Espresso machines · 8 differences · 6 published for only one

Hollywood 2 Group vs Appia Viva Compact

Astoria and Nuova Simonelli, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.

60 cm Astoria Hollywood 2 Group espresso machine Nuova Simonelli Appia Viva Compact espresso machine
Hollywood 2 Group 790 × 580 × 540 mm Appia Viva Compact 574 × 545 × 498 mm

Images: Astoria (CMA), Nuova Simonelli, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images

Specification

FieldHollywood 2 GroupAppia Viva Compact
Width 790mm 574mm
Depth 580mm 545mm
Height 540mm 498mm
Weight 72kg 42.5kg
Boiler volume 10.5L 7.5L
Pressure profiling not published Preinfusion
Pre-infusion not published Yes
Groups 2 not published
Steam wand Commercial Cool-touch
Milk system Manual wand Manual wand
Voltage 220 / 240 / 380 / 415V not published
Power 4,200W 2,900W
Heating element 4.2kW 2.9kW
Type Automatic Automatic
Shot timer Yes not published
Built-in grinder No No
Colours Black, White, Red, Blue, Green not published

A lit cell is the better value only where nobody would argue (more capacity, less retention, a lower list price, a feature present) and only when both makers publish the figure. "Not published" is never counted as a loss.