NEW G.

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PROJECTION LIGHTING SYSTEM
FOUR TIMES BRIGHTER

G .E

M ARC.3OO SETS
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STANDARDS

General Electric announces MARC-300, a revolutionary

new projection lighting system producing up to four times
the screen brightness of current 8mm and 16mm systems.
The new MARC-300 system, consisting of a two-inch-long,
300-watt quartz arc larnp and a power supply unit, "outshines" current 1,000-watt incandescent systems by up to
4O0% in screen brightness.
The lamp itself is small enough to permit its use in current projectors with a minimum of redesign by manufacturers.
It looks like an ordinary tubular quartz lamp except for a
half-inch "arc chamber" bulge near one end.
The special General Electric power supply unit, which
staris the lamp and controls it during operation, weighs
aboul 20 pounds.
The experience of seeing MARC-300 projection for the
first time is truly exciting, even for professional users.
The whites, in particular, are made so much more brilliant
and crisp, and darker colors seem to take on new life.
The new projection lighting system the lamp, power supply unit and accessories are now being sold to projector
manufacturers for incorporation into new, high perforrnance
equipment. Replacement lamps will be available to users
after projectors are marketed.
Projectors wiih MARC-300 systems will find greatest immediate acceptance in audio-visual markets, mainly schools,
the military and industry, where high brightness and portability are important.

PHOTO LAMP DEPARTMENT

GENERAL

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MARC-3oo in rts specially

reflector
now being sold to

THE REVOLUTIONARY

desgned dichroic
projector

ma

ufacturers.

THE HEART OF IHE MARC 300 . . . ls this t ny quartz

point source
arc-lamp. The exceptionally bfllliant
.
arc is produced in the larrp's bubble-shaped
arc charnber.

COMPARISON OF MARC.3OO
WITH STANDARD INCANDESCENT
PROJECTION SOU RCES

Total Screen Illu mination

roo%

25o'4oon

Scree n Corner lllumination

60 Low

50 Low

/q of CenIer

70 Average

60 Average

25

25 (to 75%
initia I brightness)

3000 'K

5000 "K

Lamp Life

Hours

Color Temp.
Sta

rting Voltage

Same as

Start Time Secon ds

R

esta

Lamp

rt Time Seconds
Su p

ply

nit Pounds

Lamp Watts Req uired

Total System Watts

eq

ired

perating

igh

45

60

None

20

1000

300

1000

400

igh

Low

Pu lse

Lamp Cooling Req urrement

Optical Utilization

Good

Excelle nt

Lamp Replacement

Easy

Easy

Ozone by-p rod uct

No

No

* Dependent upon optical system and

rojecto r d esign.

PHOTO tAMP DEPARTMENT

GENERA
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PARK

ELECTRTC

CLEVELAND, OHIO

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P6-82P