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TPV Technology

TPV Technology is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand TPV Technology rather than just read about it. In short: TPV Technology Limited (informally TPV, Chinese: 冠捷科技) is a Fortune China 500 multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, and incorporated in Bermuda. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of computer monitors with a 33% market share.

Key takeaways

TPV Technology belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect TPV Technology to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of TPV Technology from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

TPV Technology Limited (informally TPV, Chinese: 冠捷科技) is a Fortune China 500 multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, and incorporated in Bermuda. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of computer monitors with a 33% market share. TPV designs and produces a full range of CRT and TFT LCD monitors as well as LCD TVs for distribution globally. It owns brands such as AOC, Envision, and Philips for some products (TPV obtained the brand name of Philips from Koninklijke Philips N.V.). It is also an original design manufacturer for other companies. The company started privatization in late 2019.

History The company was founded in 1990 in Taiwan as Top Victory Electronics, as the mainland China manufacturing plant of AOC International (founded in 1967). In September 2005, TPV Technology acquired part of Philips' monitor and entry-level flat screen TV sets manufacturing business, making it the largest display manufacturer in the world, and TPV got the brand license for Philips monitors and Philips entry-level TV sets. In March 2008, TPV acquired a business operation from Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation. In June 2009 MMD (Multimedia Displays) as a wholly owned company of TPV was established through a brand license agreement with Philips, and its role is to exclusively market and sell Philips branded LCD monitors and displays worldwide. Three categories of Philips product lines are included under the agreement: the Business and Consumer Range of LCD monitors, Public Signage and Hotel/Hospitality TV. In April 2011, TPV Technology and Philips agreed to form a Netherlands-based television manufacturing joint venture comprising all of Philips' television operations, and owned 70% by TPV Technology and 30% by Philips. Creation of the joint venture, named TP Vision, was completed in April 2012. In January 2014, TPV Technology announced an agreement with Philips to transfer the remaining 30% shares to TPV, which was completed in May 2014, making TP Vision a wholly owned subsidiary of TPV Technology.

Operations TPV Technology manufactures CRT monitors, LCD monitors and LCD TVs. As of 2010, TPV had a total production capacity of 6.1 million monitors per month. TPV has five factories in China, two in Brazil, one in Poland and one in Russia, and sells its products worldwide.

References

External links Official website (in English)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with TPV Technology

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what TPV Technology claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to TPV Technology before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about TPV Technology ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of TPV Technology

In research: TPV Technology appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses TPV Technology in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: TPV Technology is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, Display technology companies, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for TPV Technology outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study TPV Technology in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what TPV Technology means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain TPV Technology out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is TPV Technology in simple terms?

Why does TPV Technology matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study TPV Technology?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on TPV Technology.