The Penultimate Plasma Screen, Yours For Only $85K

[3113]

From here:

It's big.

Bang & Olufsen's new BeoVision 4-85 plasma TV has an 85-inch screen, measured diagonally, which conveniently comes out to $1,000 an inch...B&O, known mainly for its high-end audio equipment, boasts other attributes for its BeoVision set, including a triangular speaker system that jets out from under the screen, 3-D capability and proprietary enhancements to picture quality.

But the biggest difference, it turns out, is the stand the set sits on. It's a massive motorized unit that dramatically lifts the TV off the floor and into preset viewing positions with the push of the power button. The screen and stand together are so heavy that the company won't sell the BeoVision 4-85 unless a structural engineer inspects the home floor space to ensure it won't collapse under the weight.

"It's as much for our security as the customers'," said product manager Dave Zapfel, at the local debut of the TV at a B&O store in Beverly Hills. "We're talking about a 1,000-pound TV tipping over."

B&O started shipping the sets in July, at the rate of about 25 a month, and is selling out, according to Zean Nielsen, president of B&O America. The biggest markets for the BeoVision 4-85 have been in Russia and China, Nielsen said. About 25 have sold in the United States.

Come on! You know your Man Cave (or woman cave or transgender cave) needs one!

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[litfan10]

I can just picture a guy being told his son was squished flat when he bumped into it and the guy being more worried about the TV.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Oooh.. 85 inches of chicka-chicka-bow-bow.

 

[3113]

Oooh.. 85 inches of chicka-chicka-bow-bow.

Indeed! What better way to enjoy an evening of naughty movies then a 3-D capable 85" screen that can go up, down and side-to-side? If only it vibrated

 

[TE999]

Indeed! What better way to enjoy an evening of naughty movies then a 3-D capable 85" screen that can go up, down and side-to-side? If only it vibrated

I'm sure it has an attachment for that. Now if it only made buttered popcorn ...

 

[lovecraft68]

My company made a display stand for an 80" Mitsubishi and the thing is ridiculous. It's like being in the front row of a movie theater if you sit to close you can't see the damn screen.

 

[El Folo]

Actually, you could fuck with people with that tv.

 

[TE999]

Actually, you could fuck with people with that tv.

I'm guessin' it has an attachment for that too.