Nanotechnology - the science of making cool things smaller - may be fine for the weak, but not the envelope-pushing eggheads at Bang & Olufsen. This month, the Danish audiovisual wizards unveiled a new behemoth, sports car-sized TV set, the Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 4-103. Argh! It sounds epic like Beowolf! And it is - here are the pixel-pushing specs: a 103-inch plasma flat screen, weighing in at a total of 1,200 lbs (the screen alone is 600 lbs) and only built upon being ordered by the client (like a Rolls Royce).

To weed out the dilettantes, B&O conducts an introductory interview and site survey to see if your space can even handle the weight and size of the monster set, to verify that the power requirements are met, and that your checkbook can handle the hit (more to come on that). It takes five trained piano movers to deliver the set to your home, and a specially trained technician to set it up. Once installed, the set promises 100,000 hours life expectancy and full HD pixel resolution. It's also the only giant TV of its kind to come with a stand that lifts the set at the touch of a button and turns and tilts the screen to the optimal viewing position. When the lighting in your house changes, the screen adjusts to optimal tones. Once a month, the screen self-corrects any pixel problems. And it's actually very affordable!

Of course not! It costs $111,000.00 dollars. Which is like 18 metric tons of McDonald's cheeseburgers, or NYU Film School, neither of which tilt for optical viewing. When the B&O rep at the New York launch was chided by a bejeweled housewife that her "husband wouldn’t let [her] buy a TV for $111,000 in this economy,” the rep coolly responded, “Why the hell not!” We did the math, that’s a cost of $1.11 per hour of viewing - not bad if you're putting it to proper use (The Wire, The Porn, the 2010 World Cup, re-runs of Night Court, violent video games, Cops, etc). Plus we think it'll go great with our giant VCR.