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C SEED
About
C SEED is an Austrian manufacturer of luxury outdoor and indoor television systems based in Vienna. The company specializes in very large-format, retractable MicroLED displays that disappear into the ground or into furniture-scale enclosures when not in use, serving high-end residences, gardens, and superyachts.
The brand gained international attention with the C SEED 201, a 201-inch outdoor television developed with Porsche Design Studio that rises from an underground shaft and unfolds its screen; it has been recognized as the world's largest outdoor TV. The current range includes the N1 folding outdoor MicroLED televisions in 165, 137, and 110 inch formats, the HLR series of folding outdoor displays with 4,000-nit brightness, indoor folding MicroLED models, and the Supermarine line of retractable, waterproof displays engineered for yachts.
C SEED displays use MicroLED technology with high brightness and contrast for legibility in direct sunlight, weatherproof construction, and motorized unfolding mechanisms that stow the screens invisibly. The company positions its products as architectural installations, with systems typically specified through custom integrators and priced by request in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and above.
The company sells internationally through its Vienna headquarters and integration partners, with installations in private estates, resorts, and marine projects worldwide.
The brand gained international attention with the C SEED 201, a 201-inch outdoor television developed with Porsche Design Studio that rises from an underground shaft and unfolds its screen; it has been recognized as the world's largest outdoor TV. The current range includes the N1 folding outdoor MicroLED televisions in 165, 137, and 110 inch formats, the HLR series of folding outdoor displays with 4,000-nit brightness, indoor folding MicroLED models, and the Supermarine line of retractable, waterproof displays engineered for yachts.
C SEED displays use MicroLED technology with high brightness and contrast for legibility in direct sunlight, weatherproof construction, and motorized unfolding mechanisms that stow the screens invisibly. The company positions its products as architectural installations, with systems typically specified through custom integrators and priced by request in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and above.
The company sells internationally through its Vienna headquarters and integration partners, with installations in private estates, resorts, and marine projects worldwide.
Luxury Electronics
C SEED builds the world's largest folding outdoor televisions, including the 201-inch C SEED 201 developed with Porsche Design Studio and the N1 MicroLED series. The Viennese company's retractable, weatherproof displays rise from underground enclosures and unfold at the push of a button, with pricing by request in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Luxury Home Technology
C SEED displays are architectural home technology: motorized MicroLED televisions that stow invisibly underground or in sculptural enclosures at private estates, resorts, and superyachts. Specified through custom integrators, systems like the N1 and Supermarine combine 4,000-nit sunlight-readable screens with engineering designed to preserve the landscape when switched off.
Brand Details
Brand Tier
Ultra-Luxury
Price Range
$200,000+
Headquarters
Vienna, Austria
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C SEED has staked out a genuinely unusual position in luxury technology by treating the television not as a fixture but as an architectural event, a screen that emerges from the ground or furniture and disappears when unneeded. The Porsche Design collaboration on the C SEED 201, recognized as the world's largest outdoor TV, established the brand's credibility for engineering ambition well beyond typical consumer electronics, and the current N1, HLR, and Supermarine ranges show that ambition has scaled into a coherent product family rather than remaining a one-off showpiece. MicroLED technology with high-nit brightness for direct-sunlight legibility and weatherproof, motorized construction reflects serious materials and mechanical engineering, particularly for the yacht-focused Supermarine line, where marine conditions punish poorly built retractable systems. This is fundamentally a category of one for most buyers, custom-integrator-specified, priced by request in the hundreds of thousands, and best understood as bespoke architectural installation rather than a consumer product. For estates and yachts where budget is secondary to spectacle, C SEED delivers something no conventional AV integrator can replicate.
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