VER Purchases 1,300 Square Feet of BARCO ILite 6 and ILite 10
Kennesaw, GA – April 9, 2002 – BARCO announced today VER (Video Equipment Rentals) has purchased 1,300 square feet of its ILite 6 and ILite 10 LED display. VER has the largest selection and inventory of equipment for the video/audio visual professional and carries a full line of products including high-definition, broadcast and audio equipment, video projection, plasma screens, and now BARCO LED displays. VER is also the first rental partner to offer BARCO’s new ELM R18 Director Series projectors.
“We are very excited about this great opportunity with BARCO and their LED displays,” stated Greg Fellows, Rental Manager, VER, “We are continually expanding our inventory to better serve our customers, providing them with latest and most advanced products and services.”“VER is an industry leader and dedicated to providing state-of-the-art equipment” stated Curt Petty, Market Business Manager, BARCO Events, “We are pleased to support VER’s commitment to quality products with BARCO’s new line of indoor LED displays.”
BARCO ILite
The BARCO ILite indoor display technology combines high brightness with high resolution in a slim, modular package. The intelligent LED-based display solution offers new standards in the video and graphics world. The ILite is uniquely suited for high ambient light environments that also demand high resolution and minimal installation depth. The system offers extremely wide viewing angles, and does not suffer from color-match uniformity problems. Three versions are currently available: ILite 6, ILite 8 and ILite 10.
BARCO ELM R18
The ELM R18 Director, based on the ELM platform already renowned for its reliability in its product class, now becomes the first projector to reach brightness levels of 17,000 Lumen while also offering the added features of seamless switching and high contrast mode. Equipped with an innovative Digital Light Processing (DLPä) sub-system, including high-resolution Digital Mirror Devices (DMDä) and a state-of-the-art optical system, the ELM R18 Director delivers a performance breakthrough for large-screen video projection.
BARCO Events
BARCO Events, part of BarcoProjection, specializes in developing customized visualization solutions for the rental & staging and events markets. Recognized for its dedication to product research and development, BARCO Events continually strives to provide clients with unparalleled product and system
integrity, delivering tailor-made solutions that answer the specific needs of its markets. With state-of-the-art daylight display and projection product ranges, BARCO Events has become the preferred solution provider to many of the world’s leading rental & staging companies.
VER Background
Video Equipment Rentals offers professional video equipment, computer presentation, large screen projection, audiovisual equipment, and audio systems. They have one of the largest equipment inventories in the country, providing the latest and most advanced equipment for production needs. VER has nine locations nationwide: Glendale/Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anaheim, San Diego, Dallas, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Orlando and Atlanta.
BARCO Background
BARCO, with headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium, has three key activities which are all active in Image Processing. BARCOProjection is in various markets of large screen visualization. BARCOView develops and manufactures display systems for life critical applications, while BARCOVision is in systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2001, the entire BARCO group delivered a revenue of Euro 792 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Bourse since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
