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"A resolution so precise," Sheldon said, adjusting his bow tie, "that you could count the individual stitches on Professor Charpak's lapel. Possibly identify the species of moth that contributed to the wool blend. Our current television displays approximately 207,360 pixels. 2160p contains over eight million. The difference is not merely quantitative. It is theological."

Chad, bewildered, complied.

"We're not spending two thousand dollars on a TV, son."

He didn't need eight million pixels for that.

They did not rob a bank. But for weeks afterward, Sheldon drew blueprints of the Best Buy layout, calculated pixel densities on napkins, and drove Mary to pray the rosary. The old CRT stayed in the living room. But in his notebook, under "Future Purchases," Sheldon wrote in his neatest script: 2160p. The resolution of God.