CineVERSUM™ range of home cinema projectors exclusively distributed through SUMIKO in North America
KORTRIJK, January 12, 2004. Barco, world-renowned supplier of professional and industrial DLP™ and CRT cinema products for large screen visualization, has developed the CineVERSUM range of projectors to meet the needs of the most demanding of high-end home cinema enthusiasts. Based on Barco’s professional digital cinema projectors, the CineVERSUM family consists of five models that successfully combine exceptional film-like video performance and advanced user-friendly features in a design-forward aluminum finish chassis design.
“Each of the five new High-Definition compatible models have been developed to push the edge-of-the-art in video fidelity and to set a new standard as to what is possible in the home cinema environment” stated John Hunter, President of SUMIKO. “Barco technology has proven itself as a truly reference-class product under the rigorous demands of both industrial and commercial use. Only with Barco can this superior level of performance and reliability can be realized in a domestic application using conventional video and broadcast sources”.
The flagship model, CineVERSUM 120, incorporates the highest performance Texas Instruments 3-chip 16X9 DLP capable of accommodating 90”-150” diagonal screens ensuring exceptional brightness and color balance. A wide variety of lenses are made available in order to optimize the projector within the context of the system installation ensuring outstanding video sharpness, even if the projector is placed off-axis. The MASTER, state-of-the-art video processor, is interfaced via a proprietary digital cable link providing unparalleled performance and installation convenience. Numerous analog and digital sources can be processed and optimized since the MASTER circuit design is modular, adaptability to changing standards is possible as technology evolves.
Other models include the CineVERSUM 110, also a 3-chip design and the CineVERSUM 80, 70 and 60 all equipped with the latest High-Definition single DLP chip.
“The alliance with Sumiko came about after an exhaustive examining of options for marketing this new range in North America,” stated Tom Vanthuyne, Division Manager, Barco Home Cinema. “Sumiko’s high quality approach to marketing in the specialty audio and video product marketplace is well known and made them the natural choice. Sumiko is acknowledged to be the best specialty distributor in terms of dealer support, product training and after sales service”.
Sumiko plans to distribute Barco CineVERSUM products through a select network of highly qualified audio/video specialists throughout the United States and Canada.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. 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 Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.About Sumiko
For over 30 years Sumiko has been importing and distributing the finest music and film sound components in North America. Sumiko is headquartered in Berkeley, California and maintains its own in-field and sales and support staff. Brands represented in North America include Sonus faber, Vienna Acoustics, REL, Primare, Pro-Ject and SME.
For additional information visit www.sumikoaudio.net.Contact: John-Paul Lizars, Director of Marketing, 510-843-4500
jplizars@sumikoaudio.net
For more information, please contact
Inge
Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco - Media & Entertainment
Telephone
+32 56 36 8052
inge.govaerts@barco.com
