All good things must come to an end, and although Prime View led the way in development of a seven-inch screen, other firms were already circling for their bite of this profitable market. Prime View, unable to compete at the low profit margins that larger firms could tolerate, was back in the soup.
好景不長，元太雖然率先開發 7 吋中尺寸面板，但看到有利可圖，多家大尺寸面板商也紛紛加入戰局，難抵大廠競相削減毛利的元太，再度身陷苦戰。