Feb 20, 2001

Sceptre Introduces Their Soundx Notebooks Into the
Canada's Mass Merchant Market Channel

City of Industry, California - January 31, 2001 - Strengthening their commitment to the technology industry, Sceptre Technologies today announced that they have introduced their notebook line to the mass merchants of Canada. The first model to hit Canada is the S69002. This award-winning notebook is currently being offered nationwide at CompuSmart, CompuCentre, and MicroAge locations as well as online at www.compusmart.com. For 2,995 Canadian Dollars (CDN), customers can purchase the S69002 notebook consisting of a 15" SXGA/XGA TFT LCD screen, an Intel Pentium III 700 MHz CPU, 128 MB of RAM, a 20 GB Hard Drive, a built-in FDD, an 8X DVD-Rom Drive, and a built-in 56K V.90 fax modem. "We believe Canada's mass merchant channel will better serve to make our award-winning products more easily accessible to end users via the mass merchants," says Stephen Liu, CEO of Sceptre Technologies.
For more information on Sceptre's entire product line, please visit Sceptre's website at www.sceptre.com or contact Li Ding, Marketing Manager at (626) 369-3698 xtn. 1708 or e-mail 
liding@sceptre.com. You may also contact Klairat Srivivatanakul, Marketing Coordinator at (626) 369-3698 xtn. 1705 or e-mail klairat-sriv@sceptre.com. 
Product shot can be downloaded at the following : http://www.sceptre.com/Support/FTP2/index.htm.   

Company Background
Sceptre Electronic Components and Computer Equipment began in 1972 as an OEM Taiwanese manufacturer of electronic products such as calculators. By the end of 1997, Sceptre and it's parent organization in Taiwan, successfully shipped more than 60,000 notebook computers, 10,000 LCD flat panel displays and 200,000 CRT display monitors per month with a sales volume of more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Through such growth, Sceptre and its affiliated company has become one of the largest suppliers of OEM computer monitors and notebook computers worldwide. In 1992, Sceptre entered into the Canadian market to further expand on their growing stature. Committed to providing unparalleled products along with world-class service, Sceptre's reputation is consistently reflected by the IT media's great reviews. Sceptre received PC World Top 10 Monitors Award (February 2001), PC World Top 15 Notebooks Award (November 2000 issue), Best Buy awards from LAPTOP Magazine (October and November 2000 issues) and Computer Shopper (November 2000 issue). In April 2000, Mobile Computing gave Sceptre's Soundx notebook its "First Class Award". Government Computer News rated Sceptre's Soundx6600 "A+" for its strong overall performance in April 2000. Sceptre's Soundx 5200 made the Top 10 and Top 15 Notebooks list in PC World's November 1999 and January 2000 issues respectively. In October 1998, Computer Reseller News noted the S6800 notebook's "sizzling performance" and recommended it to their readers. In September 1998, Mobile Computing gave the FT15+ LCD flat panel their "First Class Award", and in July 1998, Byte Magazine gave the BT15+ a four star rating. At Comdex Canada '98, Sceptre was awarded the prestigious "Innovation Award" by Canadian Computer Wholesaler. The Computer Paper gave the D73A CRT monitor their "Overall Performance Award" in August 1998. Computing Canada gave its Four-Star Rating to the FT15 LCD in March 1998 and a similar Four-Star Rating to the D97A 19-inch monitor in April 1998. In August 1997, Sceptre's P75a 17-inch flat-square monitor won the "Technical Excellence Award" from Canadian Computer Wholesaler. Headquartered in City of Industry, California, Sceptre Technologies has factories in Taiwan and China with warehouses throughout North America.

* Product(s) specifications subject to change without notice.