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Anniversary Celebrations for Sim2

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Sim2 celebrates its 15th anniversary-- with the introduction of a new luxury home projector line.

Crystal Sim 2The company's new Crystal 35 and 45 DLP HD projectors come in a stylish design by industrial designer Giorgio Revoldini, in either glass surfaced white or black. Inside is a DarkChip DLP chipset, handling 1080p HD content at either 2000 (Crystal 35) or 2600 (crystal 45) lumens. Both models' throw ratio is of 1.62~2.43:1.

The projectors' 10-bit video processor also reproduces standar definition sources at 1080p resolution. The line is compatible with all video standards, and comes with a choice of analog and digital inputs (including HDCP-compliant HDMI).

Also newly announced is an upgrade on the company's own C3X Lumis, the C3X Lumis 3D Solo. A 3-chip, single-lens system, it has high brightness (up to 3000 lumens), a 280W lamp and 10-bit video processing.

Sim2 says the Solo is designed for home theatre, media room and family/games room use, thus it comes with 3 user modes-- PureMovie (for movie watching in 2D), PureMotion (for fast-action sports viewing) and PureMotion 3D (for 3D content).

The company offers a choice of x3 glass lenses (T1, T2, T3), giving the Solo a total throw ration of 1.37-3.90:1.

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Sival HD “Long-life” LED Mini Projector

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iSVAL Mini

Calling it “…the longest life mini-projector available,” SiVal’s High Definition LCOS portable and quiet projector is suitable to watch HD movies or videos .

It features 1280 x 768 HD Native Resolution and supports 1080p, displays up to 980,000 pixels with 16:9 (native) and 4:3 aspect ratio.

The LED light source has a long life up to 30,000 hours. No warming up, no cooling down.

With LCOS technology, it also offers easy connectivity (multiple interfaces like HDMI, VGA, CVBS). HDCP supported

It’s obvious compact design (5.9’’X 1.97’’ X 4.92’’ ) weighs 1.76 pounds, and importantly, this small device is green with mercury-free LED technology.

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Runco Projects ISE Ambitions

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Runco's Marketing VP Jennifer Davis speaks with ECI and rAVe Europe Web TV at ISE 2011, where she tells of what the company has on show regarding its high-end projectors.

Runco ISEFirst off is its LED 3D projector, the D-73d-- delivering an excellent 3D experience, as we witnessed at the show. It uses a passive 3D system with particularlycomfortable glasses (also available as clip-ons for prescription spectacles wearers). Runco describes its 3D projection architecture as "constant stereoscopic video"-- a dual-imaging system ensuring both of the viewers' eyes receive a constant, flicker-free image.

Runco also displays 2 new projectors from its Lightyle series-- the LS-10, an impressive 3-chip DLP projector, now coming in an elegant, sleak design aimed for mixed use spaces, such as living rooms; and the LS-HB, for bright living room installations. The LS-HB delivers a 2700 lumens picture, together with an ISF calibration suite (with day and night presents).

A new offering from the company is its Vistage flat panel series, 1.7" thin displays with unique customisable back panels. Coming in 2 sizes (50" and 63"), the displays' front panel consists of solid glass-- improving optical performance while delivering excellent brightness and viewing angles.

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Screen Material Becomes 5D

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Stewart 5DStewart Filmscreen displays its Silver 5D screen material at ISE 2011-- offering passive 3D polarisation as well as maintaining performance for 2D material.

The company also says the material offers a wider viewing cone than previously available, with increased uniformity reducing hot spotting.

Compatible with AcoustiMask masking system and CineCurve (Stewart's own curved screen wall), the screen carries MicroPerforation, making it acoustically transparent.

It comes in sizes of up to 40" x 90".

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M-Vision Steps Into 3D

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400-3DDigital Projection unveils its M-Vision Cine 400-3D at ISE 2011-- a single-chip DLP 3D home projector.

It has 6000 lumens brightness, with 30% horizontal and 120% vertical lens shift range. It is ideal for screens up to 3.5m wide, with 1920 x 1080 display.

Multiple lenses are available (with throw ratio ranges from 1.25 to 3.0:1), alongside a fixed lens version (with 0.73:1 throw ratio).

With its relatively compact and lightweight form factor, Digital Projections positions the 400-3D as an entry-level high-brightness 3D projector.

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Pico Projectors Get Smaller, USB Powered

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Texas Instruments DLPTexas Instruments' DLP group displays its thinnest, smallest optical engine yet at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress-- the nHD Pico.

The technology is small enough to fit into any device-- phones, tablets, and increasingly smaller pico projectors-- like Texas Instruments' own prototype at the show.

The projector's specs include 640 x 360 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, RGB LED wide colour gamut and a low-power processor. In fact, the Texas Instruments prototype doesn't carry a built-in battery-- relying instead on USB cable.

No details on which companies will ship a branded version of the device in the future, but it should be on its way later this year.

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Runco Projects 3D Ambitions

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Runco unveils its 3Dimension series projectors at ISE 2011, showing off its 3D technology in a series of press demos.

Runco D-73dThe company's 3D solution uses passive-glasses technology similar to that used at higher-end cinemas, delivering a constant 3D image without any flicker, distortion or, most importantly, discomfort, as this reporter can attest.

The model at the show-- the D-73d-- carries an evolution of Runco's lampless LED technology, InfiniLight. This energy-efficient solution is also mercury free, and can instantly produce an image (eliminating the need to put the projector on standby).

The model also includes an upgraded Digital High-Definition (DHD) external video processor, offering what Runco says is its most advanced alignment yet, as well as x4 HDMI inputs and x3 composite connections. Meanwhile a new web interface allows calibration from any internet-connected device.

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