Overwhelming presence of Barco Daylight Display Technology at Paris Motor Show 2002
BARCO will be present with almost 500 m2 of its market leading daylight display products at the annual Paris Motor Show in France.
Kuurne, September 30, 2002. BARCO is proud to confirm its leadership position in the world market of daylight displays. With no less than 486 square meters of Barco’s display technology used by 21 leading car manufacturers at this year’s show, held in Paris from September 25th until October 10th, the company proudly claims pole position as ‘preferred solution provider’ in the high-profile world of international motor shows.After a successful presence at the Geneva International Motor Show in March, where BARCO had over 300 m2 of its world-class LED displays, it now boasts the largest overall surface of daylight displays by any one supplier at this year’s Paris Motor Show. No less than 21 booths by some of the worlds leading car brands will feature Barco daylight display products.
Manufacturers the likes of Saab, Jaguar, Toyota and Mercedes have chosen the Barco daylight displays, which are world renowned for their reliability and image quality, to represent their brand at this world-class event. The Barco daylight displays and spectacular multi screen presentations using Barco SLM G8/R8 and ELM R18 found on the Citroen, Lexus and VW booths, will be represented at the show through some of Barco’s premier European rental partners including ETF (Belgium), CT (UK), Gahrens & Battermann (Germany), VPS (France), Sono (Spain) and ICT (Germany).
The vast majority of the 486 m² to be seen at the show is divided between Barco’s famous ILite 6 - the highest quality indoor display product available on the market today; and the Dlite 7, a product most often used at large venue concerts. Currently, Barco’s ILite display products are available in 4 resolutions ranging from 3 to 10 mm with viewing angles up to 160º, resulting in extremely high image quality and making it the ideal display medium for very short viewing distances. The Dlite, available in 7, 10 and 14mm versions, is a rugged display most suitable to venues with larger viewing distances.
The ILite and DLite visual solution product lines, both of which are used at the Paris Motor Show, are ideal for a variety of applications including exhibitions, product launches, advertising, sport stadiums and live events.
“Shows the likes of the Paris Motor Show, the Detroit Auto Show and others are strategically critical launch pads to the key players in the automotive industry. World leading car manufacturers only want the very best display technology to represent their brands at these important shows, where they know their new products will be seen by key members of the press as well as thousands of potential buyers every day”, says Kristoff Henry, Marketing Group Manager for Barco Events. “The fact that Barco’s daylight displays were again chosen by the overwhelming majority of exhibitors confirms that our daylight displays have become the irrefutable standard in the events market,” concludes Henry.
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 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. Three version of the DLite are currently available: DLite 7, DLite 10 and DLite 14.
ELM Series
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 18,000 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.
SLM Series
The SLM R8 and G8 Performer platform now offer the market the first projector of this size with brightness levels of 8,000 Lumen, as well as features geared specifically at the rental & staging markets. With high contrast mode and high brightness levels, the SLM Performer platform offers a compact, multi-purpose projection solution that attests to the highest level of product engineering.
About Barco Events
Barco Events, a part of BarcoProjection, specializes in developing and producing large area visualization solutions such as LCD and DLP™- projectors as well as LED displays for the rental, staging and events markets. Barco Events has supplied visualization equipment to the concert tours of Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Madonna, Bryan Adams, U2, Tim McGraw, in addition to several other bands. Recognized for its dedication to product R & D and strict quality standards, BARCO continues to drive today’s technological advances in the daylight display market with the development of the ILite range. One of its most promising products to date, the I6, has already won “Pick of the Show” at NAB 2001 (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas and was also voted one of the top 50 “Hot Products” at INFOCOMM USA 2001
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.
You can find more information about BARCO on the web: http://www.barco.com
