Christie has launched a new high-value d-cinema offering, the Christie CP2208, which projects Bright 3D and movies to widths up to 10.6 meters (35 feet). Designed as an affordable solution in a compact footprint, the new projector is the latest on the line of Christie’s Xenon-lamp based Christie Solaria models. The CP2208 is scheduled to begin in October:
“Xenon illumination provides superior colour reproduction, brightness that is double that of similarly-sized, mercury-lamp based projectors and overall better performance,” said Allan Fernandes, product manager, Christie Cinema Products. “The CP2208 can be ordered with a variety of lamp sizes and lenses, and gives customers the choice of adding an integrated media block – either the Christie IMB-S2 with its tightly-integrated Screen Management System (SMS) and high-performance storage – or other, popular Series-2 IMB system.”
While able to support various alternative content sources through dual HDMI ports, via DVI connectors, the solution is DCI-compliant. Based on Texas Instruments’ (TI) 3-chip, 0.69” S2K DLP Cinema chipset, the CP2208 will deliver fully DCI-compliant images at 9,000 lumens within the DCI colour space and up to 10,000 lumens when presenting alternative content.
“Faced with ‘going dark,’ as second-run film prints become increasingly difficult to obtain, the CP2208 will be a welcomed, bundled solution to exhibitors who need to provide digital content to satisfy a price-sensitive customer base, without incurring a large capital investment,” added Fernandes.
