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US Company:
SIM2 SELECO USA INC.
10108 USA Today Way
33025 Miramar FL
Tel. (954) 442.2999
Telefax (954) 442.2998
E-mail: sales@sim2usa.com
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SIM2 Multimedia is certified
Due to constant product development, specifications and design might be subject to change without notice. Catalogue Grand Cinema HT - WORLD - October 2002
It has often been said, “A man’s home is his castle”. With that adage in mind, it’s no surprise that more and
more people are choosing to enjoy their favourite movies, sporting events and TV programs in the comfort of
their own private theatre. Whether you’re an avid host or prefer quiet evenings at home, a personal theatre
allows you to express your style in entertaining.
home is where
the theatre is
if you’re like most people,
you want to make the most
of your leisure time
A home theatre creates an exclusive domain within your living space, where the reality of your surroundings
is suspended and you’re immersed in a total entertainment experience. Imagine enjoying a great football
game or movie in the intimate surroundings of friends and family with cinema-quality projection and sound.
A SIM2 projector is an essential part of this experience.
your attitude toward
entertainment is as unique
as your personality
On the basis of more than 10 years of experience in cutting edge innovation, SIM2 Multimedia, is a worldleading manufacturer dedicated to bringing a cinema-quality picture into your home. Investing in a SIM2’s
projector you can be confident that it will deliver on sharpness, brightness and colour fidelity.
a name you can trust
SIM2 Multimedia design engineers pay particular attention to ensure that their projectors are an attractive
addition to your home. Your family and friends will immediately notice the elegant design, which is certain to
complement your décor. Furthermore, all SIM2’s projectors offer relaxed ease-of-use via remote control and
our comprehensive warranties ensure peace of mind.
sit back, relax and enjoy
Regardless of the size of your home, you may have concerns about how a personal theatre will transform
your living space. Retractable screens and ceiling or bookshelf mounted projectors allow you to convert
a multi-purpose living area into a theatre at your discretion. You may also choose to design a dedicated home
theatre room with a wall-mounted screen. Whatever the case, creating a theatre that complements the
personality of your home should be a fulfilling experience; the possibilities are as endless as your imagination.
The home theatre market is about to experience a major revolution. The product leading the way of this
transformation is the SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT series, the new projector line based on Digital Micromirror
Device
™ by Texas Instruments. The SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT series has been completely designed by SIM2
specifically for home theatre and home entertainment applications with a specific criteria in mind: the best
performance without compromise for a product that fulfils the requirements of the most demanding home
theatre enthusiast.
as night and day
Designed specifically for home theatre
Proprietary high performance optical engine
design (sealed)
Lens shift and digital keystone adjustment
Long Throw Ratio zoom lens
New 16:9 (1280x720 pixels) DMD™ chip
by Texas Instruments for 720p native HDTV
resolutions (HT300 PLUS only)
6-segment colour wheel (HT200 DMF
and HT300 PLUS only)
Faroudja powered DCDi™ deinterlacer and video
enhancement (HT300 PLUS and HT200 DMF)
DVI input (HT300 PLUS only)
Multiple choice of inputs
Remote Input Interface (optional)
Ceiling and floor bracket (optional)
Style Bracket (optional)
The Grand Cinema HT Line
“Of all single-chip DLP projectors I have seen, the HT300 is the best.”
Stereophile Guide to Home Theatre, USA.
GRAND CINEMA = Superb Image Quality. A sophisticated proprietary optical design, coupled with a high
performance zoom lens, ensures high contrast images, superior uniformity, and edge-to-edge definition
with an exceptionally good colourimetry and gray scale tracking. SIM2’s extensive experience in video
projection and processing guarantees artifact-free images, sharpness, supreme quality de-interlacing and
image format conversion from a wide range of sources.
With the SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT it’s like being in the front row of a movie theatre: the long-throw ratio
zoom lens prevents the typical placement of the product between the viewer and the screen. In fact, the
projector is so versatile; it can be placed on a bookshelf or installed in the ceiling corner opposite to the
screen. SIM2 has developed a whisper-quiet mechanical design for extremely low acoustic noise.
unbeatable contrast
and colour
designed for home use
HT200 - HT200 DMF - HT250
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any space befitting
of a great idea
Slim and small, the SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT line delivers superior technology in a lightweight case. Easy of
transport and with a wide choice of input connectors, these projectors are easy to operate by anyone,
anywhere and with an image quality that will greatly exceed expectations. With GRAND CINEMA HT you can
bring your private movie theatre everywhere - from room to room or house to house - without sacrificing the
unique cinema-like atmosphere delivered by the big screen.
everything on the big screen
“Set this beauty alongside a conventionally designed projector
and it’s like parking a Porsche Boxster next to an Austin Metro.”
What’s video & TV, UK.
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Would you like to add a touch of high technology wrapped in a unique, elegant case to your
home? Then the SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT line is the right choice for you: not boxy, but
smooth curves for an original and unique cabinet. An exquisite design for a projector conceived
to be the high-class focal point of any decor.
“The new technologies and their formal expressions have found a nearly perfect balance,
generating proportionate dimensions and functions. The extreme sophistication combines
successfully with the ease of use. The relevance and value of technology are seen and felt
without impositions, clearly suggesting the wide range of possible use. The designers finally
seem to have gotten rid of the technical and mechanical tradition and its embarrassing
intrusiveness, creating new lines free of earlier influences.” G. REVOLDINI
DESIGN
ADI
INDEX
The SMAU Jury’s verdict: “After years of conventional solutions for a product category that was almost
forgotten by the designers, a product is born with an original shape, size and colours and with morphologic
features such as to identify it as the possible archetype for all the future generations of products”.
The Chicago Athenaeum awarded the prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award to SIM2 for the design of the
GRAND CINEMA HT line for contemporary design excellence. A GRAND CINEMA HT projector will be
displayed in the Museum’s Permanent Design Collection.
The jury of the 19th ADI (Industrial Design Association) Compasso d’Oro Award has awarded a Nomination
to SIM2’s GRAND CINEMA line. The ADI Compasso d’Oro Award, the most important prize world-wide for
the Italian Industrial Design system since 1954, honours the best products in the past three years (1998-
2000) which are selected by an international jury.
Giorgio Revoldini
Designer
the Italian Design
The projectors feature a wide selection of inputs that enable connection to all video and PC devices. SIM2
has also designed a unique accessory (optional) – The Remote Input Interface (RII) – that easily connects the
projector to the different video sources used in home theatre applications. The SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT line
provides complete compatibility with all video sources, including High Definition ATSC (480p, 720p, 1080i)
with both 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic image aspect ratio, all picture standards (PAL, NTSC, SECAM), and
computer graphics up to 1600x1200 pixels resolution (compressed).
the product line
The HT200 projector is the standard model from the GRAND CINEMA HT line. The HT200 features a
800x600 pixels resolution, a high definition zoom lens with a Long-Throw ratio customised for home use,
a proprietary sealed optical engine design, an optical and digital keystone adjustment, state-of-the-art
VLSI, as well as a 4-segment colour wheel that dramatically improves the colours performance.
The HT200 SWA (Super Wide Angle) has been designed for rear projection applications or where the size
of the room is an issue. The HT200 SWA is equipped with a short 0.8:1 throw ratio fixed lens.
The HT250 has been designed to suit the high expectations of the home theatre enthusiast: it features a
resolution of 1024x768 pixels for accurate image details. The HT250 provides personal video adjustments
such as the white temperature adjustment; which can be adapted to the viewer’s preference by changing
each colour level (red, green, blue).
The HT200 DMF (Dual Mode) projector has been designed specifically to match the 480P High Definition
standard. The HT200 DMF projector provides two different resolution modes (by Remote control):
- 16:9 format with a resolution of 848x480 pixels: the ideal solution for progressive DVD players or other
16:9 sources
- the normal 4:3 format with a resolution of 800x600 pixels: best with computer images or traditional 4:3
video sources (Videotape cassette recorders, standard television, etc).
Also, the HT200 DMF projector is equipped with a new 6-segment colour wheel that eliminates the so-called
“rainbow effect”: the annoying colour flickering.
The HT200 DMF sports a new built-in deinterlacer and video enhancement (DCDi
TM
) powered by Faroudja
Laboratories.
The HT300 PLUS is the latest GRAND CINEMA HT projector and sports exceptional performance in an
elegant new look. Based on the new HD-2 chip by Texas Instruments (1280 x 720 pixels), the HT300 PLUS
delivers both native support for 720p, as well as 16:9 aspect ratio for a true High Definition capability.
The light path has been redesigned to further improve the black level, allowing the HT300 PLUS to reach
a true contrast ratio of > 1800:1. Furthermore, the HT300 PLUS features a new built-in deinterlacer and
video enhancement (DCDi™) powered by Faroudja Laboratories that completes the extraordinary performance
of this projector.
“The HT200’s pictures are breathtaking. By which I mean
stunning to the point of being revolutionary.”
Home Cinema Choice, UK.
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HT300 PLUS
accessories
RII Inputs
2 x Composite Video via RCA
2 x S-Video via 4 mini DIN
1 x RGB via 15 pin VGA ‘D’ Connector
1 x RGBS via 4 x RCA connectors
1 x YcrCb via 3 x RCA connectors
1 x serial RS232 via Dsub 9 pins connector
1 jack 12V power output, active
when the projector is ON
1 jack 12V power output, active when
16:9 and User format is selected
REMOTE INPUT INTERFACE
SIM2 has designed a unique accessory (optional)— the Remote Input Interface (RII) - that easily connects
the projector to the different video sources used in home theatre applications. Positioned next to the video
sources (digital receivers, DVD, VCR, etc.), the RII is linked to the projector through a unique cable,
designed specifically to eliminate unsightly multiple cable runs to the projector and dramatically ease the
installation process.
Exclusive and sleek
design bracket.
CEILING, WALL, AND FLOOR MOUNTING BRACKET
Thanks to a specific and proprietary long throw ratio zoom lens, ceiling
installations are no longer a problem. The GRAND CINEMA HT projector
may be installed using an optional bracket mounted to the ceiling corner
opposite to the screen, avoiding the unpleasant placement of the product
in the middle of the room. Also, SIM2 has designed a special and very
stylish floor bracket to match the awarded GRAND CINEMA HT design.
DCDiTMby FAROUDJA LABORATORIES. This new technology applies motion
adaptive deinterlacing that prevents the introduction of motion artifacts and jagged
edges from video signals that originate from video cameras. The DCDi™ also features
patented 3/2 pull-down with advanced edit detection for exact reconstruction of the
original film frame.
The triple keystone adjustment provides a 16° (+/-8°) optical correction (lens shift) for
a perfectly rectangular image without artifacts, and where high-ceiling installations
are an issue, a digital keystone correction (vertical and horizontal) can be added via
Remote Control up to a maximum projector tilt of 42° (+/-21°). Also, the DVI-D input
allows complete digital connectivity to an increasing amount of video sources
equipped with digital outputs, hence guaranteeing a perfect reproduction without any
loss of information or interference in the signal.
... HT300 PLUS
Digital Light Processing (DLP™) is a new way to project and display
video signals and is based on the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD™)
developed by Texas Instruments. The inherent digital nature of DLP™
enables noise-free, precise image quality with digital gray scale and very
good colour reproduction. Finally, close spacing of the micromirrors
causes video images to be projected as seamless pictures with higher
perceived resolution.
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Digital Light Processing: How It Works
A DMDTMcan be described simply as a semiconductor light switch. Thousands of tiny, square, 16 x 16µm
mirrors, fabricated on hinges atop a static random access memory (SRAM) make up a DMD™. Each mirror
is capable of switching a pixel of light. The hinges allow the mirrors to tilt between two states: “on” or “off”.
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One-Chip DLP System
SIM2 Multimedia has chosen to develop a one-chip technology based proprietary
solution for the new range of products, designed specifically for home theatre
applications. In a single-DMD projection system, a colour wheel is used to create
a full-colour projected image. The colour wheel is a red, green, and blue filter
system that spins at 60 Hz to give 180 colour fields per second (256 shades for
each of the primary colours, or 256
3
- 16.7 million possible colours that can be generated). A white
segment may be added to increase brightness efficiency
of the system.
the DLP
TM
Technology
“Did Italians invent the word “stile”? Theirs is a world of Gucci, Ferrari, and the greatest siren of style,
Loren. When speaking about the world of electronics, any audio/video component designed in that
Ferragamo-bootshaped country looks wickedly delicious. SIM2 latest GRAND CINEMA line is no exception.”
Home Theatre magazine, USA.
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Standard Colour
Silver Blue
Silver Gray
Model
HT200 &
HT200 DMF
HT200 SWA
Optional Colour
Racing Red
Silver Gray
Black Shadow
Pearl Gray
COLOUR PALETTE
SIM2 GRAND CINEMA HT projectors are available in a rich palette that suits the most diverse interior
decoration styles, from a Sporty Racing Red to the elegant Silver Blue, the sophisticated Black Shadow
amongst others.
Optional Colour
Racing Red
Silver Gray
Black Shadow
Pearl Gray
Standard Colour
Silver Gray
Gun Metal
Royal Burgundy
Shiny Silver
Model
HT250
HT300
the colours
TECHNICAL FEATURES HT200 HT200 SWA HT250 HT200 DMF HT300 PLUS
LIGHT ENGINE
DLPTMType: Proprietary sealed optical engine
based on 1 DMDTMChip. Sealed Housing ••••HD2 chip
Resolution (pixel) Dual mode:800 x 600
800 x 600 pixels 800 x 600 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels pixels and 848 x 480 pixels True 16:9 (1280 x 720 pixels)
Lens: High quality, high resolution Super wide angle fixed High quality, high resolution High quality, high resolution High quality, high resolution
optics with both motorised lens with manual focus adj optics with both motorised optics with both motorised improved optics for higher
zoom and focus adjustments zoom and focus adjustments zoom and focus adjustments contrast and better black level
with both motorised
zoom and focus adjustments
Lamp power Consumption & Life Time: (6000 hours*) 120W 120W 120W 120W 120W
INSTALLATION
Optical Keystone Adjustment – lens shift: +/-10° n.a. +/-10° +/-10° +/-10°
Digital Keystone Adjustment: +/-17° vertical n.a. +/-17° vertical +/- 13° vertical, +/- 13° vertical,
+/-10°horizontal +/-10°horizontal
Picture Size: 50-250 inches diagonal 50-150 inches diagonal 50-250 inches diagonal 50-250 inches diagonal 50-300 inches diagonal
Aspect Ratio: normal, anamorphic, •••plus panoramic plus panoramic
letterbox plus 3 custom-user adjustments and pixel to pixel and pixel to pixel
ELECTRONICS
Horizontal & Vertical Scan Freq.: 15 – 80KHz /
48 – 100Hz (max horizontal freq. corresponding
to UXGA, 60Hz) •••••
Video Standards and Graphic Resolutions:
PAL B,G,H,I,M,N,60, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 & 4.43
automatically selected, HDTV: ATSC (480p, 720p, 1080i) •••••
PC Graphic standard: VGA, SVGA, XGA, UXGA
(1600x1200 pixel) •••••
DCDi by Faroudja n.a. n.a. n.a. ••
Contrast Ratio (full On / full Off): >600:1 >600:1 >600:1 >600:1 >1800:1
Colour Temperature: 3 preset colour temperatures
plus a RC user adjustment acting directly on each
colour (Red, Green and Blue). •••••
Special Video Adjustment:
Luma-Choma Delay, Adjustment by OSD •••••
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Control: Control Software can be upgraded via
RS232 serial interface •••••
Power Consumption: 170W max 170W max 170W max 170W max 180W max
Mains Voltage Range (48/62Hz): 120 - 240Vac, +/- 10% 120 - 240Vac, +/- 10% 120 - 240Vac, +/- 10% 100 - 240Vac, +/- 10% 100 - 240 Vac, +/- 10%
Weight: 11 lbs (5.0 Kg) 11 lbs (5.0 Kg) 11 lb (5.0 Kg) 11 lbs (5.0 Kg) 12.8 lbs (5.8 Kg)
Cabinet Dimensions (W x H x D): 13,8”x6,6”x12,5” 13,8”x6,6”x12,5” 13,8”x6,6”x12,5” 13,8”x6,6”x12,5” 13,8”x6,8”x12,5”
(350x167x318 mm) (350x167x318 mm) (350x167x318 mm) (350x167x318 mm) (350x173x318 mm)
(*) Lamp life: the hours quoted have been calculated under strict test conditions. Misuse or improper use may alter it.
Screen size (diagonal)
vs. Throw Distance
HT200 & HT200 DMF (4:3 mode)
Throw Ratio: 2.3 - 3.1:1
60” – min 110” – max 154”
80” – min 147” – max 205”
100” – min 184” – max 256”
HT200 DMF (16:9 mode)
Throw Ratio: 2.2 - 3.0:1
60” – min 113” – max 154”
80” – min 150” – max 205”
100” – min 188” – max 256”
HT200 SWA
Throw Ratio: 0.8:1
60” @ 38”
80” @ 52”
100” @ 64”
HT250
Throw Ratio: 2.2 - 3.0:1
60” – min 106” – max 144”
80” – min 141” – max 192”
100” – min 100” – max 240”
HT300 PLUS (16:9 mode)
Throw Ratio: 1.8 - 2.4
60” – min 94” – max 130”
80” – min 126” – max 173”
100” – min 157” – max 217”
Inputs/Outputs
1 Composite video via RCA connectors
1 S-VHS via mini Din 4 pin
1 RGBHV via Dsub 15 (PC input)
1 x RGBS/YCrCbS via 4xRCA connectors
1 Remote Input Interface, EVC type,
Standard VESA
1 x RS232 on Dsub 9 pins connector
1 x DVI on DVI-D input (HT300PLUS only)
1 x jack 12V power output,
active when the projector is ON
1 x jack 12V power output,
active when 16:9 format is selected
(max 12V power output 100 mA)
Certifications
Safety – in compliance with EN 60950/UL1950
Vibration – in compliance with IEC 68-2-6
Emission – in compliance with EN 55022
class B/150KHz – 30MHz
Recyclable packaging.
Long throw ratio for a real cinema view
Supplied Accessories
AC power cords (EU, UK and USA), length 3m.
User standard remote control with batteries.
Installation and user manual.
Optional Accessories
Remote Imput Interface (RII) Including
special connection cable between the projector
and the RII, 30 ft (10 m) long
Ceiling bracket & GRAND CINEMA style
floor/ceiling stand
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