Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., March 27 (UPI) -- A plan by a Southampton, N.Y., venture capitalist to put a giant TV screen in his backyard has neighbors and local officials saying they'll oppose it. The 10-foot-tall, $200,000 giant will have to get approval from the town before it goes up on property belonging to Christopher Burch, the ex-husband of fashion designer Tory Burch, the New York Post reported Sunday. Advertisement The proposed screen would stand on posts nearly 3 feet off the ground and feature a series of LED monitors to create a 16-foot-9-inch-wide high-definition television. Scott Casselman, a spokesman for the screen's maker Multimedia LED, said it would be used to display images of famous art works. "How beautiful would it be to have a Monet in your back yard?" he said. However, the screen will also be able to show movies, television and the Internet, which has some local officials balking at the idea. "I'm totally against it," Southampton village building inspector Jonathan Foster said. "It's not going to fly. A drive-in movie theater screen like that? I know that TVs have gotten bigger, but this is, 'oh, wow'." If the town denies the proposal, Burch can appeal to the zoning board. Advertisement "This ought to be funny," board member Keith Tuthill said. "I can't even deal with my own 42-inch."
