Bring cinema to your home.

Barco projectors represent the pinnacle of visual excellence, engineered to transform any space into an immersive cinematic experience. With innovative optical design and advanced image processing, they deliver exceptional brightness, color fidelity, and contrast, ensuring every frame comes to life with stunning clarity. Trusted worldwide for their precision and reliability—and even featured in IMAX installations—Barco projectors set a new benchmark for both professional and home theater environments, making them the ultimate choice for those who demand extraordinary visual performance.

Stop by to see extraordinary pictures at the Experience Center in both our Reference Theater and the Projector Shootout.

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A History of Audio Excellence

1934

The Beginning

It all started in 1934 when Lucien De Puydt, a visionary entrepreneur, founded the Belgian American Radio Corporation (BARCO) in Flanders. His ambition was to manufacture and sell high-tech consumer radios, the most advanced product of that era.

In its first year, the company assembled over 2,000 radios, marking the beginning of a legacy in cutting-edge technology and innovation.

1900s

Entry into Digital Projection

Barco introduced its first CRT-based projectors, marking its transition into high-performance digital display technology.

2000s

Pioneering Digital Cinema

Pioneering Digital CinemaThe launch of the DP50, Barco’s first digital cinema projector with a sealed engine, marked a significant step toward establishing the company as a market leader in cinema projection.

Today, thousands of cinemas worldwide rely on Barco’s cutting-edge technology to deliver stunning visuals on the big screen, solidifying its reputation as a pioneer in digital cinema projection.

2010

Barco Redefines Cinema Projection

At CinemaCon, the world’s largest event for movie theater owners, Barco showcased ultra-bright 4K laser projection and premiered a groundbreaking exhibition of high frame rate movie footage at 120 frames per second per eye, delivering a spectacular and immersive cinematic experience.

2014

New Standard 

Barco set a new standard for cinema image quality with the launch of its first commercially available 6P laser-illuminated projector. At the time of its release, it was the most compact 60K-lumen projector available and the first laser projector capable of displaying 4K content at 60 fps as well as 3D movies in full 4K resolution.