OV-D2
Barco’s next-generation DLP projection series offers a new visual experience for oper-ators in a wide range of control room and studio environments. Sophisticated tech-nology, including Barco’s Sense6 concept, gives the OV-D2 series a unique position inthe video wall market.
Barco’s next-generation DLP projection series
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With years of experience in state-of-the-art visualization, Barco
has advanced control room visualization technology by combin-
ing the highest possible image quality with the lowest cost of
ownership. Now Barco has raised the bar again with a new
series of video walls that bring control room operators the ulti-
mate in viewing comfort. The new OV-D2 video wall family
combines innovative, state-of-the-art functionality with proven
technology that has made Barco’s video walls so successful in
control rooms all over the world.
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Barco’s next-generationDLP projection series
• A new visual experience
Barco offers operators an unequalled visual experience by
making use of the best display technology on the market
and enhancing it with sophisticated Barco technology.
The result is a razor sharp, uniform image across the entire
video wall.
• Tailored to the human eye
At Barco, we take ergonomics seriously with display technol-
ogy that has been tailored to the human eye. Sophisticated
sensor technology continuously guards and adjusts lumi-
nance and color characteristics to provide the best conditions
for the human eye.
• A secure investment
Barco takes lowest cost of ownership into account from the
ground up. That is why Barco's quality video wall compo-
nents and dedicated technology guarantee maximum
uptime of your system.
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Fit for any application
For Barco, versatility is the norm. That is why Barco’s video wall
technology can be found in many various types of control
rooms worldwide. From process control centers to broadcast
environments, control room operators value Barco’s video wall
technology for a host of reasons.
Any resolution, any sizeBarco’s full range of video wall productscovers the needs of practically any con-trol room or backdrop application. TheOV-D2 features a modular architecturewith video wall modules ranging from50” to 120” and from XGA to SXGA+,stackable to any size and resolution,curved or straight.
Redundancy for 24/7 mission-criti-cal applications As no other video wall provider, Barcounderstands that redundancy is essen-tial for 24/7 mission-critical applica-tions. That is why the OV-D2 seriesfeatures built-in lamp and contentredundancy.
Barco’s unique dual lamp system auto-matically activates a second redundantlamp upon lamp failure. The redundant lamp system providesboth cold-standby functionality for mosteconomical operation or hot-standbyredundancy in case every second counts.
Backdrops
GIS
Traffic
Surveillance
Scada Utilities Combined with GIS
Broadcast monitoring
Telecom
Command & Control
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Investment bank, Surveillance Channel 4, Broadcast monitoring EnBW ZNL Esslingen, Utilities & Process control
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A perfect backdrop solutionMore and more, video walls are used asan interactive element to present infor-mation on TV. The high resolution rear-projection modules support 3200 Kcolor temperature to match with thestudio lighting. They provide excellenton-camera performance with full Gen-Lock capability and offer wide viewingangles for maximum flexibility of cam-era positions. Hot-standby lamps pre-vent any image loss during broadcast.Sense6 technology measures andadjusts the color and brightness to pro-vide a constant uniformity.
Front access for confined spacesFor applications where space is limited,Barco offers video walls that can beserviced from the front and that requireno back room space at all. The videowalls’ high resolutions allow operatorsto sit close by andmonitor high-densityinformation. Regularservice, such as lampreplacement, can beperformed with 100%video wall availabilityand without open-ing the screenarea or any otheroperator obstruction.
No content is lost during lamp service,lamps are hot-swappable without anysafety issues.
Several levels of redundancy can beoffered in case of video wall controllerfailure. This is specifically useful forvery critical data that can be brought tothe video wall by two independentways: through a backup video wall con-troller or by directly connecting thesources to a video wall module. Dualdigital inputs take video wall controllerinput in parallel with the video or RGBsources. In case of failure, the sourcescan be routed in parallel to the secondinput.
Truly seamless viewing Barco’s OV-D2 series offers operators atruly seamless viewing experience. TheOV-D2 projection screens make use ofBarco’s patented stitch concept, whichensures that no air gaps, bezels orscreen holders are present. Alternative-ly, Barco offers ZeroGap screens whichare 100% seamless and able to adaptto temperature changes. The combina-tion of high-precision lenses and finemirror adjustment offers operatorsexcellent image geometry and sharp-ness across the complete video wall.Additionally, high-quality screens con-serve the sharpness, and are perfectlysuited to present very high resolutions.
Streamlined video imagesTo ensure excellent video quality andsmooth movements, all display mod-ules come standard with GenLock capa-bility e.g. for synchronizing the refreshrate of the display with that of PAL orNTSC video. Be it for ticker bars in newsbroadcasts or moving traffic or surveil-lance videos, Barco’s OV-D2 offers themost streamlined, jitter-free videoimages.
Hot-standby lamp
The lamp fails
Second lamp takes over &
the optical dimmer re-adjust brightness
automatically to previous level
Madrid Barajas Airport, Traffic BBC news, Backdrop Decision room, Command & control
Dual DVI inputs and LAN connector
No need to open the screen
Access to the lamps
No need for maintenance area
Mounted projection system
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Tailored to the human eye
Always keeping the comfort of the operator in mind, Barco has
designed its OV-D2 video wall series with a combination of
state-of-the-art technology and in-depth knowledge of the
human vision. Luminance, on-screen contrast and color are all
optimized to maximally limit eye strain and adapt to the limita-
tions of the human eye.
High dynamic rangeA unique optical dimming concept pre-serves video wall contrast over timeand brings double the contrast values incomparison to Barco’s competitors.
True colorBarco’s new video wall series comeswith a wide gamut range spanning sev-eral of the widely used, internationalcolor standards. Within that color rangeevery color can be achieved within thelimitations of the eye. The standardcolor temperature is set to 6500 K,which is ergonomically best suited innormal daylight conditions or can be setto 3200 K for camera recording in stu-dios.
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Optimized brightnessBarco’s video walls are designed topresent information in the mostergonomical way. To avoid eye strain,the luminance level of the video wall isat its best when it is matched with theluminance of a normal control roomenvironment. Barco optimizes its videowalls so all content can be seen fromany operator seat within an ergonomicbrightness range.
High on-screen contrastOn-screen contrast is critical for the leg-ibility of a video wall. Barco combineshigh-contrast projection engines withanti-glare screens that avoid directreflections.
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Continuous uniformity across thevideo wall and over timeThe optical design of the projectionengine has been optimized to producean excellent brightness uniformity andcolor uniformity within each displaycube. Unlike LCD or plasma based prod-ucts, the image generating element,which consists of a DLP chip and a colorwheel, contains absolutely no aging ordeteriorating components. Furthermore,OV-D2 guarantees a uniform and con-sistent image over time and across theentire video wall, thanks to Barco’sunique Sense6 concept.
An image for all operatorsThanks to its wide effective viewingangle, Barco’s OV-D2 video wall can beused efficiently from anyoperator seat. To keep lumi-nance differences under dif-ferent viewing angles to anacceptable level, the OV-D2features screens that spreadout the light evenly across allviewing angles. Additionally,the OV-D2 series offers a widevariety of screens with higher brightness levels, as they con-centrate the luminance more towardson-axis viewing.
Easy integration in your controlroomAn OV-D2 video wall seamlessly blendsin with the environment and provides atruly ergonomic interface with opera-tors and possible viewing galleries.Built-in flexibility offers integrators orinstallers a high degree of freedom:multiple installation heights, extensiveheight fine-adjustment for in-field flexi-bility and a variety of screen dimen-sions. The OV-D2’s modular designallows quick installation. Screens withcurvability and extreme viewabilitypose virtually no limitations on operatororientation towards the video wall.
High contrast through high dynamic range
Wide color gamut
Perfect grayscales
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Opticaldimmer
Intracubeuniformity
Dynamiccolor
feedback
Images brought to life
Barco’s OV-D2 video wall series builds on a revolutionary display
solution that offers operators the most razor sharp and life like
images available on a projection screen today. DLP is an innova-
tive display solution that uses an optical semi conductor to
manipulate light digitally. The result is maximum fidelity, with
images whose accuracy, brightness and color must be seen to
be believed.
The semiconductorAt the heart of every DLP projectionsystem is an optical semiconductorknown as the Digital MicromirrorDevice, or DMD chip. When a DMD chipis coordinated with a digital video orgraphic signal, a light source, and a pro-jection lens, its mirrors can reflect anall-digital image onto a screen. TheDMD and the electronics that surroundit are referred to as DLP technology.
The grayscale imageA DMD panel’s Micromirrors are mount-ed on tiny hinges that enable them totilt either toward the light source in aDLP projection system (ON) or awayfrom it (OFF) – creating a light or darkpixel on the projection surface. The bit-streamed image code entering thesemiconductor directs each mirror toswitch on and off up to several thou-sand times per second. When a mirrorremains on average longer in the onstate than in the off state, it introducesa light gray pixel. If the off state domi-nates, a dark gray pixel is projected.
This way, the mirrors in a DLP projectionsystem can reflect pixels in up to 1,024shades of gray to convert the video orgraphic signal entering the DMD into ahighly detailed grayscale image.
Adding colorThe white light generated by the lampin a DLP projection system passesthrough a color wheel as it travels tothe surface of the DMD panel. The colorwheel filters the light into red, green,and blue, from which a single -chip DLPprojection system can create at least16.7 million colors.
OV-D2 uses the latest DMD technologywith increased switching speed of themirrors to deliver better video perform-ance without contouring artifacts.
Brightness lock Adding color
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Primarycolor adjust
Dynamicbrightnessfeedback
Graylockingamic
olordback
Barco’s new OV-D2 video wall series
come with Sense6, a unique sensor tech-
nology that provides brightness and color stabil-
ity over time and across the entire display. The
unique Sense6 technology continuously measures bright-
ness and color characteristics and adjusts the color space to pro-
vide an image that is most convenient for the human eye. No
distracting luminance or color differences. No frequent mainte-
nance or manual adjustments. No impact on the wall content
whatsoever. Sense6 gives operators a sense of perfection with an
image accuracy and uniformity that is second to none.
A sense of perfection
• Excellent uniformityEqual brightness, color, contrast andmidtones for all cubes.
• Sensor basedBarco’s Sense6 technology sees whatyou see by measuring the output ofthe video wall rather than a specificoptical component of the projectorsystem. Changing a lamp or colorwheel is automatically sensed andcompensated for.
• An active systemThe system actively measures andcompensates over time and compen-sates for any changes, especiallychanges introduced by lamp aging orlamp changing.
• No operator intervention neededThe system works in the backgroundand requires no operator inter ventionor technical skills.
• 100% availability of video wallcontentThe system never interferes with thecontent on-screen. There is no needfor special patterns keeping therequested content on the video wallat all times. Introduction of newlamps also does not require anyrecalibration pattern: the change issimply measured.
Sense6 benefits:
Continuous color uniformity acrossthe entire video wallA true color sensor continuouslymeasures the color performance ofeach projection cube. The PrimaryColor Adjust algorithm matches allprojection cubes to the same color,based upon the sensor information.
This patented color feedback systemoperates in the background andadjusts the final color on-screen,compensating for tolerance differenceof the optical path and color wheel aswell as for color changes due to lampaging or insertion of new lamps.
Perfect grayscalesWhereas the color locking functionalitypreserves color and the brightnesslocking functionality preserves whiteand black , the Sense6 gray lockingfunctionality assures a consistentlinearity between white and black,regardless of lamp brightness, or lampage.
Brightness and color uniformityacross the cubeThanks to Barco’s renowned opticaldesign, the brightness and coloruniformity levels of the single OV-D2projection cubes are extremely highfrom center to edge, as well as in thecorners.
Continuous brightness uniformityacross the entire video wallWith Sense6 technology, operators areassured of luminance uniformity overtime and across the entire video wall.A brightness sensor continuouslymeasures the luminance characteristicsof the projection module. Thisbrightness information is used by theoptical dimmer functionality to adaptand match the luminance of all cubes.The optical dimmer allows contrastwith High Dynamic Range, whichmeans video wall contrast is twice thatof conventional systems. This makes itpossible to see elements with a lowbrightness level, e.g. shades or darkscenes in movies.
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Intracube uniformity
Intercube uniformity
Uniformity over time
04.06.2007 10.02.2008 21.12.2009
LAN
Web page accessto single cube
Sense6: a sense of perfection
Intracube uniformity
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LANIntercubeuniformity
Gray locking
Color locking
Brightness locking withhigh dynamic range
BarcoControl Manager
server
BarcoControl Manager
client 1
BarcoControl Manager
client 2
Sensor Target
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A secure investment
A video wall system should be ready for continuous image qual-
ity and maximum uptime without interruption of daily opera-
tions. That is why Barco takes lowest cost of ownership into
account from system design onwards, so your system requires
the least possible intervention and maintenance.
Quality componentsThe OV-D2 series offers excellent imageperformance thanks to sophisticatedDLP technology. Compared to manyother technologies, DLP technologyshows absolutely no aging effects for alifetime of over 100,000 hours. Fromlamp to screen, all OV-D2 componentsare designed for maximum Mean-Time-Between-Failure. The complete OV-D2product line uses low-power, long-life-time UHP lamps, which have a higherefficiency than any other lamp technol-ogy available.
With a system that is designed for lowpower usage and heat dissipation, theOV-D2’s power and air-conditioning costis kept to a minimum. Severe in-housetesting at Barco’s dedicated reliabilitylab optimizes the OV-D2 for 24/7usage.
Intuitive installationThe OV-D2 display series has beendesigned for quick and intuitive installa-tion. The seamless screen is installed inminutes since no attention needs to bepaid to screen gaps. The video wallstructure has stable mechanics andincludes dedicated cable guides. Asmall LCD display shows status at aglance.
Easy maintenance for minimaldowntimeMaintenance should not be an obstaclefor your daily operations. In Barco’smaintenance philosophy, surprises andrandom interventions are avoided asmuch as possible by periodicallyplanned service schedules. The BarcoWall Control Manager software allowsfor a complete health status overviewof the system in the blink of an eye orallows the control of all projectioncubes through direct Ethernet connec-tion. All OV-D2 components aredesigned for low Mean-Time-To-Repair.The projection engine is split into a pro-jection unit, which is smaller and lighterthan the illumination unit.
A dust filter keeps the electronics and lamps clean. The lamp can be hot-swapped without image loss
and without opening the system.
The I-lamp stores a.o. lamp runtime, serial
number, color spectrum.
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Third party integration The Barco system is open to any thirdparty equipment. A published APIallows communication to the video wall.
A trusted partner for quality supportBarco’s worldwide customer supportteam and dedicated hot-line is ready toprovide repair and assistance for yourvideo wall system. Barco takes respon-sibility on system level so the completesystem works, rather than only the dis-play cubes or the controller. Trainingprograms are organized frequently tokeep up to date with technology evolu-tions.
Proven technology from a trustedcompanyBarco can boast the largest worldwideinstalled base together with more than15 years’ experience in the field of pro-jection technology, a market positionearned by innovative design, the use ofthe highest quality components for 24/7usage and world class engineering.
This unique concept allows easy inte-gration of future technology compo-nents without having to replace the fullengine.
The projection unit, containing the com-plete optical path is 100% sealed off tokeep dust out. A special heat exchangerbetween this clean area and the out-side world cools the DMD chip andhereby significantly extends its lifetime.
Built-in redundancy for highersecurityTo improve the uptime of your content,Barco has equipped its video walls withbuilt-in redundancy.
First, the standard redundant input withautoswitch ensures continuous contentavailability. Next, the redundant duallamp system brings great advantages interms of lamp servicing, since the sec-ond lamp automatically takes overupon lamp failure. Also, the exact samebrightness and color is achieved afterlamp change. This way, the swap canbe done virtually unnoticed and withoutadditional adjustment. The failed lampcan be replaced hot swappable, whilethe image remains displayed. Addition-al redundancy is provided by the colorwheel, which can be swapped in min-utes by a color wheel cartridge, withouthaving to remove the projection unit.
The color wheel can be swapped within seconds.
The projection unit
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Worry-free operation
Barco’s OV-D2 series comes with Barco Wall Control Manager for
video walls, a software package that continuously supports
worry-free operation of your video wall. No more surprises, no
unplanned or distracting maintenance interventions. Barco Wall
Control Manager for video walls allows you to systematically
manage and configure the uniformity and health status of your
video wall fleet in an easy way.
The management of your videowall happens over the network All projectors have their own ip address,which Barco Wall Control Manager forvideo walls is able to access all at thesame time. By a single mouse click, youcan control and configure various prop-erties and features of the projectionmodules as well as of the entire videowall.
Brightness and color controlBarco Wall Control Manager for videowalls allows the configuration of thecommon brightness target, and com-mon color target of the entire videowall. Barco Wall Control Manager con-tinuously measures the projector’sbrightness and color performance andmakes corrections in case of drift.
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Input controlBarco Wall Control Manager allows toswitch between active DVI inputs andto select a redundancy scenario in casean active input fails.
Lamp controlFor a smooth maintenance of yourvideo wall, Barco Wall Control Managerallows switching between active andbackup lamps in the entire wall, or for aselection of projectors.
Health statusBarco Wall Control Manager showshealth status on wall level up to projec-tor level.
Extensive reporting Barco Wall Control Manager for videowalls provides extensive reportingfunctionality, such as event logging incase of lamp failure, hot standbyenabling, projector switching, etc. Theproperties of projectors and lamps canalso be logged according to user-defined intervals.
Direct web accessSecond level maintenance can be per-formed by direct ethernet access toeach projector. Every projector has itsown web page and can be accessed bya standard web browser. Submenusinclude configuration settings andhealth status and allow direct control ofthe projector. Firmware can be upgrad-ed remotely and fast, which reducesmaintenance time.
Barco Wall Control Manager allows
configuration and control of the video wall and
shows health status.
Each projector can be accessed directly via its ip
address and a standard web browser.
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www.barco.com
Ref. no. R599170 SMD-PB-2007-12-rev002
Barco is an ISO 9001 registered company. The information and data given are typical for the equipmentdescribed. However any individual item is subject to change without any notice. For in-depth features and technical specifications of the several OV-D2 configurations, please visit www.barco.com.DLP™ technology by Texas Instruments offers crystal clear images with superior quality. DLP is a trademarkof Texas Instruments.
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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 & Mar-
keting, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia
Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about
3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.
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