Highlands Technologies Solutions (HTS) is proud
to have signed a partnership with the French leading exhibitor network, Cinémas
Gaumont Pathé (CGP), for the pilot rollout of its projector calibration solution,
named “Qalif”, within the multiplexes network.
As part of the pilot, the rollout includes 10x
CGP multiplexes sites carefully selected; it will then be followed by a full deployment
scheduled in a second step. CGP will use a fixed version of Qalif in premiere
theaters, and a mobile version in every site. A central monitoring will also be
implemented.
Offered as a full stand-alone solution, Qalif
is an innovative measurement and calibration tool for the digital projection
system quality.
It measures all the digital cinema screening
parameters such as color gamut, luminance, uniformity, focus, convergence,
sequential and intra-frame contrast, and as a result, helps to fine-tune
automatically the projector settings, the lamp settings and to log each
parameter during operation.
For instance, using Qalif, the projector lamps
will also have better operating conditions, which will extend their life and
reduce the maintenance costs for the exhibitors. Indeed, after every lamp
replacement, Qalif automatically adapts the power in order to increase the
lamps lifetime and improve their working conditions as advised by the lamp
manufacturers.
Qalif takes care the modes changes, and adapts
to 2D and 3D projections.
The Cinemas Gaumont Pathé network will use
Qalif to obtain and secure the highest level of quality for projection, as well
as automatic alignments of dual projectors 2K/4K. Using the central monitoring,
Qalif will also trigger the field visits to optimize the field maintenance
costs.
