UK - Building on their new slogan of CRT Forever, Barco has appointed Owl Video Systems as its exclusive distributor of CRT projectors for the leisure industry. The leading unit will be the Barco Cine 5, which offers high performance brightness, reliability and the long life expectancy that CRT projectors produce. The unit offers a highly efficient cooling system with no fans, which means that it is ideal for use in environments prone to smoke and dust. The Cine 5 incorporates 7" high performance CRTs to optimize picture geometry and sharpness, to give greater detail and extended durability. Optically coupled lenses give contrast and automatically correct colour deviations. Auto-diagnose LEDs indicate when maintenance is required and 'Mean time between failure' is greater than 20,000 hours.

Commenting on the partnership, Peter Dangerfield, managing director of Owl said: "As a business we were worried that the supply route for CRT projectors looked bleak, but thanks to Barco we now have a continued supply for the foreseeable future. We have numerous valued customers that still see CRT projection as the only true solution for harsh commercial environments, so our new partnership with Barco means that we can continue to fulfil their needs with a projector that gives high performance and reliability. As one of the largest suppliers of projection systems to the leisure industry we need to be sure that any new product is capable of carrying out the job it is intended for. The Cine 5 certainly does this, offering additional features and benefits not seen before in this type of projector."

Mark Anderson, sales manager for northern and eastern Europe at Barco commented: "We have, with the Cine 5, a CRT projector specifically built for the leisure industry, and a technology that, in harsh environments, has a proven history. We were looking for a sole distributor who had that very same proven history and certainly found it with Owl Video Systems."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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