SIM2 is launching a slick new LED-based home theater projector, that’s not just high on tech, it’s also a sharply designed projector. This newest home theater projector celebrate’s SIM2’s 20 year anniversary.
The Italian company’s new NERO 20th home theater projector is described as a lifestyle product for today’s multimedia household. Utilizing PureLED LED light engine technologies that deliver a lifespan of 20,000 hours to eliminate the maintenance requirements associated with replacing lamp bulbs and a single 1920×1080 DLP chipset, the NERO 20th is designed for medium to large home theater systems and multimedia environments with moderate levels of ambient light.
SIM2 states the projector is capable of producing up to 1,200 lumens or the equivalent of 1,800 lumens from a traditional lamp-based projector, as well as contrast ratios as high as 30,000:1 and color gamut capabilities that are 135 percent of the NTSC TV standard.
To make it easier for your installer, and more room friendly, this projector includes both vertical and horizontal lens shift. It also includes and RS-232 input to make the LED projector controllable by home automation systems.
Other features built into this SIM2 home theater projector projector include multiple HDMI 1.4 inputs, motorized lens shift, a choice of aspect ratios, including anamorphic and 3D video playback options. Active 3D glasses are an additional option. (Available on Amazon)
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All this sounds good but at the end of the day, most of the techs in this or any current projectors out there are obsolete. Who cares about HDMI 1.4 while 2.0 is being pushed. Who cares about 1080p while 4K is coming. My personal wish is that the projectors should set itself apart. 2.35:1 natively should be in the realm of the projector. We invest in them mostly for the theater experience so why is the industry not recognizing or supporting it is beyond me.
Calvin, I agree, and I think most of the projector manufacturers would agree also, but there are technical and economic reasons 4K and native 2.35 projectors are not mainstream. Digital Projection did launch a native 2.35 DLP projector a couple years ago, but it was a extremely expensive (over $100K I think) and didn’t catch on. Texas Instruments, which supplied the DLP chips to companies like Digital Projection, SIM2, Benq, and many others doesn’t offer a 4K chip for home theater projectors, and my guess is they don’t want to because they fear it will cut into their very expensive digital cinema chip business. Sony has a couple 4K projectors, but they make their own SXRD imaging chip. JVC will likely offer true 4K projectors later this year (I’m guessing CEDIA), and Epson (which makes it’s own LCD chips) will launch a 4K projector fairly soon too (it’s been shown at trade shows).