BARCO Expands its Pioneering Digital Cinema Training Program
Barco Digital Cinema increases training class schedule for education and installation of Digital Cinema projection solutions
Kennesaw, Georgia – December 04, 2002 – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce the addition of several classes to its long-standing, nationwide Digital Cinema training program. The Digital Cinema Training Program is led by Bob Cardone, Barco’s National Training Manager. Several Digital Cinema technical experts will assist with the hands-on training. Barco Digital Cinema implemented its training program at BARCO’s U.S. headquarters in Kennesaw, GA, over two years ago to educate digital cinema dealers and cinema industry experts on the installation and technology of its earlier D-Cine Star and current D-Cine Premiere projectors. For the past two years Barco has conducted classes at many regional cinema sites and regularly in Los Angeles. Now, Barco Digital Cinema has taken its training program to a new level, adding more classes, and offering hands-on training at BARCO installation sites throughout the U.S. In addition to authorized BARCO dealers, the classes are being offered to exhibitors, and cinema industry experts. The classes offer a general understanding of digital cinema, the future of this technology, as well as the installation and operation of BARCO’s digital cinema projectors.“This is an exciting new area of cinema knowledge, and it is important that everyone in the cinema industry feel comfortable with it. Fortunately, it is inherently simple, dependable, and not difficult to understand,” said Harry Mathias, Barco’s Director of Digital Cinema, America. “Barco is determined to leave no one in the cinema industry behind, as this technology becomes our future.”
Barco Digital Cinema’s D-Cine Premiere® digital projector is the only one to have been selected by
THX ® for certification under its program for Digital Cinema products. This certification was provided for the Barco D-Cine Premiere® DLP CinemaTM projector, which was launched in March 2002. This projector is based on the latest generation Texas Instruments m15 DLP Cinema™ technology. It has enhanced security, image, cinema color gamut and Cinema contrast. It is also provided with a range of unique Barco-exclusive features including sealed digital optics to maintain optimum image performance over time and advanced remote diagnostics features.
About Barco
Barco Digital Cinema, a part of Barco Projection, is one three licensees of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema™ technology. TI developed DLP Cinema™ technology working in close co-operation with Barco and others in the movie industry, to develop Cinema Projector and support systems based on DMD™ technology, to meet the requirement of studios, film distributors and exhibitors alike. 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.
