The C Seed 262 is claimed to be the biggest 4K TV in the world at 262″ diagonal (665 cm). The set includes an UltraHD player and is a bargain at just $539,000! The set has 800 cd/m² of brightness and the actual resolution is 4096 x 1716 (which is a bit short of DCI or UltraHD vertical resolution) based on the use of 1.5mm black LEDs. Typical power consumption is 2850 W but the peak is 11,400 W., while the weight is 800kg It has an integrated ten speaker audio system. The screen can be hidden with a motorised custom high end fabric cover. A Novastar controller is used.
The maker is C Seed of Austria.
Analyst Comment
This is nowhere near the first LED as TV product. Many, many years ago, Philips had an LED display business that was making SD TV sets of more than 100″ and a few years ago, we met with a company at IFA and Gitex that was selling 200″ and 300″ TVs based on LED, although they weren’t UltraHD. I have to say that if I was spending over half a million dollars on a TV, I would at least expect the full vertical resolution of UltraHD! I would also worry about the ‘dead pixel’ specification of 1% (0% at supply). That makes around 70,000 by my reckoning! I wouldn’t doubt that their is a market after some of the discussions I have had at Infocomm where ‘people with more money than sense’ were spoken of as a good market. (BR)
