Barco and CSI Leasing, Inc. are helping movie exhibitors upgrade their auditoriums with Barco’s Auro 11.1. to bring 3D immersive cinema sound to their patrons. A variety of financing solution options are available to meet the unique needs of movie exhibitors in North America, many whom have recently converted to digital cinema during the last couple of years. CSI Leasing can structure a program that will meet customers’ financial objectives and budget requirements, promising a quick and easy credit process for several lease packages offering competitive lease rates, with no up-front costs, advance payments or commitment fees.

Cinemark continues to enhance the moviegoing experience for its international patrons, recently acquiring hundreds of Barco’s DLP Cinema® projectors to grow its digital cinema footprint in 12 Latin American countries. The newly digital theaters are measurably driving profitability for the company in the form of increased revenues in combination with business model efficiencies gained through the conversion to digital cinema.

For Marcus Theatres, the Cinema of the Future starts today! The company is launching its first UltraScreen® experience, an auditorium that will soon feature a three-story tall picture, crystal clear digital sound and comfortable stadium seats to delight of movie patrons in the Chicago area. “The giant UltraScreen, combined with the Auro 11.1 system, will provide moviegoers with a stunning audio and visual experience unmatched in the film industry,” Bruce J. Olson, president of Marcus Theatres.

Colombia’s largest entertainment company is doubling the number of Barco projectors in its cinemas this year and installing Barco’s immersive cinema sound format in its premium Mega Sala auditoriums at shopping malls in Bogota and Bucaramanga. Innovative technology has been the primary reason that Cine Colombia has entrusted their digital cinema needs to Barco for several years.

A view on the cinema of the future, a live demo of the Auro 11.1 sound format and a screening of ‘The Croods’ in Auro 11.1: these were more than enough reasons for cinema owners, journalists and other professionals to attend Barco’s Auro seminar at CineMec in Ede (the Netherlands) last Tuesday. Their first impression of Barco’s new Auro 11.1 cinema sound system? They loved it!

At the IDS 2013 trade show in Cologne, Barco introduced its brand-new Eonis dental displays and wowed the audience with its presence across the show floor. Watch the show wrap-up video for an impression.

Our compact DP2K-10Sx, which was specially designed with smaller theaters and arthouse- and independent cinemas in mind, had its first intensive live test at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. It did such a great job there that we wanted to capture the story of the DP2K-10Sx at the Berlinale in a must-see video.

Barco is helping smaller theaters reap the image quality and low total cost of ownership benefits of digital projection, most recently supplying Platinum Theatres with its award-winning DCI-compliant Barco DP2K-10S. Independent cinemas, art house and smaller theaters can offer patrons a first-class moviegoing experience, presenting the same superior image quality offered by Barco’s larger models.

Barco partner Visualsupport can look back with pride on two highly successful performances in Poland, both of which perfectly combined the world of music and images. Two Barco HDQ-2K40 high-brightness projectors ensured an amazing video mapping projection in Opole, Poland, for the 50th anniversary of the National Festival of Polish Song. A little further south, in Cracow, our DP2K-32B digital cinema projector brought classical music to life on a cinema screen during the closing night of the Screen & Sound Festival.

Global visualization pioneer Barco will exhibit its full portfolio of projector products, together with various industry applications, at InfoComm China 2013, to be held at the National Conference Center in Beijing from 10th to 12th April.