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NEW PROJECTORS FROM BARCO - AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE AND NOW WITH VENDOR FINANCE OPTIONS

Built on the success and worldwide acceptance of the DP90 and DP100 D-Cine projectors, Barco is proud to expand the DP series, with new models (DP-1500, DP-2000, DP-3000) targeted at a broader range of venues. These models are based on the Texas Instrument’s DLP Cinema 1.2 and 0.98 inch chips, which offer the flawless, pristine picture that has made DLP Cinema® famous. True, Texas Instruments’ technology is the kernel around which projectors from all major suppliers are designed. But with every Barco DP series projector, a series of six key differentiators separate us from the pack — giving you a remarkable advantage for the long term

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IMAGE QUALITY
Each Barco DP series projector is designed around a sealed engine, which effectively immunizes the system’s optical path against contamination by dirt and dust. By employing a sealed engine, blurring and dark spots are eliminated on screen – thus providing stable and superior image quality over time. The image you see upon first installation – is the same image you see with each subsequent projection.

EQUIPMENT LIFETIME
DLP Cinema technology is extremely reliable. The engine lifetime can be enhanced even further through a controlled and stabilized chip temperature. Barco’s exclusive cooling technology employs peltier elements to monitor the DLP Cinema Chip’s temperature, transfer heat as required, and maintain a steady engine temperature. The direct result is an extended engine lifetime which in turn could lower maintenance costs.

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
In the digital cinema environment, clearly, downtime and revenue are mutually exclusive. Barco’s solution is a modular design in which every core component is swappable via side access. This unique feature (standard on all DP series projectors) lowers downtime and improves overall service turnaround times. And modularity has an added benefit. If your facility switches modes from 2D to 3D projection, you can simply and rapidly swap lamp housings – rather than change bulbs in a single housing.

RELIABILITY
Each DP series projector is engineered for reliability and robustness – not simply in the engine and optical path, but in the basic power system itself. Redundant power supplies have been a mainstay of the IT industry for years, and that feature is now available in Barco’s DP series. This intelligent system not only provides electronic security, but security in the knowledge that your revenue streams are protected.

NOC COMPLIANCE
The need to monitor equipment in a contemporary networked environment is critical to your design and cost of operation – not only for statistical tracking, but for error reporting and fault analysis. Barco’s Communicator Software now offers an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) V3 agent that can monitor your facility’s projectors – locally or remotely. Reports can be issued to the customer, integrator, or to the NOC (Network Operations Center).

FUTURE PROOF
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) was a joint venture between seven major motion picture studios, whose mission was to establish uniform recommendations for the digital cinema industry. The objective was to ensure a high degree of technical performance, reliability and quality control in all digital cinema products. By being the first manufacturer to fully integrate a DCI-compliant hardware design into production, Barco’s position is bold – your investment is sound, with a future proof guarantee.

DP1500
Using the new 0.98 inch DLP Cinema chip from Texas Instruments, Barco introduces the DP-1500 – a little powerhouse designed for smaller venues, yet ideal for a host of new markets. For “satellite” theaters at large Cineplex facilities, business conference rooms, specialized “rental” cinema suites and screening rooms at a wide variety of production facilities, the DP-1500 offers Barco quality in an affordable and compact package.

Key benefits
• Suitable for screens up to 15m (49’) wide (screen gain 1.5; 14ft L)
• Sealed engine protects the optical path from dirt and dust, providing superior image quality over time and reducing maintenance costs
• Advanced DLP Cinema chip cooling
• Modular design facilitates all aspects of maintenance and serviceability
• Efficient short arc 3KW lamps
• New PC touch panel incorporates advanced “Communicator” software for streamlined network operations
• No need for expensive anamorphics on new generation 0.98 inch DLP Cinema projectors
• Optional motorized/memorized zoom, focus and lens shift adds convenience and repeatable accuracy
• 3D capabilities are standard, providing new revenue stream opportunities
• Optional CLO (Constant Light Output) feature monitors and adjusts lamp power, extending lamp life and maintaining image quality
• Optional SNMP agent provides local or remote system monitoring
• Direct after sales channel for qualified DHP lamps (including lamp and reflector warranty)
• Optional “universal” pedestal with integral rack
• Optional XYZ lamp alignment Key benefits

DP2000

Using the same 0.98 inch DLP Cinema Chip as the DP- 1500, Barco introduces the DP-2000 – a new Barco digital cinema platform for large and mid-market venues. The DP-2000 delivers remarkable brightness without sacrificing resolution, modularity, serviceability or overall system flexibility. The DP-2000 is suitable for a wide range of screens up to 20m and also is the most cost-effective 3D projector on the market today.

Suitable for screens up to 20m (65’) wide (screen gain 1.8; 14ft L)
• Sealed engine protects the optical path from dirt and dust, providing superior image quality over time and reducing maintenance costs
• Advanced DMD cooling technology extends the lifetime of the engine
• Modular design facilitates all aspects of maintenance and serviceability
• Employs efficient short arc 4kW lamps
• New PC touch panel incorporates advanced “Communicator” software for streamlined network operations
• Optional motorized/memorized zoom, focus and lens shift adds convenience and repeatable accuracy
• 3D capabilities are standard, providing new revenue stream opportunities
• Optional CLO (Constant Light Output) feature monitors and adjusts lamp power, extending lamp life and maintaining image quality
• Optional SNMP agent provides local or remote system monitoring
• Direct after sales channel for qualified DHP lamps (including lamp and reflector warranty)
• Optional “universal” pedestal with integral rack
• Optional XYZ lamp alignment
• Compatible spare parts for DP-1500 and DP-2000

DP3000

Built on the renowned DP100 chassis, and using the Texas Instrument’s 1.2 inch DLP Cinema Chip, the DP-3000 is Barco’s new flagship – the brightest digital cinema projector in the industry. With new lenses, a new optical design, the industry’s most efficient 6.5kW lamps and a remarkable maximum screen width, the DP-3000 truly exemplifies our leadership in image quality and engineering.

Suitable for screens up to 30m (98’) wide (screen gain 1.8; 14ft L, anamorphic)
• Sealed engine protects the optical path from dirt and dust, providing superior image quality over time and reducing maintenance costs
• Advanced DLP Cinema chip cooling technology extends the lifetime of the engine
• Optional motorized/memorized zoom, focus and lens shift adds convenience and repeatable accuracy
• 3D capabilities are standard, providing new revenue stream opportunities
• 7kW power box standard
• New “Communicator” software standard on the new PC touch panel
• Modular design facilitates all aspects of maintenance and serviceability
• Optional CLO (Constant Light Output) feature monitors and adjusts lamp power, extending lamp life and maintaining image quality
• Optional SNMP agent provides local or remote system monitoring
• Direct after sales channel for qualified DHP lamps (including lamp and reflector warranty)
• Compatible with 35mm lamps (but without reflector warranty)
• Optional pedestal with integral rack

COMMUNICATOR

Enhancing the overall ease-of-use of the DP series, Barco introduces the new Communicator Touch Panel as a standard projector component across all models. Designed for multi-user command and control, the Communicator enables users to learn quickly and operate efficiently – using an elegant and flexible touchscreen interface. The interface’s commonality means that operators can intuitively use any model in the product line, without restriction, and its user-friendly nature translates directly into a short and enjoyable learning curve.

Full version of Communicator software provided “as standard”
• Embedded PC version on the DP-2000 and DP-1500
• “Touch” PC component is removable, enabling customers to use their own SMS (Screen Management System) display
• Elementary redundant keypad is available on the projector
• Provides “fingertip” control over the projector’s lamp, dowser, test patterns, diagnostics, presets, ACS-2048, and server
• Optional integration of server GUI on the embedded PC
• Optional laptop “Communicator” version is available
• Cinema facility administrator defines user level and password for all operators
• Based on user login, software provides “trace” capabilities in case projector mistreatment
• Installers and “freelancers” can follow a Barco “DP Series Operations” training course. Upon successful completion, personal user login is issued.

ASC2048 - ALTERNATIVE CONTENT SWITCHER / SCALER

As the ideal peripheral for all digital cinema installations, the ACS-2048 is an 8x1 switcher that accepts “universal” input formats, and outputs 12-bit twin DVI at 2048 x 1080 – one of the digital cinema standards. With a high-quality scaler at its core, upconverting any input format is as simple as “auto-acquiring” and selecting the desired input. However, disguised as a switcher, ACS-2048 is really a pathway to new revenue streams for your facility. By enabling “alternate” content to be displayed in the digital cinema resolution, your theater’s role as a presentation facility for events, businesses, conventions, town-hall meetings and so much more – becomes a reality.

“Universal” inputs support HD/SDI, SDSDI, DVI, Analog, Composite, and S-Video formats
• Twin link 12-bit DVI outputs upconvert all inputs to 2048 x 1080
• Motion adaptive de-interlacing and advanced noise reduction circuits are employed throughout to maintain superb image quality
• User-friendly front panel provides intuitive “local” control
• Integration with the Communicator’s touch screen provides seamless remote control capability
• A standard HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) “decrypted input” and “encrypted output” path enables copy-protected content to be displayed at digital cinema resolutions, while maintaining the highest degree of security for the copyright holder

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