Barco brings much-wanted compact high-brightness projectors to rental and AV ins

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In its communication Barco stresses that the UDX series has been designed to offer Xenon color. The traditional limit in blu-laser-phosphor projectors is Rec. 709  color space. The UDX series Laser-Phosphor illumination is said to improve upon this, allowing P3 color space.


Barco brings much-wanted compact high-brightness projectors to rental and AV installation companies

Kortrijk, Belgium, 30 March 2017 – “UDX will revolutionize the way we work…” Barco, global leader in events, large venue, and laser projection, is launching a brand-new projector range that will change the game for rental companies and AV integrators. The most compact, high-brightness laser projectors on the market, the UDX projectors deliver reliable, razor-sharp 4K images for every type of event and venue. The new UDX series delivers stunning experiences in terms of color, resolution, and processing, combined with savings on installation, shipping time, and asset management, reducing costs significantly.

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Matching the needs

“The UDX fulfills the requirements we are looking for,” states Thomas Gellermann, Head of R&D at Kraftwerk Living Technologies. “It features high-resolution 4K which is essential for bright images. It also has the power of laser phosphor illumination up to 32,000 lumens and that’s the range our large-screen installations are going for. What’s more, the design is easy to maintain and handle.”

Adam Benjamin, CEO of Fuse Technical Group continues: “The UDX will take the market by storm. It will change the game for a lot of rental houses.”
A revolution in the industry

Large venue laser projector“We all want to be wowed by unique experiences. That’s why events and venues require dazzling, high-resolution images,” comments Carl Rijsbrack, VP Events and ProAV at Barco. “We involved our customers closely during the development of our brand-new UDX to focus on their needs and challenges. The result is a projector platform that allows rental houses and venue owners to deliver exceptional audience experiences while reducing installation time and cost. It’s designed and built with our customers, for our customers.”

Game-changing performance

Large venue laser phosphor projectors

Quicker installation, lower costs, optimal asset management
Unmatched colors, 4K resolution, and best-in-class processing
Unbelievable experiences thanks to exceptional performance
The most compact, 4K, up to 32,000-lumen laser projectors with integrated cooling
Delivers the best customer return on investment (ROI) in the industry
The legacy continues

UDX will revolutionize the way we work, now and into the future - Danny Whetstone, Founder and President of DWP Live
Barco’s large venue projectors are the ultimate tools for creating the most astonishing shows. For years, Barco has been leading the large venue and events industry with its renowned HDX, HDF, and HDQ projector platforms − bringing pristine images to the greatest shows all over the world. The UDX is set to continue their legacy, now and well into the future.

Meet and greet the UDX

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UDX tour posterToday, the UDX tour kicks off. The brand-new UDX platform will travel the world, making a stop at over 40 locations. What’s more, this tour will also showcase our latest 4K image processing technology.



Mark your agenda to visit us at:

Prolight + Sound, Frankfurt, Germany, 4 - 7 April
InfoComm China, Beijing, China, 12 - 14 April
InfoComm Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, 23 - 25 May
InfoComm, Orlando, US, 10 - 16 June

Visit www.barco.com/UDX for more detailed info on this product and tour dates in your region.

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Rentex, one of the largest providers of audio visual & computer rentals, announced that Barco’s latest 4K large-venue projector, the UDX-4K32, is now available for rent from the company’s nine locations nationwide. "We’re confident this is going to be a huge hit with our customers and the greater rental community".



The Barco UDX-4K32 is the flagship of the company’s UDX laser projector platform. It provides 31,000 lumens of light output, 4K resolution, and the specifications and performance of a high-end laser projection in a compact, easily-transportable chassis.

Launched on March 30th of 2017, but the 4K32 being the first to start shipping last month, with the rest of range available from November, the Barco UDX series is designed to deliver the same image quality found in the Barco HDX and HDF series in a more reliable, more flexible digital projector. By placing the specifications of a high-end laser projector into a compact form that is ideal for both transportation and complex rigging, Barco has created a projector suited for customers in both the large-venue fixed installation and the high-end projector rental markets.

Per Rob Garvey, Director of Sales, says; “Laser projectors are a major leap forward for the industry both in terms of image quality and usability. The Barco UDX-4K32 is at the cutting edge of laser technology, and offering it to our customers is an important part of our commitment to keeping them at the forefront of industry trends. It provides excellent color quality, outperforming industry standards like BT.709, and it accomplishes this in a very durable package. Basically, it doesn’t require AV engineers to make any compromises. We’re confident this is going to be a huge hit with our customers and the greater rental community.”

Inside the projector, the Barco UDX-4K32 employs a premium 3-Chip DLP design, the industry standard for high-end digital projection technology. This enables the projector to produce over 35 trillion colors with a solidity, density, and brightness unattainable by previous projection technologies. Due to the energy efficiency of laser light source, the UDX-4K32 can provide vivid and bright projections while consuming much less energy than projectors using bulb or LCD projection technology. The projector’s filter-free design also makes it less susceptible to dust and environmental conditions, meaning that it can thrive in complex rigging setups where performance and durability are both required.

Besides the obvious advantage of its compact size and outstanding color quality, the UDK-4K32 also has a series of very attractive technical specifications that makes it very competitive with other high-end laser projectors. At the core of the UDX-4K32 is Barco’s Pulse technology, a 4K electronics backbone that’s now integrated into all the company’s new projection platforms. Pulse provides Single Step Processing (SSP) for the UDX-4K32, enabling it to achieve 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) image processing—including warp, blend, gamma, and color—in a single operation. This faster image processing provides less latency and less dark time than other laser projectors on the market.

Other useful features of the UDX-4K32 include Barco’s FLEX technology, which allows users to customize and “lock in” the brightness and resolution of the projector to best suit each application, so engineers and technicians can use fewer projectors to cover a wider range of brightness levels and resolutions. Also, the UDK-4K32 is backwards compatible with the entire Barco lens fleet, including lenses developed for the HDX, HDF, and HDQ series projectors, providing a variety of options for engineers.

Rentex is proud to offer the Barco UDK-4K32 laser projector to its customers nationwide from all its nine convenient locations around the country.
To learn more about the Barco UDX-4K32, visit the Rentex website at the following link: https://www.rentex.com/rental-products/barco-udx-4k32/ or browse our laser projector rentals and request a price quote for one of the industry’s leading name brand laser projectors.