Weatherproof TVs and Outdoor Movie Screens

What is weatherproof tvs and outdoor movie screens?

Weatherproof TVs and Outdoor Movie Screens is one of the audio & video installs services we install across New Jersey. An outdoor display is a purpose-built weather-rated screen with the brightness to remain visible in ambient light, rather than an indoor television moved outside under a cover.

How do we install it?

Screen brightness is specified against the actual viewing conditions, since a display that works after dark is unreadable on a shaded patio at noon.

Mounting position is checked against where the sun sits during the hours the screen is used, because direct sun washes out any display.

The enclosure is rated for the temperature range it will sit through outdoors, not merely sheltered from rain by a roof or awning.

Audio is handled by the outdoor speaker zones rather than by the display's own drivers, which are the first thing to disappoint outside.

Anti-glare screens are specified over glossy panels for uncovered locations, since a glossy face reflects the sky brighter than the picture on most afternoons.

HDMI runs longer than the passive limit use fiber optic HDMI, because a copper run over that length introduces sync problems that look identical to a failing display.

The screen is mounted at a height suited to standing viewers as well as seated, so a mounted screen does not force one posture on the whole space.

Cooling vents on the enclosure are inspected each season, since a nest of pollen or leaves inside the cabinet is what shortens the display panel life.

What does a bad install look like?

Putting an indoor television under a covered patio. It survives one season if the weather is kind, and it is unwatchable in daylight from the first day.

An outdoor television mounted directly under a west-facing eave with no shade extension. The panel shuts down on hot afternoons, and the failure looks like a warranty issue rather than an installation one.

A drop-down projection screen installed without a wind switch. The first summer gust catches the deployed screen, and the housing tears free of its mounts on the same day.