after reading ur post, i thought "what ever happened to tandy?"

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: psy44
Wow, packard bell still exists, cool! I still have my crappy p1 from them, thanks for the crappiest thing ever!

I had a Packard Bell monitor go up in flames on it's own after acting up for a while, got a new one and had the same problem, lol, I think i should have looked into a lawsuit becuz it was dangorus to be around, and they never worked right. Their computers were pretty much crapy too, and other poor decisions lead to the demise of the company I myself am not complaining

 

[TheCorm]

I too owned a packard bell...it was a pile of arse.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: jagr10
I remember when packard bell was all over the place back in the day. Then they were somehow ousted. What's the story there?

Junk product, nightmare support, and some sort of natural disaster gutted their US HQ.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

from benq.com:

Year Milestones
December 2001 Changed name from "Acer Communications & Multimedia Inc." to "BENQ Corporation"
November 2000 PDP(Plasma Display Panel) Launched
June 2000 Changed name from "Acer Peripherals Inc." to "Acer Communications & Multimedia Inc."
April 2000 DLP Projector launched.
March 2000 Acquisition of Bri-Link Technology Co., Ltd.
December 1999 Opening of Jiandong Plant.
March 1999 Opening of Minhu R&D center (Taipei).
February 1999 Dye-sub photo printer launched.
May 1998 Digital projector launched.
February 1998 CD-RW 2X2X6X launched.
January 1998 Acer Suzhou Techno Park (ASTP) founded.
December 1997 GSM phone G201 launched.
October.1997 LCD Monitor launched.
July.1997 Sheet-feeder scanner launched.
July.1996 Acer Peripherals stock formally listed.
November.1995 Set up the headquarters and main production facility at 157, Shan-Ying Road, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C..
October.1995 AcerScan 300C flatbed scanner successfully launched.
December.1994 2X CD-ROM drives successfully launched.
April.1993 Acer Peripherals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. was established in Mainland China to produce computer peripherals.
April 1992 Established US-based subsidiary, Acer Peripherals Labs, Inc., to develop the U.S. market and offer after-service.
Nov 1989 Acer Technologies Sdn. Bhd. established.
April.1989 Acer Peripherals began production of monitors and shifted from computers to computer peripherals.
October.1986 Approved for registered capital increase and production of AC power supplier, engineering workstations and monitors.
April.1984 Company registered.

 

[LikeLinus]

NEC owns Packard Bell.

PB was some of the worst computer products EVAR!!!