3D Projector

This week at CES, SIM2 is unveiling the world's first LED 3D active projection system, the M.150.

Featuring advanced DLP imaging technology, the M.150 acts as an LED video interior design system, allowing you to paint your home with light and color using your personal photographs, art, mood lighting, or movies.

SIM2's M.150 is a "one-of-kind solution for discerning customers who desire a unique way to enhance the beauty of their home with a window of light created with cutting-edge projection technology." The M.150 projection system can give your home a subtle visual ambiance, or create a bright, colorful reproduction of your choice of digital imagery.

"When quality is combined with unparalleled technology and design, it harmoniously creates a visual experience that can be described only as fine art," said Alberto Fabiano, Executive Vice President of SIM2 USA. "This system is a defining direction for the New Year. SIM2 is offering a product that transcends traditional home cinema, and provides a unique visual solution to 'video furnish' one's home with light."

For more information on SIM2, go to www.sim2usa.com.

Acer on Tuesday unveiled its latest home theater projector - the H9500BD - featuring Full 1080p HD projection, 3D capabilities, even 2D-to-3D conversion in high definition.

Aimed at the home theater enthusiast, this baby does it all - video, gaming, photos and more – projecting images up to 300 inches diagonally. All the popular 3D technologies are supported, such as Blu-ray 3D and DLP 3D for movies, as well as NVIDIA 3DTV Play and 3D-compatible gaming consoles. A pair of Acer ActiveShutter 3D glasses is included and Acer 2D-to-3D technology automatically converts any 2D signal into 3D.

As stated above, images are displayed in Full HD 1920x1080 pixel resolution for 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios. The projector also has a lens shift feature for flexible placement. Additional features include AcuMotion for picture clarity in fast-moving scenes, a 50,000:1 rated dynamic contrast ratio, up to 2000 ANSI lumens, and ColorBoost II and ColorSafe II technologies.Read more

Unveiled earlier this year at the 2011 CEDIA Expo, SIM2's NERO 3D-2 projector is now available. The remaining three models in the NERO line (3D-1, 3D-HighBrightness and NERO 235) will be available in the next few months.

Sporting nice curves, the NERO 3D-2 is a single-chip DLP projector packing the same high quality optics and electronics as the company's 3-Chip LUMIS 3D-S line. Along with the latest DLP chipset, it includes SIM2's new ALPHAPATH light engine and advanced processing electronics, all working together to provide a premium 3D experience at home.

The NERO 3D-2 also features a powerful 280W lamp, DynamicBlack for improved black level performance, contrast ratio up to 30,000:1, and PureMovie and Pure Motion user modes optimized for 2D and 3D viewing (optional SIM2 3D emitter and glasses are required for 3D). Read more

Canon on Tuesday unveiled the LV-8235, an ultra-short throw mulitmedia projector that can project an 80-inch picture from a distance of only 1.04 ft. Boasting a high brightness rating of 2500 lumens and widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) resolution, the projector is ideal for presenting HD video or graphics created on widescreen laptops.

Aimed at the educational market or for advertising/digital signage use, the LV-8235 UST can be placed on a table or be mounted either horizontally or vertically on a wall, ceiling or floor. It can be used for normal 2D display as well as stereoscopic 3D display (active-shutter type glasses required for 3D imagery) and boasts a maximum display size of 110 inches. Read more

If you visit BestStuff.com very often, you know we are fans of Epson's gear. So you can imagine our delight when we heard about the company's first line of 2D and 3D Full HD 1080p home theater projectors. Announced today at CEDIA, the PowerLite Pro Cinema 6010, Home Cinema 5010/5010e and Home Cinema 3010/3010e were built with features to please both home cinema enthusiasts and custom installers. And one of the best things about these projectors? They start in price at under $1,600.

Epson's new projectors feature full HD 1080p resolution, active shutter 3D, and Bright 3D Drive Technology for incredible 3D viewing at home. They offer up to 2,400 lumens of color and white light output, wireless installation options, and have a split screen mode for viewing two pictures at once or watching TV and using the Internet at the same time.

The top-of-the-line PowerLite Pro Cinema 6010 delivers both 2D and 3D and features 1080p native resolution, a contrast ratio of up to 200,000:1, and brightness of up to 2,400 lumens. This 3LCD projector comes packed with state-of-the-art features including virtual 480 Hz drive technology for enhanced light output in 3D mode, cinema filter for improved color fidelity, THX certification, and the new Spilt Screen mode for watching two sources at once. The Pro Cinema 6010 also comes with an extra lamp, a ceiling mount and a cable cover. Read more

Last month we told you Panasonic had its first Full HD 3D home theater projector in the works. We now have all the details. The PT-AE7000U 3D home theater projector touts 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) resolution and is the first 3D projector to use transparent LCD panels driven at 480Hz.

The PT-AE7000U features a new optical engine producing a 300,000:1 contrast ratio and 2,000 lumens of brightness and a newly-developed dual-core processing engine which allows the projector to process 3D signals with the benefits of 2D image enhancements. In addition, Panasonic's Overdrive Technology has been carefully tuned with the 480Hz LCD Panel to reduce 3D crosstalk (double images) for comfortable 3D viewing.

The Panasonic PT-AE7000U Full HD 3D home theater projector will be available in September 2011 for $3,499. Read more

This week at InfoComm 2011, Panasonic announced that they have in development the company's first Full HD 3D Home Theater Projector. The new projector will be a successor to the PT-AE4000U - a three-chip, 1080p LCD model that has a 2.35:1 extra wide aspect cinematic Lens Memory Feature.

No stranger to 3D, Panasonic has had professional 3D camcorders, 3D VIERA televisions and 3D Blu-ray players available in the marketplace for some time now, along with its own 3D authoring and encoding facilities (Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory).

Panasonic plans to release the new 3D home theater projector for sale sometime this year, although an exact date, model number and pricing has not been announced.

For more information on Panasonic projectors, visit http://panasonic.net/avc/projector.

SIM2 is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and what better way to do that than introduce new luxury home entertainment products? New to SIM2's lineup are the Crystal 35 and 45 home entertainment projectors, along with the C3X LUMIS 3D SOLO, and C3X LUMIS 3D HC 3D projectors.

The Crystal 35 and Crystal 45 Full HD DLP high-end home entertainment projectors sport an all-new projector design featuring bold, straight edges with a contemporary appearance, thanks to renowned industrial designer Giorgio Revoldini.

On the technical side, the Crystal line features a Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixel resolution) chipset and has a generous lens throw ratio of 1.62~2.43:1. In addition, standard definition sources are reproduced at 1080p resolution, thanks to the 10-bit video processing electronics. Read more