Syntax Appoints Display Industry Veteran Sam Miller Chief Product Officer; Former Viewsonic Executive to Lead Syntax's Strategic Engineering & Product Marketing Initiatives
Former Viewsonic Executive to Lead Syntax Groups' Strategic Engineering & Product Marketing Initiatives
City of Industry, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- Syntax Groups Corporation(tm),
one of the fastest-growing manufacturers of LCD TVs in North America, today
announced the strategic appointment of display industry executive Samuel Miller
to the new position of Chief Product Officer. In this role, Miller is
responsible for defining and executing Syntax’s global product strategy and
development including engineering requirements, product definition and IDs,
components procurement, product planning, positioning, and market requirements.
He will also head the creation of a state-of-the-art video development lab for
Syntax’s Olevia(tm) LCD TVs and LCOS TVs.
Miller joins Syntax from
Viewsonic where during the course of his 10-year career there he transitioned
the company’s CRT monitor business to LCDs, and later directed its technical
marketing and engineering programs for digital TVs including plasma and LCD TVs.
He also directed Viewsonic Labs through which he created product development
processes resulting in a significant increase in its overall award-winning
product line.
“Sam’s leadership in the display arena is a vital element
in our evolution to become a Tier One digital TV manufacturer,” said James Li,
Chief Executive Officer of Syntax Groups Corporation. “We selected him for the
newly-created chief product officer’s position in order to give our LCD TV
product development and technical marketing efforts the focus and direction
required for Syntax’s products to be truly recognized in the industry for the
solid value they bring to consumers.”
Leveraging his career successes,
Miller is chartered with creating an infrastructure for developing high
performance digital TV product configurations and features with the consumer and
marketplace in mind, and that provide a quality front of screen viewing
experience at a very competitive price/performance ratio.
Also joining
Syntax to assist Miller in building and managing the company’s new video
development lab is Scott Anderson, another display expert formerly with
Viewsonic. Through their combined expertise, Miller and Anderson will create a
controlled environment for evaluating components, measuring, testing and tuning
display performance to optimize Syntax’s LCD TVs and LCOS TVs.
Since
introducing Olevia LCD TVs to consumers last year, the Syntax Olevia brand has
steadily increased its popularity and today is recognized as the number three
LCD TV in North America according to the leading market research organization,
DisplaySearch.
About Olevia LCD TVs
Syntax’s Olevia LCD TVs are
designed to deliver a total quality digital entertainment experience with great
specifications, great prices and value, and a great warranty. Using high quality
LCD panels, Olevia LCD TVs feature high resolution and high contrast ratios,
fast response times, bright, wide viewing angles, built-in TV tuners,
Picture-in-Picture (PIP) capability, HDTV component inputs, and a VGA input for
easy connection to a PC. Olevia models allow simultaneous viewing of TV or DVD
movies while surfing the Internet or accessing standard PC desktop functions.
Syntax’s current line of richly appointed, competitively priced Olevia LCD TVs
includes 20-inch, 26-inch, 27-inch, 30-inch, the Super-IPS based 32-inch and
37-inch models, and a 50-inch LCOS rear projection TV. Syntax’s newest LCD TV,
the 42-inch Olevia, is scheduled for availability in July 2005. During the
second half of 2005, Syntax plans to launch additional models including a
47-inch LCD TV, and a 65-inch LCOS RPTV.
Syntax is now implementing its
proprietary “iDEA” (Innovative Digitally Enhanced Architecture) digital video
processing technology into Olevia LCD TVs for image enhancements including
Dynamic Brightness and Contrast Controls, Pure Edge Enhancement, Advanced
Sharpness Control, Dynamic Noise Reduction, Black Level Extender, White Peak
Limiter, Flesh Tone Control, Adaptive Luma Control and an Advanced Digital Sound
Processor.
About Syntax Groups
Founded in May
2003, Syntax Groups Corporation (www.syntaxgroups.com) manufactures the high-value,
cost-effective Olevia family of widescreen HDTV-ready LCD TVs. Since the company
commenced its initial shipments of Olevia LCD TVs in April 2004, Syntax has
achieved unparalleled growth and is now recognized as one of the fastest growing
LCD TV brands in North America with a position in the “Top 5” North American LCD
TV brands and approximately 7% market share. Worldwide, Syntax is ranked in the
“Top 10” LCD TV brands. Delivering on its mission to design and mass-produce
digital convergence consumer electronics products with superior specifications
and competitively affordable prices, and support consumers of its Olevia brand
with a unique customer-friendly after-sale warranty program, Syntax has rapidly
established broad distribution in the North American retail sales channel and
has expanded operations into Asia. With its partner company Taiwan Kolin Company
(TSE:1606.TW, www.kolin.com.tw), Syntax Groups maintains an R&D center
and mass manufacturing at DigiMedia (www.digimedia.com.tw), its own factory in Tainan, Taiwan, plus
its own final assembly and quality control production facility at Syntax
headquarters located at 20480 E. Business Parkway, City of Industry (Southern
California) 91789.
Syntax Groups Corporation and Olevia are trademarks
of Syntax Groups Corporation.
Contact:
Pattie Adams
Syntax Groups
Corporation
909/859-8432
pattieadams @ syntaxgroups.com
www.syntaxgroups.com
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