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[[File:snapshot20090327072206Kemeko_Deluxe_Huge_TV.jpg|link=Kemeko Deluxe (Manga)|frame|Notice the skyscrapers being dwarfed. Now imagine [[The Rule of First Adopters|watching porn on it]]. Awwww yeah.]]
 
{{quote|''The picture's crystal clear and everything is magnified<br />
''Robert DeNiro's mole has got to be ten feet wide<br />
''Everybody in the town<br />
''Can hear those 90,000 watts of Dolby sound<br />
''And I'm mighty proud to say<br />
''Now I can watch'' [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]] ''from thirty blocks away''|'''[[Weird Al Yankovic]]''', "[[Trope Namer|Frank's 2000" TV]]"}}
|'''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]''', "[[Trope Namer|Frank's 2000" TV]]"}}
 
Frank's 2000" TV. Still a relatively uncommon sight, but starting to gain in popularity as larger and larger screens are possible. This is really little more than a giant television, usually on the side of a building. There's one in Times Square in New York, at least one in Tokyo, and often their slightly smaller cousins are present in [[Elaborate Underground Base|Elaborate Underground Bases]]s. Jumbotrons are a close, but comparatively tiny, relative.
 
Often used for advertising in the sort of Dystopian future that has a lot of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]]s in it. In a particularly bad one, it could also be used so that [[Big Brother Is Watching|Big Brother Is Watching You]].
 
In [[Real Life]] a 2000" TV would be about 80 feet (24.1 meters) high, assuming a 16:9 aspect ratio; the older 4:3 ratio would make it 100 feet (30.5 meters) high.
 
Not related to the [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000|Frank of TV]], or the [[Chicanery|2000 Inch TV's Frank.]]
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Gigantic television screens are often seen in futuristic [[Anime]], from ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'' to ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''.
* They're everywhere in ''[[Code Geass]]''.
* The image above is from ''[[Kemeko Deluxe (Manga)|Kemeko Deluxe]]'' and is the Mishima Industries headquarters. It appears to be a 2,000-''foot'' screen.
* Often seen in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', the most visible case being the broadcast of L's taunting of Kira - visible not only on TV, but also on large outdoor screens.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has them, both in mid-air film projectors ([[MST3K Mantra|which works... how, exactly?]]) in the first half of the series, and on the building-mounted screens apparently all over the place in Kamina City in the second half.
* In an early episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi visits a gymnasium with a massive Jumbotron above its front door continuously running footage of a famous actress endorsing the establishment.
 
 
== Film ==
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* The gigantic digital time-and-date clock in ''[[Freejack]]'' that tells the hero he just woke up in the future. Also, the gigantic screen with his [[Wanted Poster]] displayed on it.
* The huge screen from which the Chancellor addresses his top lieutenants in the movie version of ''[[V for Vendetta]]''.
* Seen in Times Square during the World Unity Festival in the first ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' movie.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]] Movie]]'', [[Big Bad]] Russ Cargill speaks to the citizens of Springfield through a giant video display on the dome enclosing the town.
* ''[[Repo! theThe Genetic Opera]]'' has one that floats in the air and broadcasts ads for the eponymous Genetic Opera.
** The ''walls'' of the GeneCo building show various ads.
* In the [[Ralph Bakshi]] animated movie ''Wizards'', the [[Big Bad]] Blackwolf uses a magic movie projector to project old Nazi propaganda movies onto the sky to dishearten his enemies and boost the morale of his own troops.
* Used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4&feature=related here] when the main character leaves the building there are loads of TV screens everywhere. Clearly a shout-out to ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'', where Dr Breen broadcasts messages to the masses via large TV screens dotted around.
* ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'''s supplemental materials mention that every dwelling on earth has at least one wall-sized TV.
* ''[[Wall WALL-E]]'''s Buy N' Large corp has giant hologram ads ''everywhere'', including the moon.
 
 
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* The telescreens in ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.
* Held up as an example of male behavior in Denis Leary's ''Why We Suck''; specifically, the tendency of men to buy the biggest, most powerful, most expensive item available for [[Bragging Rights Reward|bragging purposes]].
{{quote| ''"Look at this flatscreen, Bob! Forty-seven thousand five hundred ninety-nine bucks, biggest one they make!"''}}
 
 
== Live Action TV ==
* Barney Stinson on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has a television in his room which takes up the entire wall. Lily notes it hurts her eyes and Barney replies that the pain of watching it never goes away.
* There's always a monster-sized viewscreen at the front of [[The Bridge]] in the various incarnations of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''. The [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|TNG]] screen looks particularly grand and impressive. Justified as this screen is intended to double up as the traditional car windscreen (a huge sheet of glass on a spaceship expected to enter combat isn't very practical).
** The screen also had holographic 3D depth. You can notice it when we are looking at the characters and the screen in the same frame.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''. Shown in establishing shots of Cardassia Prime to give their society an Orwellian look.
 
 
== Music ==
* As demonstrated by the page quote, The [[Trope Namer]] is [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s song "Frank's 2000-Inch TV", which is entirely about neighbour getting such a huge TV. Maybe a good thing if you share Frank's taste in viewing material, incentive to move to another town if you don't.
 
 
== Professional Wrestling ==
* The Titantron on [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] shows, besides being used to display entrance videos, the match going on in the ring, and any backstage antics to the crowd, is often used by characters to address the crowd or other characters directly.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' features an early mission that involves helping a young businessman advertise a certain pin brand, and making sure that people watch an ad for it played on one of these in Shibuya's famous scramble crossing. In fact, the [[Real Life]] scramble crossing has ''three'' of these.
* ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' has jumbotron screens all over the city. Initially, [[The Dragon|Dr Breen]] makes announcements on them, then (after the fall) Dr Kleiner.
** And with ''[[GarrysGarry's Mod]]'', you can put [http://mrvorhias.deviantart.com/art/Heavy-Weapons-Breen-147411058 whoever you want in the picture].
* The [[Private Military Contractors|SeeDs]] interrupting a national broadcast and blowing their cover on one of these kicks off most of the plot of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]].''
* ''[[Syndicate (Video Game)|Syndicate Wars]]'' features several billboard-size videoscreens showing ads as well as a digital drive-through theatre.
* You can potentially win one -- aone—a 2600" one -- inone—in the second arena of ''[[Smash TV]]''.
* The Grandville zone of ''[[City of Villains]]'' has massive screens running an endless loop of Lord Recluse espousing the [[The Social Darwinist|Social Darwinist]] philosophy on which Arachnos operates.
 
 
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== Real Life ==
* Real life example: Many Strip-facing signs/marquees at the newer/better hotels on the Las Vegas Strip include giant TV screens (usually one for each side of the sign), each ''at least'' the size of a Jumbotron, airing looped ads for their shows, restaurants, etc. Much of the Strip exterior of Planet Hollywood consists of giant screens, each airing a different set of ads; Wynn Las Vegas adds the twist that its marquee is taller than it is wide, and the hotel sign travels up and down it to "change" the ads.
* Giant screens are common at stadia and other sports venues. The world's largest video screen is at the Dallas Cowboys stadium, at over 25,000 square feet (according to their [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512214247/http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/assets/pdf/mediaVideoBoardFactSheet.pdf official publicity], that's equivalent to 4,920 52" flat-panel TVs).
** 2105 inches diagonally. It qualifies.
* At times, ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has been shown on big screens.
* Giant electronic billboards are becoming more and more common by the day in Los Angeles.
** And in many other cities considering that Mobile, AL has about 20 or so.
** [http://i.imgur.com/YdsAV.jpg This picture] from Ukraine shows the surreal consequence of such a device breaking down at night: a giant Windows error message floating in midair.
* Similarly, Times Square in New York City is replete with a plethora of giant screens.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:File:Picadilly_circus_in_londonPicadilly circus in london.jpg |Piccadilly Circus]] in London has multiple neon and video signs covering an entire street.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131027005122/http://www.mahoningdrivein.net/ Mahoning Drive-In Theatre] has a 120 &nbsp;ft wide screen. This is just a tad smaller than a 2000" HDTV screen, which would be 44.3 &nbsp;m (145.3 &nbsp;ft) wide by 24.9 &nbsp;m (81.7 &nbsp;ft) tall, or about twice as wide and tall as an IMAX screen.
* They are building the [http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/charlotte-motor-speedway-to-get-worlds-largest-hd-video-board-2010-09-24/ world's largest HD video board] ([[Up to Eleven|EVEN BIGGER THAN THE SCREEN AT THE DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM]]) at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They say it will be finished in May 2011.
** At 200 by 80 feet, it will be a 2584" TV.
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