What is the correct terminology to describe a visual display that is about the size of a living room

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Published on 2010-05-04T11:19:56Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 11:28 UTC
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I'm thinking that, as flat screens get bigger and cheaper it won't be too long before 'digital wallpaper'-like screens become popular in people's living rooms with a host of applications that could take advantage of this particular screen size/resolution.

Is there a proper name for this size of screen?

'Wall Screen' - is too ambiguous
'Massive Screen' - is probably best reserved for something you'd put on the side of a sky scraper
'Small Screen' - nabbed by the mobiles
'Large Screen' - kind of means desktop

I'm thinking of the kind of screen used in 'Minority Report'.

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