What They Say
Barco annouced the next generation of its LED light sourced MVL-721 FullHD rear projection cube (RPC) which is said to have an increase in brightness of 55%. There was no detail on the changes, presumably in the light source of the DLP-based unit.
On-screen brightness is from 155 cd/m² (eco mode (FXS screen) to 540 cd/m² (WV-FEL screen). Colour gamut is Rec. 709.
The firm has also recently introduced a new IEX series of small pixel pitch LED with output of 600 cd/m² and with 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 2.5mm pitch. The cabinets are cable-free and can be maintained from the front or rear. There is also a new XT-Q series at 0.9mm pitch and that uses 4 in 1 LED devices.
What We Think
I don’t see many articles about RPCs still. You might think they were gone, but the control room market moves very slowly, with long lifetimes. You need good performance, exceptionally high reliability and long life. Small pitch LED is making inroads, but only for prestige projects with big budgets.
I wasn’t sure what the difference is between a WV-FEL: screen and an FXS screen. I assume this is the screen material, and initially I thought that WV-FEL is the wide view version, but the description is ‘mid gain’ type for both and I would normally expect a lower viewing angle version to be brighter than a wide angle one.
I searched the Barco site, but couldn’t find what the acronyms mean. I have tried asking Barco, but cannot deny that I lost the will to live trying to contact the firm, which seems to mandate registering an account, etc etc. Having started that process, I couldn’t seem to get beyond the ‘register an account’ page. Grrr. I reverted to email and will report if I get any info. (BR)
