Cost effective Digital Cinema projector announced by Barco Digital Cinema
Barco Digital Cinema has announced an entry level addition to it’s range of Digital Cinema projectors - the compact D-Cine Premiere DP30 - a low cost DLP Cinema™ projector designed to meet the need for Post Production and true Digital Cinema displays on screens of up to 10m (33’) wide.
Designed to meet a growing demand for Digital Movie screenings in smaller Theaters and by Facility Houses for grading Digital Masters and Film Intermediates, the D-Cine Premiere DP30 has been equipped with a range of features that makes it particularly suitable for small locations and where DLP Cinema™ display standards are essential.
In common with the Barco D-Cine Premiere DP50 projector console the new DP30 incorporates all of the operator benefits of the company’s extensive COMMUNICATOR software set-up and RC567 touch screen control options plus all of the security, subtitling, color and contrast imaging benefits of the Texas Instrument DLP Cinema™ processing.
The ability to manipulate the color space, to download proprietary 3D Color Look Up Tables (CLUT) and thereby to match the look and feel of film, regardless of which film recorder or film stock is used, make the DP30 the first truly WYSIWYG projector in the Post Production market.
Though launched officially at ShoWest 2003 the projector has already been privately demonstrated to several of the worlds most renowned post houses and Exhibitors.
Comments Sjoerd De Clerck, Managing Director of Barco Digital Cinema "We have been very encouraged by the market reaction to the DP30. Exhibitors recognition of its price and performance benefits and Post Production praise of its color performance have confirmed our view that the DP30 will contribute significantly to the establishment of Digital Cinema this year"
About Barco Digital Cinema
Barco Digital Cinema, a part of BarcoProjection, is one of 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 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 Stock Exchange 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
