Christie adds the 12,000 lumen Christie LX1200 and the HD 1080p Christie LHD700 projector to its LCD line-up. The successor to the popular Christie LX1000, the Christie LX1200 is suitable for rental staging applications, boardrooms, high education facilities and houses of worship. With XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, the Christie LX1200 fills the market need for a high brightness, low cost projector providing radiant imagery and finer contrast.

Brighter and more advanced than its predecessor, the Christie LX1200 utilises the 4DColor technology that incorporates a fourth (yellow) LCD panel for more vibrant colours. The LX1200 also features a mechanical light shutter to block light when required, inorganic LCD panels for long life expectancy and increased performance levels, and top loading lamps for quick and easy replacement.

“The Christie LX1200 is a high brightness, 2-lamp system at 12,000 lumens that is more compact than other projectors in this lumen category. The LX1200 has one of the broadest ranges of lens options, allowing flexibility of placement in even the most challenging venues,” says Frank Anzures, product manager, Business Products. “And with Christie’s 4DColor technology, customers will experience vivid, dynamic colours that are unavailable with standard LCD panels.”

With optional input slots, the Christie LX1200 also supports additional video signals including HD-SDI, or a network input card for control and asset management.

“Customers and integrators benefit from this feature because it allows them to connect additional input sources without having to buy extra equipment – they can simply add input cards to accept video and data signals; and end users can ensure the projector meets future video and data source equipment needs,” adds Anzures.

The new Christie LHD700 is a 7000 lumen full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution projector using a single lamp and 4DColor technology that is ideal for auditoriums, corporate boardrooms, government, higher education, houses of worship, and fixed and rental staging requiring native HD content, high resolution data and superior brightness.

Its AutoFilter cartridge system monitors airflow for up to 10,000 hours while its extended lamp life minimises downtime. With optional input slots, the Christie LHD700 supports additional video signals including HD-SDI, or a network input card for control and asset management.

“…with Crestron’s RoomView and AMX Device Discovery feature, it is more integrator-friendly, removing the need to program from scratch,” says Anzures.“In this inorganic LCD product class, the Christie LHD700 offers the most portable and brightest 1-lamp projector available.”

Both the Christie LX1200 and Christie LHD700 come with a three-year warranty and ship in the Q4 2011.

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Belgium-based LED screen specialist Pixled expands its F-6 European Cross Rental Network, with recent sales of over 400 square metres of its high resolution product.

F-6 product, in combination with the Mitsubishi HD processor, has been delivered to the following market leaders in their countries : Stealth 7 LLC in Russia; Smart Choice Ltd. from Portugal; Visiontools GmbH from Germany; Irish-based Mongey Communications Ltd.-- and also the XL Video Group headquartered in Belgium. All are involved in some of the highest profile and most innovative shows and installations in Europe.

Pixled's Cross Rental Network is business strategy formulated to enable AV and visuals rental companies to seamlessly cross-rent equipment within Europe for larger projects.

General manager Bart Van der Beken says, "Cross rental is definitely the way forward. Everyone is impressed with the build quality, the fast and easy rigging and the superb Mitsubishi processing option on the F-6, plus all the extra features like its curvability and the ability to remove LED strips, all of which combine to make it an incredibly creative visual design tool."

Following the success of Pixled F-6, the F-9 (shown here) will be launched at PLASA next month. It is identical to the F-6—except for the pitch-- and is fully mechanically compatible. Like the F-6, this will also be available in 2000 and 4000 Nit versions.

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Along with the DepthQ HDs3D-1 Stereoscopic Projector and new DepthQ Player software, Lightspeed Design showed its DepthQ Polarization Modulators at both InfoComm and Cine Europe.

When combined with a silver screen, the DepthQ Polarization Modulator allows a digital cinema projector to display stereoscopic 3D films, viewable using inexpensive passive circular polarized glasses. Paired with projectors up to 18.5K ANSI Lumens, DepthQ provides a “spectacular” 3D experience for screens up to 13.7m (45 feet). DepthQ meets Hollywood’s image quality standards by varying the polarity of light passing through it in perfect synch with the “tripleflash” of left and right eye images. “An unprecedented symmetrical 50 microsecond switching time between the eyes ensures bright, low-crosstalk operation,” says the company.

The new DepthQ Polarization Modulator for 3D Digital Cinema (DCI) was first introduced at Cinemacon in March of this year. As well as being successfully reviewed by executives from six major studios, it is now listed on Walt Disney Studios Approved 3D Equipment List.

The DepthQ Polarization Modulator for Advanced 3D Visualization comes in two sizes, large (up to 18.5K lumens) and small (up to 4K lumens) and is currently in use for conference presentations, event marketing, trade shows, industrial applications, e-Cinemas, simulators, themed entertainment venues and academic institutions.

This supports 3D screen sizes from 2m -13.7m. No moving parts - low cost/maintenance. Works with all DLP 3D ready projectors. And it’s compatible with standard circular polarized 3D glasses.

A two-position actuator allows easy switch between 2D and 3D (standard for DCI, optional for all other models)

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On its InfoComm stand, Wavien showed a production prototype of a 1000-lumen projector to be manufactured and sold by AAXA Technologies, Inc. This new projector uses Wavien's proprietary DPR light engine, and Wavien claims it “outperforms LED projectors by producing 1000 lumens of brightness and a lifetime of 25,000 hours at the cost of a conventional desktop projector.”

AAXA, founded in 2008, is a developer and distributor of a new class of projector known as "micro" projectors and "pico" projectors.

"Wavien's DPR light engine provides a maintenance-free light source for projectors suitable for home theater/gaming applications, classrooms and small conference rooms. It outperforms LED projectors, providing a higher output, smaller footprint and longer lifetime, at a lower cost," states Dr. Kenneth Li, President and CEO of Wavien, Inc., who is also the inventor of the DPR technology.

"The maintenance-free features of LED and hybrid projectors created expectations in consumers that all state-of-the-art projectors should use those technologies. We have identified a void in the market for affordably priced projectors with a screen brightness of about 1000 lumens. LED projector outputs are too low, and hybrid projectors are costly," adds Gary Huang, VP Sales and Marketing at AAXA.

Wavien, based in California, is a technology licensing company developing long-life, high-performance light sources and engine prototypes for the projection and general lighting industries. Wavien currently offers its unique "Dual Paraboloid Reflector" ("DPR") technology using ultra-high-pressure arc lamps for education and business uses, and xenon lamps for cinema projectors.

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