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Balder

A divine force, bringing beauty and life to the most refined home cinema and media rooms.

Barco Residential
Barco Residential
  • Theater & Media Room Series
  • 4K UHD Resolution (3,840 x 2,160)
  • Laser Phosphor
  • Up to 7,000 ANSI Lumens

About Balder

Manufactured to perfection in Belgium, Balder features the finest components such as aluminum and glass. Balder not only shares the same Ultra HD and HDR compatible electronics with the higher-end Loki models, the optical design and new single laser engine are also taken from the Loki platform.

Professional grade optics

By basing Balder’s optical engine on it’s bigger brother Loki’s architecture, custom designed aspherical glass elements and enhanced low dispersion glass lenses, image quality is in a class of its own.  To top that, Balder is built in aluminium, 37kg of pure quality. the result is the best picture quality ever shown at this level.

State of the art electronics 

All new “Platinum” electronics have been designed to process 4K with HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2, while the optical engine utilises the very latest 0.9" DMD DLP chipset, delivering 3,840 x 2,160 pixels on screen.

Balder also features HDR10, motorised lenses and a function to swap between 16:9 and cinemascope.  Featuring Barco’s unique RealColor processing, Balder enables simple and accurate calibration to any desired white point or greyscale.

Laser light source

Outstanding image quality also requires an exceptional light source. Which is why we have packed Balder with a brand new laser engine. Alongside significantly improved image uniformity, lasers last longer than traditional projector lamps, are not as fragile and offer nearly instant on/off. Light output is up to 7,000 ANSI lumens.

Liquid cooling 

Balder has departed from a pure fan based cooling system to a liquid cooling PID regulation system, allowing Balder to operate in any angle.


  • single-chip DLP projection
  • 4K UHD resolution
  • Laser phosphor projection
  • automatic geometric image correction across curved surfaces
  • Light-on-demand
  • 12 bit Look Up Table
  • easy installation
  • 3-year warranty
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Tools

Barco Residential Lens Calculator
Find the ideal lens for your projector setup in just a few clicks

Whitepapers

Laser phosphor as a light source
Discover how laser phosphor projection works
The importance of ANSI contrast ratio in cinema

Balder

Balder w/DCI P3 Color Wheel
R9023475
Balder w/Theatre Color Wheel
R9023464
Balder - w/Media Room Color Wheel
R9023464 + R9801431
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Technical support

For technical downloads such as drivers, firmware, manuals, drawings & documentation we would kindly like to direct you to our product support page.

For your convenience we have selected the most recent driver/firmware & manual for you to download directly below.

Accessories

 For information about spare parts check out our spare parts support page.

Accessories

Lenses

Use the lens calculator to find out which lens best suits your need. For your cinema projector set-ups, check our specific cinema lens calculator.
Ultra Short Throw lens FLD+ 0.28:1 (EN68)
R9802232
FLDX lens 0.38 : 1 UST 90°
R9801832
UST-LENS SUPPORT FOR 90° F-SERIES LENS
R9801956
FLDX 0.65 : 1 (EN67)
FLDX 0.8 - 1.21 : 1 (EN66) Short focus
R9802243
FLDX 1.2 - 1.7 : 1 (EN63)
R9802242
FLDX 1.7- 2.5: 1 (EN61)
R9802241
FLD+ 2.5 - 4.6 (EN44)
R9801211

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Media

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