What was once the domain of large movie rooms now only requires a few feet or inches even for a true high-definition image to be projected effectively and effortlessly. The evolution of technology has resulted in ultra-short throw and short throw projectors becoming more popular. That means better TCO for your projection fleet.Unlike the older days when projectors were only found in movie theaters, they are now used in different places including most small/studio apartment living spaces but more specifically in small rooms. You’re not losing as much light with Barco’s 4K UHD setup: so in the long run, you don’t have to drive lasers as hard: you get better performance, in a more compact footprint, with less heat. And if you think these spec details don’t matter to your staging job, think again.
709 at full brightness.) This results in a sharper image, less latency, and less dark time than comparable solutions on the market. Barco is the only projector can do this.īarco’s Single Step Processing (SSP) technology enables their projectors to achieve 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) resolution in only one step (and with color that outperforms Rec. And even better, it even matches native 4K quality when doing warping. Most of the 4K laser projectors that use pixel shifting for 4K will lose light output in the process, and increase frame latency– and that will compromise performance in demanding applications.īarco’s technology is unique: Barco uses a native WQXGA chip to do pixel shifting – a higher resolution than WUXGA, allowing the system to get so close to native 4K that there is no loss of image content. Projectors based on the DLP 4K UHD chipset, combining the fast switching speed of the DMD with advanced image processing to create an affordable 3-chip DLP solution for 4K, are here.
The litmus test, in a way, for all those performance criteria, is 4K. Is it really possible to achieve all those specs and performance benchmarks today, in a high lumen laser phosphor projector? The landmark sculpture Egret Goddess, surrounded by water, acted as the screen for a stunning pixel mapping application using 13 Barco UDX-4K32 projectors. In September 2017, the ninth BRICS Summit was held at Xiamen Egret Island. The goal is to deliver the best 4K and higher lumens affordably in a compact projector in a flexible way. So even as we enter the laser projection age, event producers are having to compromise too much on the size/weight of large venue projectors to achieve greater color space for demanding clients. But until now, that TCO advantage came with many compromises including those associated with legacies of large venue/high lumen projection in general. We all know about the TCO (total cost of ownership) advantages of lamp-free, laser phosphor projectors.
With laser phosphor projectors, it’s all about the details, and it’s about new generation technology breakthroughs that go beyond past compromises in laser projection. They deliver a combination of high lumen output, small footprint, silent operation, better color space, and superior 4K performance. The best-in-class, new laser projectors build on the DNA of market-leading live event/large venue projection technology. Both installed AV and live events AV professionals saw the obvious TCO benefits of laser projectors as they were first released a few years ago– but it’s now becoming clear that you need to look deeper into the different offerings, to separate the many me-too laser projectors from the road-tested, robust projectors that go beyond the delivery of only improved better TCO.