US-based LCD TV brand Vizio has launched five M series edge-type LED-backlit LCD TVs in Taiwan, according to the vendor's Taiwan-based manufacture partner Amtran Technology.

With the five models from the M series, Vizio now has a line up of LCD TVs covering the 32- to 55-inch segment in the Taiwan market, Amtran added.

The retail prices of the M series are: NT$27,900 (US$871.48) for 32-inch, NT$32,900 for 37-inch, NT$42,900 for 42-inch, NT$52,900 for 47-inch and NT$83,900 for 55-inch.

Commenting on the US LCD TV market, Amtran chairman Alpha Wu said Vizio will regain the leading position in the fourth quarter of 2010 from Samsung Electronics, as the gap between them is narrowing.

It took five years for Vizio to become one of the leading vendors in the US market, Wu said, adding it has just entered the top-10 ranking in Taiwan market and is aiming at a top-five position in 2010.