The Barco R9862020 HB TLD+ Zoom is a high-brightness, ultra-short throw lens engineered for high-end, large-venue laser phosphor projectors within Barco's professional installation series. This lens is specifically designed to enable massive image projection from an exceptionally close distance to the screen, making it an indispensable tool for applications where space constraints or design aesthetics prevent placing the projector far from the projection surface, such as in museums, control rooms, corporate lobbies, and specialized simulation environments. Its optical formula is optimized to maintain edge-to-edge sharpness, color uniformity, and high contrast even at its extreme wide-angle throw ratios.

As a member of the TLD+ (True Lens Design Plus) family, this lens incorporates advanced optical elements and multi-layer coatings to maximize light transmission and minimize chromatic aberration, ensuring that the projector's native brightness and color fidelity are preserved. It features a dual-range zoom capability, offering two distinct, optimized throw ratio ranges: 1.8-2.6:1 for SXGA+ (1400x1050) resolution and 2.0-2.8:1 for HD (1920x1080) resolution. This allows system integrators fine-tuning flexibility to achieve the perfect image size and placement for a given screen and projector position.

Built to the rigorous standards of Barco's installation-grade optics, the lens is housed in a robust mechanical assembly that provides precise, motorized control over zoom, focus, and lens shift functions, all remotely operable via the projector's control system. This facilitates seamless integration and calibration, especially in multi-projector blended or stacked configurations. The Barco R9862020 HB TLD+ Zoom lens transforms a compatible high-brightness projector into a powerful, space-efficient visualization engine capable of delivering stunning, immersive imagery in the most demanding professional settings.