BARCO's New RetroData 708 Provides High Contrast And Clarity Even In High Ambient Light Conditions.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 1997-- BARCO's latest high-performance, rear screen projector displays video and data images with outstanding light output, rich contrast and exceptional clarity BARCO, a leading manufacturer of video and graphics display technology, has introduced the RetroData 708 to its family of video and data projectors. Equipped with high-definition, 7-inch CRTs and a 50-inch screen, the stand-alone rear-screen projection unit delivers large, brilliant images from a wide range of sources. To ensure rich contrast and exceptional clarity, even under high ambient lighting Light that comes from all directions. Contrast with "directional lighting," which is made up of a light source with parallel light rays that do not diminish with distance. Also, contrast with "positional lighting," in which the rays are not parallel, but diminish in intensity from the conditions, the RetroData 708 features 7-inch CRTs that deliver a light output of 582 ft L. (foot-lamberts) at 10 percent peak white. A coated, front-surface optical grade mirror displays the image on a 50-inch, superfine-pitch fresnel/lenticular-blackstripe screen that has been specially engineered for the widest possible horizontal and vertical viewing angles. The RetroData 708 is compatible with a wide range of PC graphics boards with a resolution of up to 1,280 x 1,024 pixels, thanks to a horizontal frequency range of 15-69 kHz, vertical scan frequency Also called "refresh rate," it is the number of times an entire CRT screen is refreshed, or redrawn, per second. Measured in Hertz, display systems typically range from 56Hz to well over 100Hz. of 37-210 Hz and RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). bandwidth of 75 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . In addition, the video display capabilities of the RetroData 708 can be enhanced by BARCO's optional built-in Line Doubler A line doubler is a device used to deinterlace video signals prior to display. The main function of a line doubler is to take an interlaced video source which consists of a two-field frame and create a progressive scan (single non-interlaced frame) output. . "The high light output, impressive contrast ratio and wide source compatibility of the RetroData 708 make it ideally suited for a full spectrum of presentation and training applications, including boardroom presentations, training and conference centers, CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. imaging, process control room, surveillance centers, simulations and virtual reality environments," said Steven Barlow, product group manager, large screen displays, for BARCO, Inc. The optional built-in Line Doubler for the RetroData 708 uses a video decoder with a three-line Adaptive Comb Filter A bandpass filter used to process audio and video signals by mixing the original with a delayed signal. Comb filters allow selected frequencies to pass while blocking their harmonics and all other frequencies. , an enhancement circuit and a line doubler to produce a smoother, yet sharper video image. "Many users have been pleasantly surprised to see that BARCO's Line Doubler provides video image quality that is very comparable to that of 'exotic' line doublers costing many thousands of dollars more," commented Barlow. BARCO Background The BARCO Group, headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, operates three major lines of business: BARCO Visualization, BARCO Automation and BARCO Graphics Barco Graphics was the graphics division of the Belgian Barco Group. It was the result of the 1989 merger of Digitised Information Systems Corporation (D.I.S.C.), Aesthedes and Barco's own "Creative Group". . Its U.S. subsidiary, BARCO, Inc., is based in Kennesaw, Ga., and consists of four divisions: BARCO Display Products Division, BARCO Graphics Division, BARCO Chromatics chro·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of color. chro  ma·tist n. Division and BARCO Automation Division. BARCO Display Products Division supplies a full line of video, data and graphic projection systems and specialized direct view monitors. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Photographs available upon request. CONTACT: BARCO Earlene Bentley, 770/218-3200 770/218-3250 (fax) or Crescent Communications Dave Doolittle, 770/698-8650, ext. 200 770-698-8651 (fax) ddoolittle@crescomm.com |
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