Barco vs Sony

5 matched panels · 1.27 to 1.588 mm · specifications from both makers' datasheets

The two lineups side by side, then what the matched panels say about weight, power and what each maker publishes. Every figure is the maker's own; the planner adds nothing it cannot point to on a sheet.

Weight and draw are per square metre of cabinet, so different cabinet sizes compare fairly. Ranges run across every panel the maker has in the database, not only the matched ones.

What the sheets say

• Barco and Sony overlap on 5 matched pairs between 1.27 and 1.588 mm; outside that band one of them has no comparable panel.
• Weight per square metre is within 5% in every matched pair, so the rigging plot looks the same either way.
• Barco draws less at full white in 0 of 5 matched pairs, Sony in 3, and 2 are within 5%. Lineups: 583 to 917 W/m² against 574 to 755 W/m², which sets the circuit count.
• Cabinet formats: Barco builds in 400×450, 609.92×343.08 mm; Sony in 608×342, 610×343 mm. A shop that already owns one format keeps its bumpers and cases.
• A hanging limit is published for none of its 10 panels by Barco and for none of its 8 panels by Sony; where it is not, the planner uses a conservative placeholder and says so.
• Typical draw is estimated as a third of the maximum where a sheet publishes no figure: Barco for 1 of 10, Sony for none.

Matched panels, side by side

Each pair is two panels of comparable pitch, one from each maker, with the same wall built from both.

• Barco TP1.2-I (1.27 mm) vs Sony ZRD-CH12D (1.27 mm)
• Barco TP1.2-I (1.27 mm) vs Sony ZRD-BH12D (1.27 mm)
• Barco TP1.2-E (1.27 mm) vs Sony ZRD-CH12D (1.27 mm)
• Barco TP1.5-E (1.588 mm) vs Sony ZRD-CH15D (1.59 mm)
• Barco TP1.5-E (1.588 mm) vs Sony ZRD-BH15D (1.59 mm)

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