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NEWS: Compact cabinet, Grand Cinema from SIM2

Andrew Everard 04 September 2007 10:15

Sim2 Ht380 New from SIM2 is the compact HT380 projector, the latest model in the company's latest addition to its Grand Cinema range. And despite measuring just 35cm wide, the £6500 newcomer manages to pack in a huge amount of technology from the company's much larger models.

A full high-definition design with 1080p/24-frame capability, the HT380 uses the latest Texas Instruments DLP chipset, along with SIM2's Alphapath light engine, BrilliantColor's twin colourwheel picture enhancement and the new Unishape technology for the 160W lamp.

It has a 6500:1 contrast ratio, and as well as accepting Full HD 1080p/24 video, can also upscale lesser video feeds with its onboard 10-bit processing. And as well as an HDMI input, it has a full range of analogue video inputs. For a full review, see page 12 of our October issue, on sale now.

Comments

tonygregory September 19, 2007 15:49

Don't you just want to switch it on? Ok, so it's not in my colour but still, full high-definition and the latest Texas Instruments chipset leaves me longing to stand in the presence of its picture. I like the way the "air vents" run along the back and are continued on the lense housing, as if it's hiding in it's case waiting to spring into action. I'm hoping that most of it's features can be carried out from the HT380's case, I'm always misplacing my remote and still have to read the full review in the october issue! Having said i like the look of the HT380, i think it's time designers come up with a new look. All that technology and such a simple case design, we have yet to see something fresh, that does all that technology proud.

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About Andrew Everard

Andrew Everard, Audio Editor of Gramophone since November 1999 and What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision's Consulting Editor, read English at Queens' College, Cambridge a very long time ago! He started his journalistic career in 1982 on Haymarket's photographic magazines, and subsequently worked on What Hi-Fi?, High Fidelity, Audiophile and Home Cinema magazines, as well as contributing a monthly column to Japanese title HiVi.