Nerthus

The Nerthus is a DCI-certified commercial cinema projector, not a consumer or prosumer product. It is DCI compliant, meaning it meets the Digital Cinema Initiatives standard required to screen commercially distributed films in licensed theatres. It includes the Barco Alchemy ICMP-X media processor for native DCI content playback, outputs 32,000 lumens from an RGB laser source, and covers 100% of Rec.2020 color volume. No consumer projector, regardless of price, offers DCI compliance, an integrated ICMP, or this combination of luminance and color accuracy.

No, the Nerthus does not support Dolby Vision. This is a universal limitation across the projector market, including all commercial cinema projectors. DCI-certified projectors use the HDR10 standard alongside DCI P3 and Rec.2020 color spaces, which are the reference formats used in commercial exhibition. In practice, Barco's Colorgenic processing with 100% Rec.2020 coverage and native DCI P3 compliance exceeds what Dolby Vision is designed to deliver in a home environment.

With 32,000 lumens, the Nerthus can fill screens from 150" to 400"+ in a properly designed screening room. At 350" diagonal (approximately 7.6 metres wide for a 2.39:1 scope screen), measured luminance on a 1.0-gain surface exceeds 48 foot-Lamberts, which is well above the DCI reference of 14 fL. Screen size, throw distance, and lens selection are determined during room design using Barco's lens calculator and Kolosseum's room design process.

DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) compliance means the projector meets the technical specification required to screen commercially distributed film content in a licensed venue. For a private cinema, it means you can screen DCI Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) directly via the integrated Barco Alchemy ICMP-X processor, without transcoding or quality loss. It also means the image meets the color, brightness, and contrast specifications that studios use when approving content for commercial release, so what you see is precisely what the director and colorist intended.

Barco Colorgenic is the color management and processing engine built into the Nerthus. It achieves 100% coverage of the Rec.2020 color space, which is the largest standardized color gamut used in professional media production. This means the projector can reproduce colors that no display technology outside of specialist reference monitors can approach. For film content mastered to DCI P3 or Rec.2020, every color value is reproduced accurately, without clipping or compression at the limits of the gamut.

The Nerthus operates at 51 dB(A) typically at 25°C, which is significantly louder than consumer projectors rated at 20-26 dB. For this reason, every Nerthus installation requires a dedicated projector room, acoustically isolated from the screening space, with a projection port and ventilation ducting. Kolosseum designs the projector booth and ventilation system as part of the room design to ensure the noise does not enter the listening environment.

The Nerthus requires a dedicated single or triple-phase 200-240V supply at 25A, with a total power draw of 3.9kW. This requires engagement with a licensed electrician and, in most states, a building permit for the new circuit. Kolosseum coordinates the electrical specification with the project's building team during the design phase to ensure the supply is correctly sized and the circuit is protected.

A Barco Nerthus project begins at the design stage, not at the specification stage. Kolosseum works with your architect, builder, and electrical contractor from the initial room brief to define the structural, electrical, HVAC, and acoustic requirements before construction begins. We manage the Barco lens selection, projector room design, projection port specification, and screen design as an integrated package. Following installation, we coordinate Barco commissioning and calibration, and we provide an ongoing service relationship to ensure the system performs at reference standards over its lifetime.