Barco releases intelligent 1920x1080, 16:9 network centric projector.
The iCon H600 offers advanced picture-in-picture functionality for displaying multiple sources, AV and data, connected over a LAN network.
Kuurne, January 10, 2005 – Barco confirms its commitment to technological innovation by launching and showcasing its new iCon H600 network centric visualization solution, featuring a native 1920 x 1080 HDTV resolution and 16:9 wide aspect ratio. The projector integrates a powerful display server and can be easily connected to the user’s network infrastructure, enabling instant collaborative meetings between remote meeting sites, real time interaction, file sharing and remote control and diagnostics. Four external sources can be processed, via mouse and keyboard, with complete and flexible picture-in-picture (PiP) functionality.
The iCon H600 is the most cost-efficient, reliable, and user-friendly solution for higher-education classroom environments, museums, corporate boardrooms, and videoconferencing rooms.
Advanced picture-in-picture functionality for displaying multiple sources, both video and data, on an eye-friendly 16:9 canvas, is a unique feature offered on this device. In many typical meeting rooms or classrooms, where the height of the projection screen is limited, the 16:9 canvas extends the width of the projection area. This feature gives the presenter more flexibility to show multiple windows next to one another to meet specific presentation needs. The projector’s user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) enables users to freely position and scale multiple window frames, using a mouse and keyboard, eliminating the need of the traditional remote control. The presenter can also save and recall any window lay out. Up to four video or data sources can be shown on the projector.
“The iCon H600 is the first member of a new product family of high definition, 16:9, network centric projectors.” says Dirk Hendrickx, general manager and VP for Barco’s presentation division. “This projector is the first to offer 1920 x 1080, 16:9 for meeting environments, such as classrooms, boardrooms and conference centers. In addition, it is fully compatible with HDTV video standards, turning it into the ideal visualization solution for AV applications.”
Equipped with a powerful, upgradeable Pentium 4-based platform display server, the iCon H600 can be easily connected to the user’s network infrastructure. Linking several iCons to the network brings high definition multi-windowing to multi-site meetings. Presenters are able to retrieve, via the projector and over the network, any remote user’s desktop or file, creating higher flexibility and efficiency in information access. The iCon H600 can also stream video material over the network. Frequently used video material can even be saved on the hard disk of the projector to be retrieved upon demand. The familiar WindowsTM XP operating system allows the user to easily control the information and connect sources.
Multi-site collaboration, with the ability to perform real-time interaction and file sharing between remote sites, enables increased business efficiency by eliminating the need for travel and accelerating the decision making process, resulting in a higher return on investment (ROI). With the iCon H600, control over the projector can be passed instantly over LAN to any meeting location. For example, changes made to a spreadsheet in an office in Europe can be viewed real-time in the office in the US, and vice versa.
Support and maintenance of a fleet of projectors can be fully controlled over the network from the central IT Helpdesk. Barco offers dedicated software called “Remote Control & Diagnostics” to enable remote Helpdesk support, improving cost efficiency. The projector also features dual 300W UHP lamps, ensuring uninterrupted presentations and eliminating the need to invest in a backup unit. If one lamp fails, the other lamp will continue operating, ensuring an uninterrupted, successful presentation.
Barco’s iCon H600 is available now and will be featured at Integrated Systems Europe, NSCA, NAB and InfoComm.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.
