Barco Loki Cinemascope

MSRP: $62,995 USD

Describe your product's design and / or technological innovation.

The Barco Loki Cinemascope offers the same Ultra HD enhancements as the Barco Loki projector, coupled with a high-capacity 2.37:1 aspect DLP engine. Its exceptional design allows a 2.40:1 film to be shown without requiring an anamorphic lens. The projector also provides Barco’s renowned single step image processing and low latency scaling technologies.

Loki Cinemascope is based on a proven optical architecture, custom designed aspherical glass elements and enhanced low dispersion glass lenses, image quality is in a class of its own. Contrast is not only increased, but the details within the darkest parts of the image are more visible.

The Loki Cinemascope has a unique automatic aspect ratio detection function. It will look for 2.40:1 content and automatically scale the image to fit the 5120x2160 resolution and of course change back to 16:9 (3840x2160) if you have content in that format. It will also change aspect ratio when a 2.40:1 format movie has menus outside the active picture frame. You can also switch manually between the different formats. The CinemaScope functionality is of course bundled with all the other standard Barco Residential features including RealColor, extensive profile system and IP control and monitoring.

Outstanding image quality also requires an exceptional light source. This is why we have packed Loki Cinemascope with a brand new dual laser engine. Alongside significantly improved image uniformity, lasers last longer than traditional projector lamps, are not as fragile and offer nearly instant on/off. Light life is up to 40.000 hours.
Loki Cinemascope has departed from a pure fan based cooling system to a liquid cooling PID regulation system, allowing Loki to operate in any angle.

Describe the benefits that your product provides to the integrator.

The Loki Cinemascope offers integrators a unique value proposition, featuring class-leading image quality in 4K UHD and native Cinemascope functionality. The differentiation from 16/9 consumer products with native Cinemascope aspect ratio also creates an opportunity for additional sales of masked projection screens that thanks to the Loki Cinemascope could become a standard in high end home theaters, delivering a wow factor that adds excitement to the home theater experience. The dual laser light source provides ease-of-use, low maintenance and class-leading light output.

Integrators will be surprised at how flexible and easy setup is, with its native Cinemascope capability eliminating the need for costly anamorphic lenses that are complex to install. Unlike an anamorphic lens system which must be used in the horizontal centre of the image, there are no limitations other than the maximum available horizontal and vertical lens shift to determine placement.

The range of lenses, including an ultra short throw lens provides unmatched flexibility in installation and architectural applications. Integrators can even get a Cinemascope image using the wide angle 0.3:1 lens for rear or front projection. Full adjustment of focus and zoom is available via the remote rather than the manual adjustments needed on an anamorphic lens.

Describe the benefits that your product provides to the end user.

The Loki Cinemascope offers a unique value proposition, featuring class-leading image quality in native Cinemascope resolution, while featuring an attractive high end design and class-leading build quality, fitting with the lifestyle of our discerning, high end customers.

The class-leading image quality, ultra high light output and native Cinemascope aspect ratio combine to deliver a wow factor that adds excitement to their home theater experience. The smooth switch between aspect ratios without having to deal with presets allows end users to watch their favourite movies without compromises, and enjoy them like they’ve never seen them before, creating an exceptional home theatre experience; the ‘suspension of disbelief’.

In addition, the range of lenses, including an ultra short throw lens provides unmatched flexibility in installation and architectural applications, front or rear projection, allowing end users to create audiovisual experiences in their homes that seamlessly integrate into the architectural design of their home, creating true custom digital canvases.