Sacramento, CA—Feb 16, 2006
Barco reinforces European leadership position with supply of 27 Digital Cinema projectors to XDC.
Barco has been chosen by XDC to supply a total
of 27 Digital Cinema projectors for installation reinforcing Barco’s leadership
position within the Digital Cinema sector.
The latest deal with XDC, with whom Barco is the leading supplier, includes 21
DP90 and 6 DP100 projectors. XDC is a global end-to-end digital cinema delivery
company and leads pan-European digital cinema deployment with more than 200
installed digitized cinema theaters in Europe.
Recognized as a worldwide reference in Digital Cinema, Barco’s DP90 and DP100
projectors are based on Texas Instruments’ DLP Cinema™ technology and ensure
optimum performance and reliability through their integrated light path and
digital processing.
The Barco projectors were chosen because of their high quality and reliability.
Bernard Collard, General Manager of XDC stated that “Barco are the industry
experts in Digital Cinema. We have worked with them before, very successfully,
and look forward to moving this valued relationship forward.” Collard added “In
addition, the DP90 projector is today a very attractive offer in the market for
theater rooms with screen widths up to 15 metres”.
The XDC contract brings the Barco installed base of 2k DLP Cinema™ projectors to
over 400 worldwide.