Barco introduces revolutionary true black indoor LED display
Kortrijk, Belgium, 19 June 2007. Barco, a market leader in LED display technology, is proud to announce the introduction of the NX-4, its new 4mm indoor LED display. Launched at Infocomm 2007, the NX-4 with its revolutionary black LED, delivers the deepest back levels of any product on the market and is set to become the new visual standard in indoor LED displays.
With the NX-4, Barco has developed a true black LED — not just a black package, but a radically new design, from the interior resin to the exterior shaders. With this LED, the NX-4 delivers the deepest black levels of any product on the market. When combined with a light output of 2000 Nit, a phenomenal contrast level of 4000:1 is achieved.
However, the black LED is only one element that makes the NX-4 unique. Key advances in base materials, mechanical design and color processing have raised the bar of LED displays to new heights of image quality.
The structure of NX-4 is made of carbon fiber and is designed in a framework — rather than a box. The result is a support system far stronger, far lighter, and ten times less sensitive to deformation ensuring extremely tight tolerances along all three structural axes (x, y and z). This ensures a seamless image every time a LED display is built.
With the introduction of the NX-4, color processing advances to a new industry pinnacle — 16-bit processing and new “tri-color” calibration on all three colors simultaneously. Tiles can be calibrated to a larger color triangle – one that is actually wider than the HDTV standard, delivering vibrant images with deep, uniform colors across the entire display surface.
Also launched at Infocomm, is Barco’s new DX-700, a 16-bit multi-window video processor which supports all current Barco LED products and next generation platforms such as NX-4.
The DX-700 provides the power of 16-bit processing, modularity, and multi-bank control. When used in combination with the DX-700, the NX-4 delivers more colors, more detail, and a higher degree of uniformity than ever before — without sacrificing color depth.
With DX-700, not only does a NX-4 LED wall shine with the full spectrum of color depth and uniformity, but current tiles will also appear more brilliant than ever before.
NX-4 also employs the same small modular concept as Barco’s renowned OLite series — allowing the tiles to be used either as a standard integral display, or split apart for creative designs.
Specifically built for the demanding rental and staging market, the NX-4 requires no tools or cables to set up, or for service. The inter-tile locking system has also been re-designed for ease of setup, with simplified electrical connections, accurate “click” pre-locks, robust horizontal and vertical locking mechanisms.
You can see the NX-4 and DX-700 at Infocomm, 19-21 June in Anaheim, USA, stand number 4800.
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is headquartered in Belgium and is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.
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