ORLANDO — Harkness Screens, the world’s leading manufacturer of projection screens for cinema applications, will showcase its Digital Screen Selector at the motion picture industry convention ShowEast 2010 (Booth 518), held 24-27 October.
Intended as an aid to theater operators seeking to optimize their investment in digital cinema, Harkness claims that the Digital Screen Selector can help to:
· Reduce operating costs for 2D
· Optimize light levels for both 2D and 3D
Available through the Harkness Screens website, the Digital Screen Selector has a user-friendly interface with no software download required and uses industry-accepted standards and vendor data to compare different operating scenarios. The Selector is intended to be a guide for theater operators when consulting with projector, lamp, and 3D technology providers.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer our new Digital Screen Selector to cinema professionals around the world,” says Andrew Robinson, managing director of Harkness Screens. “By answering a few quick questions about the screen size and equipment being used in a particular theater, the Selector suggests Harkness screen options to optimize performance and cost.”
According to Harkness the company’s Perlux® gain screens reduce digital cinema projector brightness requirements significantly relative to matt white screens, enabling the use of smaller lamps that are cheaper, last longer, consume less power, roughly halving operating costs. For new builds and digital retrofits, the claim is that a Perlux® screen can pay for itself in under a year, and in less than two years for existing digital installations. The company describes gain screens as a potentially “green” investment because they can help reduce theater energy consumption and can help exhibitors meet building codes for energy efficiency.
Founded in 1929, Harkness recently celebrated its 80th year in business and has screens in place in over 60 countries. With its corporate office located in the Ireland, other offices and factories are located in UK, France, Beijing and Fredericksburg, VA.
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