Visualization specialist Barco has released a new line of LED-lit, DLP-based video walls with an improved LED engine.

The new series features an advanced heat management system based on liquid cooling technology, which brings the LED temperature down to the optimal level. This results in a significantly longer lifetime of the projection system, amounting to 80,000 hours of continuous operation in eco-mode – or a 35% improvement over competing video walls.

Thanks to liquid cooling, the new OVL range reaches a brightness level that is 20% higher while shortening the projection system's lifetime.The OVL video wall range is offered in 4:3 ratio, with screen sizes up to 80 inch.

Besides, compared to other LED-based systems, OVL video walls can save up to 30% power by basing the OVL's color and brightness adjustment on smart power management, not on optical dimming.

Barco's OVL range therefore includes an 80” video wall system with seamless screens. An additional benefit over smaller size screens is the 80” OVL's high mean time between failures.

Barco's OVL rear projectors come with Sense6, a unique sensor technology which co-ordinates across multiple rear-projection modules to provide brightness and color stability over time and across the entire video wall screen.

Unlike factory calibrated systems, the OVL continuously measures and adjusts color and brightness in real time and therefore requires no maintenance or manual adjustments.

About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3,300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 638 million euro in 2009.