The AUDITORIUM on the road: SIM2

The home theater projectors from SIM2 combine fascinating design with cutting-edge technology. That alone is reason enough for the Auditorium to make the journey to Italy and visit SIM2’s manufacturing site there. Far right: Sebastian Schwarte with fellow dealers in Pordenone, Italy. Purchasing home theater components, and especially entire theater installations, is a matter of trust. That’s why, at the Auditorium, we only offer products we are personally convinced of and that deliver the best possible results in daily use. To ensure this, our experts not only engage deeply with each product, but we also maintain close contact with the manufacturers. This contact is important not only to stay up to date on the latest technical developments, but also because it allows us to learn a great deal about the ideas, philosophies, and above all, the people behind the products.

SIM2 Production in Italy

Pordenone may seem at first glance to be a rather sleepy little town in the Venetian countryside, but with SIM2’s headquarters, it’s actually a true high-tech site where fascinating home theater projectors have been created since 1995.

Production of the new Crystal Cube is in full swing. Currently, production capacity is especially focused on the new Domino Crystal Cube, which is set to begin a new chapter for SIM2, not just in design. Of course, time doesn’t stand still for the other product segments either, so projectors from the professional line and various home theater ranges continue to roll off the assembly line – all with DLP technology. From the very beginning, the Italian developers have relied on the technology of ultra-fast-moving micromirrors, either as a 3-chip solution in the professional projectors and high-end beamers for home theaters, or as a 1-chip variant in the somewhat smaller models.  

DLP Technology

DLP technology comes from Texas Instruments and has been continuously developed over the past few years. It enables the display of brilliant images with vibrant, natural colors and high in-image contrast. Even the light engines with just one DLP chip, where the different colors are produced via a color wheel, set new standards here; the top devices, with a separate chip for each of the three primary colors, are simply unbeatable in this regard. There are good reasons why most digital cinema theaters use DLP projectors.

DLP chips waiting for their use. Even though the DLP chips come from Texas Instruments (SIM2 uses the latest generation 0.95-inch chips here), mastering the technology is essential, and the construction of SIM2’s self-developed Alphapath light engine is a science in itself. That’s why all SIM2 projectors are built in the ultra-modern factory in Pordenone, almost entirely by hand and for the most part under cleanroom conditions (which also explains the rather questionable fashion choices seen in many of the pictures here). Incidentally, the technicians at Sim2 also engage in genuine fundamental research here, such as developing new non-reflective materials to reduce stray light, the Triple Flash technology which, with a refresh rate of 144 Hz, pushes DLP technology to its current limits and ensures, among other things, bright 3D images with razor-sharp motion rendering.

Video from the Cleanroom – The Alphapath Light Engine from SIM2:

  All in all, our visit to Pordenone was absolutely impressive. And not just because of the exciting factory tour, but above all because of the many dedicated and highly professional people we had the chance to meet at Sim2. SIM2 projectors can be experienced at the Auditorium. Here are some more impressions from our visit to Sim2