What's New at ACE

Component Engineering has released a new lower cost reverse-scan kit for most soundheads. The ASR-40 replaces exciter lamp, slit lens, solar cell, and exciter lamp power supply with 2 solid state assemblies (shown left), and a new power supply. The kit cost is $499, and will take about one hour for our technician to install. Once converted to reverse scan, you'll have little need to have ACE out for frequent "A-chain" tune ups, nor anymore exciter lamp replacements! Plus, in your digital house, the analog sound will sound almost as good, during a dropout of digital, or no digital print (disks). Consider the conversion as an investment in quality sound, with the peace of mind of knowing you won't be down someday with a surprise cyan print.

On Screen Advertising with Digital Projectors, is taking hold rapidly due to the dramatically lower cost for the equipment. Many theatres are installing digital projectors to take advantage of addition income from rentals, private parties, on screen advertising, and pay-per-view sporting events. Two currently popular models include the Eiki XNB3, a 2000ANSI lumen SVGA projector priced at $1895, and the X1100, at 4100 ANSI lumen XGA projector priced at $4795. Long throw lenses are available for the X1100 projector, enabling projection from your booth. Any DVD player, VCR, cable box, satellite dish receiver, camcorder, or computer will hook up.

You'll be amazed at the quality from these projectors. For video advertising only, lower cost SVGA projectors fit the bill, and they come with longer throw zoom lenses. With video ads, there's no more out of focus or upside down slides, bulb changes become a once or twice a year issue, there will be no more constant projector breakdowns, and your entire program is mailed to you on one CD-ROM! Let ACE design a multi-projector network, that will run automated along with your theatre automation system

In addition our technicians have attended factory training at Christie Digital and BARCO. Price on D-Cinema equipment has dropped dramatically, with new lower cost machines for medium to small theatres, along with the new 2k BARCO high-end machines for large auditoriums. The new 2k projectors are twice as sharp as 1k machines, making the quality similar or better than current 35mm presentations, and the cost has been cut in half. Let us show you how to make the jump to Digital.

Dolby Laboratories has replaced the CP500 with a new feature laden processor, the CP650. Available in 3 versions (SR analog, SRD digital, and SRD-EX surround) brings Dolby Digital more affordable than ever. Coupled with QSC's new 4-channel amps, we can now provide a bi-amped 6-channel digital sound system in less than 36" of rack space! Dolby continues to offer their stand alone SRD decoder, the DA20, for theatres who already have a good analog cinema processor. However, for all new installations, you will find the CP650 to be the most cost effective solution for Dolby Digital.

Contact Scott Hicks for more information.