Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 4 103-inch plasma on sale in USA: $93,050

So, there are two ways to look at this: the first is that this television set costs almost as much as many homes, while the second is that it's around $40,000 cheaper than the Euro-conversion price. Specially designed for plutocrats who need to brag that Mark Cuban has the bargain version of their HDTV, Bang & Olufsen's 103-inch BeoVision 4-103 plasma brings along a 1080p panel and plenty of wow. The unit has just been let loose here in America, going on a US press tour and becoming available for special order for those with loads of disposable income. It can be purchased in an array of color options including black, silver, red, blue, and dark grey, though there is a three to four month lead time for each set. The pain? $93,050 on wall mount, $111,805 on motorized floor stand -- though we hear that it's hand delivered by Dos Equis himself.

Gallery: Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 4 103-inch plasma on sale in USA: $93,050

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[brandon @ May 6th 2009 9:26AM]

I couldn't tell, did his cinco party run long? The sun seems to be up, so I'm assuming not.

[PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ May 6th 2009 9:26AM]

just...just no...

[nDy @ May 6th 2009 10:17PM]

Cheaper than expected.
But alike archos, you need to pay for all those extras to get it complete
say ... a motorised stand?

[N8 the Gr8 @ May 6th 2009 9:28AM]

Is this going to be a "recession antidote" giveaway?

[ironmann786 @ May 6th 2009 10:03AM]

I am down with that!

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ May 6th 2009 11:59AM]

Good point. I take back what I said to myself when I first saw this. I actually WOULD take one if it was free! Hopefully anyone who saw it in my place would be smart enough to realize I'd never spend stupid money like that on a TV -- even if I were loaded (by which I mean drunk AND rich).

[Oleg Prosalov @ May 6th 2009 8:20PM]

This joke is getting very old.

[Saluki @ May 6th 2009 9:30AM]

I don't even have walls in my house that are that big. Next time I do some demo I will just rebuild with $93,000 walls.

[John Doe @ May 6th 2009 9:32AM]

I'll take one of each color and place them each on a wall in my rented apartment. ;)

[Brando @ May 6th 2009 9:34AM]

Seriously, do you think my renter's insurance will cover that?

[kjb434 @ May 6th 2009 9:37AM]

Truthfully, this will actually sell well.

The B&O store in Houston, TX sells a lot of there goods to international customers in Mexico and South America. It's easier for B&O to set up shop here in TX and have the customer come up and buy what they want. Then ship it down south.

[kevin @ May 6th 2009 11:51AM]

ya to a bunch of drug lords

[kjb434 @ May 6th 2009 11:54AM]

That's your word and not mine! LOL

[Jay Voorhees @ May 6th 2009 12:23PM]

quite frankly, thats a little bit too much BO for me.

[kjb434 @ May 6th 2009 12:37PM]

It's not BO(BS). In the Galleria Mall in Uptown, it's not uncommon for Mexican, Brazilian, Peruvian, Colombian, Chilean, and Argentinian nationals to drop thousands of dollars at various clothing stores. Could you imagine going to the GAP or American Eagle and dropping $3-4k. BO sells whole room and whole house installations out of the location in the mall all the time to international customers.

[gambiting @ May 6th 2009 9:40AM]

I live in Poland,and I know a guy that works for Panasonic,and he said that they sold only 2 sets of their 103inch plasma TVs in Poland ,and both were bought by the same guy. He put one of them in the dining room and the other one in the hall. Total cost? aprox. 180 000$

[htd @ May 6th 2009 9:40AM]

103" and only 1080p, what a disappointment, the 83" samsung LCD is shooting for 2160p

[The Angry Intern @ May 6th 2009 12:26PM]

yeah, cuz there's so much content out there that's more than 1080p.....

[Mr. Ford @ May 6th 2009 9:10PM]

Yay, lets do video scaling on really large TV's! No one will ever notice the up conversion artifacts on a TV that large.

[htd @ May 7th 2009 12:30PM]

2160p is perfect for both 720p and 1080p, that's the point.

[John @ May 6th 2009 9:40AM]

I don't understand why anyone would want a 103" Plasma... it's 1080P, but you can get 1080P monitors 5% of the size. You could probably build a home theater with a damn nice projector (1080p at the least) for that much.

[roper @ May 6th 2009 11:48AM]

"I don't understand why anyone would want a 103" Plasma"

Because some people don't have total light control in their viewing room. Ambient light kills contrast on front projectors, even very bright projectors.

[BKM72 @ May 6th 2009 1:47PM]

Roper's right.

Ambient light kills the image. My projector wants a TOTALLY darked out room. Its rendered useless in the daytime.

[John @ May 6th 2009 2:19PM]

you miss the point... if you can drop $93,000 on a TV, you can certainly afford a room where you can control the lighting.

[roper @ May 6th 2009 4:09PM]

I don't miss the point. This is not for high end dedicated media rooms with dedicated light control. It's too small for that and not for that purpose. This is for a living room or other non dedicated room so that you don't have to turn the living room into a cave just to watch the game with a few of your buddies. Whether you have a separate front projector system in another room really has no bearing the usefulness of this product.

[Dee @ May 6th 2009 9:44AM]

Those speakers look like contempo Daleks.

[OneLove @ May 6th 2009 9:47AM]

...OF FURY!

[OneLove @ May 6th 2009 9:49AM]

I'll take the hot korean model...oh wait?

[superhobo @ May 6th 2009 10:02AM]

I've seen the Panasonic 103" model.

1080p on 103 inches is like 480p on 46 inches.

[Mike Sylvester @ May 6th 2009 10:19AM]

Viewing 720p on my 92" screen looks like viewing 720p on my 92" screen.

[bandigolo @ May 6th 2009 1:44PM]

That's a horribly misleading statement unless you clarify it by noting the viewing distances that make that equation true.

[Mr. Ford @ May 6th 2009 9:17PM]

I call bullshit!
I've seen several. I've seen 1080p on 150"+ projection systems too. None of them looked like 480p at any size on any 1080p set, because 480p has to be scaled and therefore has artifacts. You don't get that with these TV's. If you can see the pixel structure, then you are way too close, and this TV isn't intended for your viewing environment!

[Muhammad-Oli @ May 6th 2009 10:05AM]

That's some big-ass pixels.

The pixels even look bigger than I expected on my 32" 1080p TV, so I hate to think what it's like on something over three times the size (diagonally, so really it's 9 times the size right?)!

[gcww99 @ May 6th 2009 10:06AM]

This is the Panasonic 103".. How many manufactures of 103" TVs are there in the world.. One.. Panasonic.

[Mr. Ford @ May 6th 2009 9:19PM]

Just because they make the panel doesn't mean they make the TV. Look what Runco has been able to accomplish with image quality, and they don't make any of their video products. They take other peoples products and make them better. B&O is probably adding something to the mix besides funky styling.

[Rudy @ May 6th 2009 10:21AM]

It is one thing to have the wall space what about floor space. Just how far back do you have to sit just to see this set fully. I have a 53" and I needed 15 to 20 feet back to watch the tv. so for 103 who ha th fr space t sit bk and watch this thing. I mean if you are giving one away I will take it just to test it out.

[John @ May 6th 2009 2:24PM]

I think you're a bit too far back there, chief. About 7-8 is right for a 50", and for this somewhere around 14 would be right on the money.

[freshyill @ May 6th 2009 10:22AM]

Man, this thing is ugly. Did they design this thing in 1989 and sit on it for 20 years? It's like the TV that the asshole neighbors in Christmas Vacation would have had if they had plasma TVs back then.

[darkmax @ May 6th 2009 10:25AM]

I'll rather get Samsung to sell me 3 of the LED versions. They're lighter, sharper and mo0re vivid. Don't understand why B&O is selling something so common, at the exuberant price.

[Harley3k @ May 6th 2009 10:31AM]

Damn that's ugly.

I understand that B&O railroad tries to differentiate their products somehow to make them 'cool', but they need not forget the 'cool' part.

[ReaperRob @ May 6th 2009 10:36AM]

They're just selling it for the snob factor.

[Marcus @ May 6th 2009 10:55AM]

Purpose of that 'extra' $50?

[Chris @ May 6th 2009 12:10PM]

That covers the tip for one of the four guys it takes to carry it into your house.

[Harley3k @ May 6th 2009 11:03AM]

You can tell by the pointy triangle below the screen and the saucer shaped discs around the speakers that this product is obviously from the FUTURE where $93,050 isn't really that much money.

I'm sure there were some people standing out of frame of the photo that have giant triangle shaped shoulder pads and silver underwear.

[jcar302 @ May 6th 2009 11:14AM]

I guess the big benefit for this tv will be that it paves the way for new standards in size, and as manufacturing costs come down, so will the prices on all tv's.

[Troy22 @ May 6th 2009 12:21PM]

The shipping better be free or my charity will take a hit... Personal check work?

[Bill @ May 6th 2009 12:22PM]

All of B&O's stuff is way overpriced for what it is. And, this TV is no different in that regard. I'd rather get two Samsung 55" LCD's and stagger them together - giving me a 110" screen and saving myself about $80,000 is the process. ;)

[Down @ May 6th 2009 1:22PM]

Actually you would need 4.

[Uncontrol @ May 6th 2009 1:20PM]

western excess at its finest

[MaximusNYC @ May 6th 2009 1:56PM]

For $93 large, those Tesla-esque cones better be able to generate giant electrical arcs zapping between them when I push a button.