Nocturne Productions Chooses BARCO for Paul McCartney 2002 World Tour
Nocturne Productions & Vidicon provide Barco LED video displays and high-brightness projectors for one-of-a-kind stage design for McCartney Tour
KENNESAW, GA – NOVEMBER 15, 2002 - Nocturne Productions & Vidicon are providing BARCO high- performance display technology for Paul McCartney’s World Tour, which just wrapped its 50 date North American leg on October 29th at America West Arena in Phoenix, having grossed over $100 million. Nocturne and Vidicon are providing approximately 1,600 square feet of BARCO’s Daylight Display LED video displays and 16 of its high brightness ELM Series DLPTM projectors for McCartney’s World Tour in Japan. The BARCO LED displays are located on both sides of the stage, each in a spectacular 60’ x 40’ display. Sixteen BARCO ELM R12 projectors are rear-projected, side-by-side, onto eight 15’ x 20’ projection screens left and right of the stage. The stunning configuration is used to show live image magnification and video playback during the show.
Vidicon, Nocturne’s LED specialists, owns the world’s largest inventory of Barco DLite 7 equipment. High-profile entertainers in the music industry consistently rely on Nocturne for superior live event production including: Christina Aguilera, U2, Madonna, Aerosmith, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, KISS, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Barenaked Ladies, and many others.
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 R12, based on the ELM platform already renowned for its reliability in its product class, reaches brightness levels of 12,000 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 R12 delivers a performance breakthrough for large-screen video projection.
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 US headquarters in Kennesaw, GA, 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.
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