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There’s some extent throughout each tech commerce present like IFA the place I really feel like I’ve seen all of it. All of the telephones, chargers, robotic vacuums, projectors, and random geeky merchandise. I’ve seen the press releases, I’ve walked by the cubicles, or somebody on my Android Authority staff has proven me photographs and movies of it in motion. However then, there are oddities. Issues that stand out from the pack a lot that I’ve to trek during the summer season backyard to the North entrance (IFA press members would shudder on the thought) to corridor 20 to see it.
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And that’s what this TV did to me. After I noticed it among the many million press releases we obtained, I knew I needed to test it out. The model — Sylvox — was unknown to me, however the concept well worth the detour: an outside water resistant TV with an IP55 rating and Google TV.
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That’s precisely what Sylvox was exhibiting off at its sales space. The 55-inch mannequin of the “Pool Professional QLED 2.0” TV was mounted on a wall beneath a steady water drip mimicking rain that went over it, behind it, and on the 4K QLED 2000 nits panel. On the third day of IFA, the TV was nonetheless working beneath these circumstances. I used to be a bit impressed, not gonna lie.
The concept is you possibly can simply mount this TV outdoor, and it’ll deal with the weather, no matter occurs. You possibly can simply depart it within the backyard or on a patio, and also you received’t must rush it indoors if it begins drizzling a bit. You possibly can depart it on a porch or balcony the place it might get some rain at an angle. When you’ve got a retractable roof in your terrace, you don’t have to fret about closing it each time you’re not there as a result of the TV will survive, identical to your outside furnishings. Even the distant is water resistant too, so you possibly can depart it outdoor too.
Sylvox instructed me it obtained the official Google TV certification a few years in the past, so that you’re getting the true, official Google TV expertise right here with the Play Retailer, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and every part else.
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The unit wasn’t hooked as much as the showfloor’s web, however I type of compelled the Sylvox rep’s hand into connecting it to a short lived hotspot and ran YouTube on it. Our Android Authority YouTube channel appeared good on it. I didn’t log in to Netflix, although.
You’ll want deep pockets if you wish to seize this TV, although. Costs go from $2,399 for the 43-inch model to $3,399 for the 55-inch, $4,799 for the 65-inch, and an eye-watering $6,199 for the 75-incher. At this level, risking dropping a few regular, non-water-resistant TVs to the weather could be wiser? Eh, I’ll allow you to decide.
