PSL Expands Rental Fleet with Purchase of 60 Square Meters of BARCO DLite 7 LED Displays

 

Kuurne, Belgium, April 25, 2002

BARCO announced today PSL (Presentation Services Limited) has purchased 60 square meters (630 sq ft) of its DLite 7 LED display. PSL also purchased two of the recently introduced Barco SLM G8 projectors, eight SLM G5 projectors, and a sizeable quantity of the high-resolution ILite 6 indoor LED displays. In addition, the group upgraded their entire fleet of Barco ELM R12 projectors to the new Barco ELM R18 Director models. PSL has one of the largest inventories of equipment for the rental market offering event-staging services from London and Birmingham in the UK and Nashville and Los Angeles in the US.

“We are continually striving to offer our customers the best equipment on the market. We have been extremely pleased with our inventory of BARCO projection solutions. BARCO’s dedication to quality products and superior engineering allows us to provide our clients with the most state-of-the-art equipment for their staging needs,” stated Gary Davis, Managing Director, PSL. “This significant order further strengthens our relationship with BARCO, which has existed for over 20 years. I see this as an initial order for Barco daylight displays, as PSL plans to further expand the fleet of ILite and DLite LED product.”

“PSL has been a leader in the event staging industry for many years, and BARCO is excited to expand its existing relationship with these industry leaders,” stated Steve Scorse, Division Manager, Barco Events, “The Barco DLite and ILite displays will offer PSL clients high-resolution video images unsurpassed in the industry. In addition, by adding the new Barco SLM G5 and G8 projectors and the ELM R18 Directors, PSL has become one of the elite solution providers in the Rental & Staging market.”



Barco DLite

The DLite range leads the way in the outdoor visual application market. The Barco DLite LED [Light Emitting Diode] display offers unmatched picture quality, unlimited scalability, perfectly uniform and seamless images, and unsurpassed reliability. Four version of the DLite are currently available: DLite 7, DLite 10, DLite 14, and DLite 28.

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. Four versions are currently available: ILite 3, 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 lumens while also offering the added features of seamless switching and high contrast mode. Equipped with an innovative Digital Light Processing (DLP™) sub-system, including high-resolution Digital Mirror Devices (DMD™) and a state-of-the-art optical system, the ELM R18 Director delivers a performance breakthrough for large-screen video projection.

Barco SLM Series

Barco’s SLM Series projectors provide a compact, multi-purpose solution for any event. The versatile SLM Series has a rugged, sensible design and ranges in light output from 5000 to 8000 lumens, making it ideally suited to any application that requires a state-of-the-art projector. Equipped with a 3-chip Digital Light Processing™ (DLP™) sub-system, the SLM Performer Series offers higher brightness and enhanced color uniformity than most projectors available on the market today.

Barco Events Background

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.
www.events.barco.com

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 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.
www.barco.com

 

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