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[[File:snapshot20090327072206.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 />
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''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]]"}}
 
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]]. Jumbotrons are a close, but comparatively tiny, relative.
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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.
 
 
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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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== 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.
 
 
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== 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 -- a 2600" one -- in the second arena of ''[[Smash TV]]''.
 
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* 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 [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.
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