CineAsia, Bangkok, Thailand—Dec 7, 2004
China Film Group Selects GDC Technology’s DSR™ Servers for its Entire Year 2004 Deployment of Digital Cinemas
GDC Technology, the leading
provider of digital cinema solutions is pleased to announce that in Year 2004,
China Film Group builds all its digital cinema theatres based on GDC
Technology’s highly reliable and quality digital cinema servers. China Film
Group just added another 100 units of DSR™ Digital Film Server for its recent
round of deployment across China. The installation is to be completed by end of
the year, by which time China Film Group will have 166 digital screens across
the country, the highest number of digital screens in the world. This will also
place GDC Technology in the lead for the number of server installations in
China, in Asia and worldwide.
The order from China Film Group also includes an integrated server – projector
solution from GDC Technology – DFP2000. The DFP2000 integrated digital film
projection system is the world’s first integrated server and projector
all-in-one. GDC’s DSR™ Secured Link technology is used in DFP2000 to protect the
delivery of content from the server to its integrated projector. DFP2000 also
offers additional security by supporting watermark and real-time subtitle
rendering that is independent of projector technology. DFP2000 was first
introduced in CineAsia 2003; an improved DFP2000 with ISCO PRECISION OPTICS 1.5x
anamorphic lens will be exhibited at GDC’s booth during CineAsia 2004 (booth
57/58).
The new DFP2000 DSR™ integrated digital film projection system will have
brightness of 7000 lumens and contrast ratio of 4000:1. Digital content will be
distributed via data cartridge similar to the formats and systems currently in
place in other GDC installed sites in China. This digital distribution of
content will result in significant cost savings.
GDC Technology has also completed the delivery 11 units of DSR™ 2K Digital Film
Servers to China Film Group. China Film Group has built its entire 2K digital
cinema theatres based on GDC’s DSR™ 2K servers.
DSR™ products and services come with options for software and storage upgrades
as well as conditional access security. One of the key advantages for this order
is working with just one supplier for service and maintenance. This is great
testimony to the quality and reliability of DSR™ products and the good service
and track record GDC has cultivated with their worldwide customers. GDC
Technology’s DSR™ Server is a software-based in-theater server for digital
cinema, HDTV live event and pre-show entertainment applications. With the
emerging digital cinema standards being discussed, software upgrade is the best
possible way to safeguard investment.