Cobb Theatres of Birmingham Alabama has selected and installed Barco digital cinema projectors into its first three CineBistro theatres which are located in the Tampa and Miami Florida areas. For Cobb Theatres CineBistro is a new entertainment concept that combines premium-dining services with luxury movie-going and reserved seating. While enjoying gourmet cuisine and premium wines and cocktails customers can view first-run or independent movies in their own luxurious leather rocking chair. A CineBistro consists of an intimate lounge and restaurant area in a boutique setting surrounded by multiple theatres — each seating between 80-100 customers. After dining the tables are rolled back and patrons enjoy a movie in what Cobb Theatres describes as a true private Hollywood movie screening experience. When designing the CineBistro concept Cobb Theatres chose to go premium in every way possible with digital projection and sound as a key component. After carefully evaluating their projector options Cobb Theatres selected Barco as their CineBistro projector provider. As a long time Barco customer Cobb Theatres was familiar with the superb quality high efficiency and proven reliability of Barco digital cinema projection systems. According to Jeremy Welman chief operating officer for Cobb Theatres Barco is Cobb's preferred partner as his company advances their digital projection deployment. “Barco has been our choice for digital cinema projectors for several reasons ” Welman says. “The superior image quality energy efficiency and Barco's desire to work closely with us and to stand behind their products — these are the important factors. In the CineBistro where we're selling a premium dining and viewing experience we naturally had to provide our patrons with the very best image quality just as we do in each of our theatres. All in all it was a pretty easy decision for us to continue using Barco in the CineBistros.” Joe DeMeo director of sales for Barco's Digital Cinema business says “Cobb Theatres' preference for Barco is a testament to our quality and reliability. These first three CineBistros are just the start of a very popular trend in digital cinema and family entertainment and we're honored that Barco is a part of it.” Cobb Theatres www.cobbtheatres.com
