Stuff UK – September 2019

TAP A BUTTON

AND IT’LL RISE 19

FEET INTO THE

AIR BEFORE THE

PANELS UNFOLD

US$1.5m / cseed.tv

That’d go well in my living room.

Hmm. Do you live in an aircraft

hangar? Because otherwise,

C Seed’s jumbo TV might be a

little on the large side. The ‘301’ in

the name refers to the 301 inches

it measures diagonally, making

this the world’s largest outdoor

telly. It’s so big, in fact, that C Seed

put a giraffe next to it to illustrate

the scale of the thing – a giraffe

that you’ll sadly have to imagine,

because Stuff’s design committee

decided to crop it out of the picture

for being ‘too silly’.

Are the giraffes going to be happy

with the viewing experience?

Well, the maximum 4500-nit

brightness and 4500:1 contrast

ratio will ensure they can watch

the East(African)Enders omnibus

even in bright sunlight. HDR picture

refinement technologies render

optimum peak brightness and

contrast up to 4K resolution, and

with six full-range speakers plus

three subwoofers, you’ll be able to

hear it right across the savanna.

Giraffe talk aside, isn’t a massive

outdoor TV going to be an eyesore?

Here’s the clever part. When not

in use, the C Seed 301 hides away

in its underground storage casing.

Tap a button and it’ll rise 19ft into

the air, before seven enormous

LED panels unfold noiselessly in

40 seconds. Although the TV is

made from carbon fibre and

titanium to keep it as light as

possible, it’ll withstand wind loads

of 50km/h before automatically

retracting into the base.

Right, you’ve convinced me – how

do I get one?

Great choice! You can order now

for a mid-2020 delivery. That is,

if you’ve got $1.5m to burn. Giraffes

can presumably pay in instalments

of leaves and twigs.

C SEED 301

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