Bradford,UK, 13 August 2013 – Europe’s largest international film event, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) relied on none other than Calibre UK for scaling and switching of alternative cinema content. Provided by Prague-based system integration, rental and staging experts Altei, HQView400DC processors were integrated with Sony 4K digital cinema projectors located throughout multiple cinemas that were used for event screenings.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) took place between June 28 to July 6 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The event attracted over 12,000 film industry representatives and press from all around the world.

All guests had the opportunity to experience first-hand the immersive quality of digital cinema technology togive the very highest picture quality and viewer experience.

“The quality of the Calibre UK processing was essential to achieve best results combining alternative – non DCP content and Sony Digital Cinema projectors,” says Martin Vysušil, Sales & Marketing at Altei.

“Calibre UK HQView400DC alternative content processors were used for screening of movies from various sources includingDigital Betacam, HD Cam, DVD and BluRay.”

Pauline Brooksbank, Managing Director at Calibre UK says: “We’re delighted Altei are relying on the flexible, robust and seamless processing from Calibre UK at the KVIFF as they have done so successfully in previous years.”

HQView400DC is a unique version of the Calibre UK HQView400, which is optimised for use as a digital cinema alternative content processor and is compatible with the alternate content input of market leading digital cinema projectors.

The HQView range of highly flexible image scalers provide stunning image quality in demanding applications including professional AV, staging, broadcast, houses of worship, medical, corporate and education.