Christie has launched a new product to help meet the demand for projection outside of cinema.

The Christie Twist 4K, revealed at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2012 offers a multi-projector display for large-screen, fixed installation applications including amusement parks, automotive designs, museums and planetariums.

The Christie Twist 4K is designed to create uniform, tiled images with colour consistency across the display when using several projectors. It was on display at IBC with the new Christie D4K25, 25,000 lumen projector.

Christie says using the equipment ProAV professionals can blend and colour match images from multiple 4K projectors to create large, ultra-high resolution canvasses.

The Twist comes with Quad DVI input, allowing for the use of standard DVI sources and a two-year parts and labour warranty.

Meanwhile, Ster-Kinekor Theatres, the largest cinema exhibitor in South Africa with 438 screens across 54 sites, will be using Christie as as it switches its cinemas to digital.

Ster-Kinekor Theatres will increase its Series 2 cinema projectors to 180 Christie Series 2 projectors along with 198 Solaria One and Solaria One+ projectors, which will be available from the end of 2012.

The deal will also include Christie 4K DLP Cinema projectors for select cinemas in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town.