The acknowledged market expert in Digital Intermediate, EFILM is wholly owned by Panavision and Deluxe Laboratories. SGI will be the single service source for the 2K projectors, providing complete installation, integration and service through SGI Professional Services and SGI Support Services. As part of the sale of the four Barco projectors to EFILM, SGI Support Services will provide 24 x 7 service with guaranteed two-hour on-site response, and will include all repairs, parts and labor. Based on the latest Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology, the Barco DP100 enjoys the benefits of a 2048 x 1080 display resolution, 18000 Cinema lumens light output, and a minimum contrast ratio of 1700:1.

"The new generation of 2K projectors, including Barco's DP100, offer much better resolution on-screen and also much better contrast", stated Bob Eicholz, Vice President of Corporate Development, EFILM. "The Barco projector itself is a great technical design, featuring modular design for all key components. Barco's excellent brightness, colour and contrast at 2K resolution, coupled with SGI's world-class service organization are a very powerful combination."

The four Barco DP100 projectors will be used as part of EFILM's Digital Intermediate process, upgrading from the 1K projection theaters currently in EFILM's DI suites. These suites are where Directors of Photography (DPs) and

Directors and Producers of films can view their movie projected digitally as they collaborate with a colourist to digitally colour grade films. "The DI process allows DPs to refine the colour and other aspects of their images. In contrast with traditional lab timing, they can now see the results of their work displayed on theater-size screens, with great colour, resolution and contrast using the new Barco DP100 projectors", continued Bob Eicholz. "In fact,

these new projectors display about 70% more pixels on our screens, and provide about 65% better contrast. That translates to crystal clear, beautiful images on the screen."

Barco D-Cine Premiere DP 100 projectors include CineCanvas sub titling capabilities, CineBlack and CinePallete control to emulate the look and feel of film, CineLink to protect content being delivered from the server and Barco's automated anamorphic lens option, the DP100 guarantees 'Premiere' quality on the screen. A fully integrated electronics and illumination assembly ensures maximum performance, while high efficiency air and water-cooling systems maximize DMD, reflector and lamp life to optimize operating costs. In addition high efficiency filtering of the digital head, a hermetically sealed optical assembly, a unique convergence system and Constant Light Output control guarantee a constant display quality over time.

In 2001, EFILM, using an SGI Onyx family visualization computer and its own proprietary SGI IRIX OS-based colour correction software, was the first digital lab in the U.S. to digitally master an entire film at an authentic 2K resolution-Paramount Pictures' "We Were Soldiers". In 2002, EFILM digitally mastered eight full-length feature films, including the Oscar-winning "Frida". In 2003, 23 full-length movies were digitally mastered at EFILM, as well as segments for many other films, including "Master and Commander", starring Russell Crowe, and the made-for-television HBO mini-series,"Angels in America". This year, EFILM is on target to entirely digitally master 35 to 40 major Hollywood features. EFILM's DI credits for completely digitally mastered features in 2004 include: "The Passion of the Christ", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", and "Dawn of the Dead"; recently released "Van Helsing"; "New York Minute"; "The Alamo"; and "The Day After Tomorrow" and upcoming summer blockbuster, "Spider-Man 2".

The Barco DP100 projectors will be connected to EFILM's four DI suites, which are driven by content generated on four SGI Onyx 3400 visualization systems. EFILM uses the SGI equipment to create Digital Intermediates, a process that includes high-resolution scanning, colour correction, laser film recording, video mastering and digital cinema mastering. EFILM creates one high-resolution digital master that can be used for film output, digital cinema releases, and home video, designed to meet national and international theatrical and home video/DVD requirements.

At EFILM, the SGI Onyx visualization systems are connected, along with other applications, to an SGI InfiniteStorage SAN server now with hundreds of terabytes of SGI(R) InfiniteStorage TP9400, enabling the 2K content to be shared by multiple artists without costly and time consuming copying of files. In preparation for the slew of summer blockbusters demand for DIs, EFILM purchased, over the last six months 120 additional terabytes of TP9500 storage for their facility.