(pressebox) Bad Kreuznach, 01.02.2011 – Schneider-Kreuznach’s first high-end home cinema projector CDP 3500 MA will be on the market from April 2011. At the heart of the new full HD DLP projector is the next generation of the company’s proven Cine-Digitar lenses that have been refined especially for this product. “Our entry into the home cinema and projector market brings us full circle. Schneider-Kreuznach is famous for its high-precision photographic lenses. We are now putting the same precision and passion into making our new home cinema projection lenses,” says Dr. Josef Staub, CEO of the Schneider Group.
A core element of the new home cinema projector is an enhanced Cine-Digitar projection lens from Schneider-Kreuznach. The device’s frame and electronics were developed by a partner that is an industry leader. The new CDP projectors are consistently designed as a modular system: Thanks to professional interchangeable and anamorphic lenses with both manual and automatic positioning, they fulfill almost every customer’s wish. The first projector from Schneider-Kreuznach boasts technical data that are outstanding in its product class: full HD resolution (1080p, native), extremely high contrast and a brightness of 3500 lumens. These performance data make the projector a high-end device. “The CDP 3500 MA is a top-of-the-range home cinema projector. A fully-integrated anamorphic lens with automatic positioning makes it possible to project movies in Cinemascope format (21:9) without the annoying black bars above and below the image but with full resolution and light intensity,” says Detlev Reimler, Head of Projectors at Pentacon GmbH, a subsidiary of the Schneider Group.
Schneider-Kreuznach has been producing and distributing professional cinema equipment since 1915. It was presented with the Technical Achievement Award, the so-called Technology Oscar, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, for the first time in 1976. This coveted prize has been awarded to cinema lenses from Bad Kreuznach seven times in total.