Video Technology Ltd. (VTech) is a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of consumer electronics, such a telephones and accessories and single-function computers, such as email appliances and simple computers for children, which are usually portable, battery-operated, and play one or more educational games. It was founded in 1976, and as of 2004, it has approximately 20,000 employees worldwide.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, VTech also produced personal computers, including a series of IBM compatible PCs and the Laser 128, which was the only 100% legal clone of the popular Apple IIc computer. Apple Computer challenged VTech in court, much as it had Franklin Computer Corporation, but the Laser 128 had been produced by reverse engineering without violating any of Apple's copyrights or patents and stood up to Apple's legal challenges.

VTech stayed in the personal computer market until the days of the Intel 80486, mostly selling its computers at retail mass market stores under the VTech, Laser, and Leading Technology brand names.

External link

• VTech website

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VTech is one of the world's biggest producers of cordless telephones and children's computers.

Founded in 1976, VTech has a corporate culture rooted in "Innovation & Technology". The Group invested US$33.2 million in R&D in the financial year 2004 and launches numerous innovative and high quality products each year. With headquarters in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in mainland China, VTech currently has a presence in 10 countries and approximately 20,000 employees, including around 730 R&D professionals in R&D centres in Canada, Hong Kong SAR and mainland China.