Rave Motion Pictures premieres Shrek 2 digitally with Barco Digital Cinema 2K projectors

Atlanta, GA – May 20, 2004 – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce that Rave Motion Pictures showed the highly anticipated movie Shrek 2, which debuted nationwide Wednesday May 19, 2004, in two of its state-of-the-art theatres. Rave’s Vestavia Hills 10 in Vestavia, AL and the Grand Prairie 18 in Peoria, IL, are both newly equipped with Barco’s advanced D-Cine Premiere DP100 2k resolution projector. The engagements were the first showing of a film projected digitally in their respective markets.

Rave Motion Pictures continues its commitment to the highest standards in customer service, audio and visual presentation, remarkable amenities and now the latest in technological advances in projection. Based, in Dallas, TX, the privately held circuit will have 18 theaters and nearly 300 screens by the end of 2004. All theaters are built from the ground up to truly enable Rave Motion Pictures to be ‘The Ultimate Stadium Theater’ in any market in which they operate.

“We are very excited to introduce this great new projection and presentation technology to our customers in Peoria and Birmingham,” stated Jeremy Devine, Director of Marketing, Rave Motion Pictures, “We promised to provide value by always being state-of-the art and this is one more means to do so. Barco is a wonderful manufacturer and we love the experience that the DP100 provides for our patrons.”

“Rave Motion Pictures is committed to providing their movie-going patrons with an unforgettable entertainment experience. Visitors to the Grand Prairie and Vestavia Hills theatres are going to be absoulutely amazed with the images they see on the Barco 2K projector,” stated Jack Panzeca, CEO, Universal Cinema Services, Inc, “We are thrilled to work with Rave and Barco to provide movie audiences with the very best in digital cinema technology.”

“Barco Digital Cinema is very pleased to be a major part of state-of-the-art exhibition of our leading 2K cinema display technology in conjunction with world-class organizations like Rave Motion Picture Group and Universal Cinema. In addition, Barco continues to enjoy strong strategic relationships with leading studios like DreamWorks SKG, supporting major motion picture premieres of feature films like Shrek 2 in the United States and at the Cannes Film Festival this year,” stated Scott Spector, Vice President, Barco Digital Cinema America.

Following 10 years of pioneering market development, Barco Digital Cinema (BDC) is one of only three projector manufacturers to be awarded the licence for Texas Instruments DLP CinemaTM display technology. Since its award in 2000 BDC has developed the industry's widest range of projection solutions for digital cinema including its state-of-the-art 'D-Cine Premiere' 1.3k and 2k projectors, 'Communicator' software control and 'ACSAR' alternative content processors now installed in leading Post facilities and Digital Cinema's world-wide.

About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.