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The coronavirus pandemic is most lethal to the elderly and the virus’ spread throughout Spain is the second most deadly in the world. So it’s not surprising that police in Madrid, enforcing the city’s lockdown measures, arrested a 77-year-old on Sunday for being out and about in the city, reports TeleMadrid. The septuagenarian’s reason leaving his home? Having to catch ’em all, obviously.

Madrid police on tweeted a photo on Monday of the 77-year-old’s ticket. The man was arrested at 1:30 p.m. for “hunting Pokemon,” presumably in Pokemon Go, a mobile game that requires you to walk out in the real world to catch virtual Pokemon. Hunting for Pokemon in the streets, the tweet noted, was strictly prohibited. 

On Wednesday Spain’s death toll, after reporting 738 new fatalities from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, exceeded China’s to become the second highest in the world. The country, with a population of 46 million, has suffered 3,434 deaths, more than the 3,285 deaths China has reported. Italy’s death toll stands at 6,820. 

Spanish officials announced a national lockdown of two weeks on March 14. Residents can leave the house to go to work, medical centers, banks, supermarkets and pharmacies. On Sunday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he wants the lockdown to extend to April 11, pending parliamentary approval. 

Cazar #Pokemon, dinosaurios o cualquier otra criatura mágica está ⛔️ PROHIBIDO ⛔️ durante el Estado de Alarma. No pongas excusas y #QuedateEnCasa #ResponsabilidadSocial #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/L4U2xvGpU0

— Policía Municipal de Madrid (@policiademadrid) March 23, 2020

Spain’s enthusiastic Pokemon hunter isn’t the only one to break lockdown for new digital critters. A 31-year-old in Italy was fined by police last week for playing Pokemon Go in public with his daughter, reports Italy’s Leggo. “I have to hunt Pokemon,” the man reportedly told police.

Niantic, the developer behind Pokemon Go, has encouraged players to stay at home. It’s tweaked the game so that Pokemon spawn more frequently, so players don’t need to go outside to find them. Incense, an in-game purchase which increases Pokemon spawn rates, has been discounted 99% and now lasts twice as long. Raid events, which see hundreds of players coordinate to defeat and catch powerful Pokemon, have been canceled. 

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OLED TVs boast the best picture quality we’ve ever tested, but if you want a truly big one, it’ll cost as much as a Ford Fiesta

Pricing has been announced for the biggest 2017 versions of LG and Sony’s organic light-emitting diode TVs. They measure 77 inches diagonal and start at $15 grand.

That’s three or four times as expensive as some of the better 75-inch LCD-based TVs available, like the Sony XBR-75X940E ($5,000) and the Vizio P75-E1 ($3,500). 

More frustrating for high-end huge-screen shoppers, the jump in price from a 65-inch OLED ($3500) to the 77-inch version is way worse than the jump from a 65-inch LCD to a bigger version.

Here are all of the 77-inch OLED TVs available now.

2017 77-inch OLED TVs

Brand Model Price Available
LG OLED77G7P $15,000 Now
LG OLED77W7P “wallpaper” $20,000 Now
Sony XBR-77A1E $20,000 Late July

CNET 2017 OLED TV reviews

So why are 77-inch OLED TVs so expensive? I asked LG and haven’t received an official response yet, but I’m guessing it has to do with a combination of economies of scale and manufacturing issues. OLED TVs have always been more difficult to manufacture than LCDs, and LG Display is still the only TV maker to do so (it sells to Sony and other brands). 

Very large TVs are also a lot less popular than “small” 55- and 65-inch sizes, so there’s less impetus for a LGD to focus its limited manufacturing capacity on that size. And large screen sizes have lower “yield,” meaning that they’re more likely to be flawed and unusable, further driving up the cost.

Whatever the reason, if you want a TV larger than 65-inches and don’t have money to burn, you’ll likely be getting an LCD, not an OLED. At least this year.

The most anticipated TVs of 2017

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