Flat panel LED TV | 262 inches of 4K heaven

NorthStar

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Click ? The biggest 4K TV you can buy makes your 100-inch TV look like a baby monitor



"It’s hard to overstate how massive the 1,763-pound C Seed 262* is. It comes with 10 integrated speakers for a 9.1 cinema surround sound environment; there is a remote-controlled fabric cover that protects the 19-foot-wide LED screen; and there’s even a built-in 4K media server.

We asked C Seed how much the 262 will cost, and it’s quite a bit. The TV alone will cost $539,000, and if you want it installed (with a “project management package”) that will cost you another $38,500. As my astute colleague Vlad Savov noted, "This TV costs more than a New York apartment, which is apt because it's bigger than a New York apartment."


* 262 inches diagonally (almost 22 feet).

Yeah, bring on the
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GaryProtein

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It's great to see C Seed re-invent itself.

They had a really big outdoor tv a few years ago and this one appears to really go over the top.
 

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The possibilities that protends for the future are fascinating. The first time I saw a flat panel TV (about 1997), it was 42" and cost $20,000. Now, some 20 years later, it cost about $200. So using the same math, in 20 years (my guess: much less time), this gigantic TV may cost about $5300 or maybe for a "tiny" 120 inch version, a few thousand.

I like it.

And should the cost plummet like that, it could spell the end of projectors for the home...but I won't be around to see if that occurs.
 

GaryProtein

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The problem with waiting for the price to drop very far is the time you must do without owning anything.

Sooner or later, you have to buy something or have nothing.
 

audioguy

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The problem with waiting for the price to drop very far is the time you must do without owning anything.

Sooner or later, you have to buy something or have nothing.

I have a projector that can throw a huge image. BUT, at a much lower nit level. I seldom wait for the next technology breakthrough. That is why this hobby (and many others) can be so expensive.
 

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Yes, twenty years ago ... http://www.trustedreviews.com/Fujitsu-Plasmavision-P42XHA58-42in-Plasma-TV-review
And ten years ago ... https://www.soundandvision.com/flat-panels/208fuj65ft

Twenty years from now the OLED rolling screens, wall-to-wall, we'll get for $2,000 (MSRP) and $1,000 (street).

That 262 above; there is no review for it, and @ over $ half million I bet it doesn't produce an adequate light output.
But I could be wrong; only scientific evidence would "play the game".

Plasma TVs just from few years ago; Samsung and Panasonic, you could get some of the best ones from $2,000 to $3,000 in the 65" Class.
Today OLED is the new boss, and you can them around that price too...B6 and C6 from LG (2016 models, 3D for the C6). ...65" Class.
The OLED 2017 models are a little bit more, and there is a 75" Class for quite a bit more.
Sony has OLED too, the A1E, and they have a 77" Class (expensive).

That 262" Class above, they don't say anything about Dolby Vision? They don't say much @ all actually; it's more like an add for the rich and famous. ...Glamour galore.
Also, I would never buy that TV, no way; 4K is just too low resolution. @ that size you want @ least 8K (or 16K), and of course with HDMI 2.1 (or 2.2 ... for 16K). Also, you want 3D (glasses-free technology).
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There is an article from the latest Widescreen Review on 3D (snippet):

-----"While 4K Ultra HD HDR Blu-ray is today’s picture and sound performance standard, still 3D imagery far outperforms any spatial dimensionality perceived in the 4K Ultra HD format. And while filmmakers have traditionally utilized the placement of objects and actors in foregrounds and backgrounds, so as to create a perception of depth, even the best production design cannot duplicate native and conversion 3D depth and perspective.
----Noteworthy is the remarkable advances credited to post-production 3D conversion. As with Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), hybrid 3D capture has become even more common, though, native 3D still is the performance standard.
-----While standard 2D 1080p Blu-ray and 2D 4K Ultra HD HDR Bluray has dramatically delivered far greater resolution and color fidelity compared to lesser sources, a significant limitation has been depth perception. With 3D depth and perspective perception there is far more spatial dimensionality and visceral connection to the storytelling. 3D Blu-ray Disc simply delivers an enhanced emotional entertainment experience that engages viewers more than standard Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray, or DVD, or any other 2D source. Psychological scientific evidence concludes that the brain inherently prefers 3D images and interprets 2D images as 3D where possible. In reality, actual 3D images are more pleasing to the visual system than traditional 2D images.

-----It is essential that a display perform optimally in 2D to display good 3D. And 4K Ultra HD upconversion further dramatically enhances the 3D experience with far better resolution and a brighter color palette.

All About A Three-Dimensional Experience

-----Motion picture filmmakers have always sought three-dimensionality. A major task confronting cinematographers has always been in determining how to isolate the foreground from the background, to call the audience’s attention to the area of composition that’s most important in any given frame and create the sense of dramatic depth. The cinematographer’s tools have been composition, focus, lighting, and other techniques, which support moving-picture photography and technology. A commonly used technique is to present visual cues, such as one object appearing larger than another of similar form, to suggest that the larger, unobstructed object is nearer, thus suggesting to represent the real world, but minus the third dimension. Stereoscopic cinematography adds another depth cue and allows creative exploration to be made in compressing and expanding 3D space."

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If we truly want to progress towards the proper future, 2D simply won't cut it. We want the 3dimensional moving cinema experience (glasses-free), high frame rate (for motion blur-free - 240fps), 4000+ Nits, and the full collection of THX video parameters plus HDR entire family (Dolby Vision included).
Twenty years from now? The children of our children will be experiencing, not us. Our time is limited, and with it the technology of today.

Size matters? It depends...the closer we are the bigger it is, the farther we are the smaller it is. ...Like anything else in life, simple mathematics.

Have a splendid weekend, with the biggest and best screen of them all...real life outdoors...in full 3D immersive freedom, and take good care of your two eyes and ears. :b
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