This is a reply I got from a sales rep at the Yusong company, the supplier of LCD screens that MW referenced in his piece. I went back and forth trying to get the rep to give me CCME as a referencable customer or at least give me the stats in terms of purchases. This was his response:
Hello
Thanks for your reply, here is my response
1. China Media Express is the only company that authorized by China Government and Main business is Bus Audio media system. It has many companies in China.
2. Normally this company bought bus lcd monitors from several different company including us. We offer service to them,After they install the bus monitors on the bus, Then a lot company who want to broadcast the advertisement or programme need to pay for them . We also sell a lot bus monitors to them, But I am not sure how many we sold to them every year, Maybe between 3000-4000pcs.
3. I see your photo, and I know Where the photo from It is a Video that made by an foreign customer. That products is what we make, It is a bus monitor, And linked to a hard disc player(in the front of the car) . Then it can broadcast the advertisement.
4. I recommend you our 15” bus monitor with Hard disc player 15 inch we have manual model and fixed model, pls see attached photo.
5. The Failure/downtime rates is about 0.5%, The usage time of the screem is 50000hours.
6. We always recommend customer buy one piece to test quality but not to ask our other customers,also we seldom disclose customer's info to other customer, hope you can understand. The products will show the all function for you. If your market can accept this model and the price, we can send you one sample within 7 days after you pay the sample cost, We can send to you via DHL or TNT,Fedex with freight collect
Any questions, contact me freely, I will write you back ASAP.
Tony
Sales Manager
2011-03-26