OUTDOOR VIDEO / TELEVISION
WHY YOU NEED BENTLEY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Because this is what we do, and we’ve been doing this for a long time. We can help you determine the best products for outdoor use and your budget. We can help you determine the correct location for your screen and speakers for optimal viewing and listening. We know what’s necessary to ensure a clean, corrosion and rust-free installation. The cable terminations, as well as the audio/video interconnects are all outdoor rated. No one else takes the time to consider all the hardware and cabling needed for a project to last in an outdoor environment. It’s not the same as an indoor television installation.
And, if you are installing an outdoor video setup, chances are you can have your outdoor audio and lighting upgraded at the same time, saving installation costs!
Visit our page for outdoor lighting and outdoor audio to learn more about these options.
WHY YOU WANT AN OUTDOOR VIDEO SYSTEM
Spending time outdoors in the spring, summer, and fall can be spiritually refreshing, as well as a great stress reliever. Having a television outside during these months will just make the outdoor experience that much better. However, is it ok to put a television made for indoor use outside, even if you take it inside during the winter? The answer is an emphatic NO!
You wouldn’t not stain or protect your wood decking, would you? The same holds true for an outdoor television. Outdoor televisions are a completely different animal. Indoor televisions don’t have to worry about insects, rain, bright sunlight, or high winds. Precisely why they can’t go outside, unless you want to keep replacing the television at regular intervals. Outdoor televisions need to be much brighter than an indoor one, obviously to counteract the sun. Their brightness is rated in nits. Nits are a unit of light measurement. A good ballpark for an outdoor display is about 1,000 nits. They are available in three different categories:
Full Shade | Partial Sun | and Full Sun.
The more protection you need, the higher the price. The cabinet needs to be sealed so bugs and precipitation don’t get inside and damage the circuitry. The screens need to be able to withstand high winds and pelting rain. Life isn’t easy for these televisions.
The other item that needs careful consideration is the mount. Just as the television needs to be made for outdoors, so does the mount. It needs to be able to bear the environment as much as the television does. And don’t forget the remote. Any television that comes with a remote, which is most of them, also must be outdoor rated.
