Puy du Fou Spain bets again on Christie projection technology

This Toledo leisure park, which will open its doors again in the spring of 2021, has acquired 41 manufacturer projectors.

Puy du Fou, awarded twice as 'Best park in the world', just acquired 41 manufacturer video projectors Christie, including four models of RGB laser technology, for their new historical shows in Spain, whose park located in Toledo continues to expand and will open its doors again in the spring of 2021.

Specifically, The new projectors from Puy du Fou Spain are twenty-two DWU1075-GS models, fifteen Boxer 4K30 and four Christie D4K40-RGB, that will be used in three of the four shows that those responsible are currently preparing.

These new equipment are added to the 28 HS Series projectors from the manufacturer that Puy du Fou Spain acquired last year to The dream of Toledo, the night show that anticipates the opening in 2021 from this park, which is now in its second season (more data in Digital AV) and won the award for 'Best novelty in Spain' at the PAC Awards 2019.

Since the year 2009, Christie is the projector supplier for Puy du Fou, which currently has more than 150 brand equipment, including J Series models, Boxer, GS, HS and to which is now added the RGB laser range.

“We have always had a very good relationship with the Christie staff and we appreciate the professionalism and availability of their commercial and technical teams,” explains Erwan de la Villeón., CEO of Puy du Fou Spain-. We also appreciate that you have an office in Madrid, just one hour from Toledo, which includes technical support, which allows us to have a unique level of service”.

On this occasion, In the Spanish park they needed “different types of projectors for the new shows in Spain,” adds this manager., and Christie's offer allowed us to choose the right projector for each application. We were already using two models of the new projectors purchased in France and we knew their quality and reliability for intensive uses., qualities that we always look for for our shows”.

This is the first time that Puy du Fou has acquired an RGB laser lighting projector model, such as the Christie D4K40-RGB model, which has 3DLP technology, 45.000 lumens and 4K resolution (4096 x 2160).

“This projector was tested a year ago in France and we were surprised by the good balance between the size and power of the equipment, In addition to being compatible with our 4K lenses and having the same electronics as the Boxer. But perhaps its most outstanding feature – continues Erwan de la Villéon – is the image quality it provides thanks to its RGB laser source., with very high contrast and vivid colors that fit perfectly to our needs”.

The D4K40-RGB model will be used, as this manager reveals, for a large format projection on a rear projection screen that requires very high contrast equipment.

Designed to incorporate TruLife electronics and Christie RealLaser lighting, The D4K40-RGB projector produces more than 90% Rec color space. 2020, thereby ensuring rich visuals, vibrant and realistic.

Created in France more than 43 years, Puy du Fou is a new generation of parks that represents History through grandiose and well-kept shows, in which technology and special effects are used.

Puy du Fou Spain will have four daytime shows next year, three vintage towns, artisan workshops, more than three hundred animals and more than thirty hectares of nature.