wasnt sure what was the correct section for this post, but this one seemed to be the closest:

i was wondering what were my best options for an outdoor television. i am currently building a house in New Orleans. I will have a large covered but open air, back patio, with fans, outdoor furniture, etc. Ideally, i would like a an adjustable arm, wall mounted plasma, which would be no problem for me to have wired and setup, i am sure.

but my question lies in how any particular tv will do in this environment? it will be out of the range of direct sunlight and rain, but obviously down here, humidity and heat are very high, etc...

is this even doable? should i be thinking about having something setup so i can easily hook up a plasma or lcd, then unhook it and store it inside?

any advice or reports of similar endeavors would be greatly appreciated

Paul

a) Make sure it's hurricane proof.

b) Hopefully the covered area is somewhat dark during the day. (If you plan on day viewing). If not - "fuggedaboutit".

c) You really wanna leave something like that outside all the time?

If you can get it shaded at all and you are worried about the outdoor environment try creating a rear screen system with a PJ located inside and behind some type of glass with the transparent screen material outdoors.

I just saw an outdoor plasma on Costco's website...

So what did you decide to do? I am trying to do the same thing on my outdoor porch. Any more ideas?

i just bought a cheapy 20" LCD from Vizio w/a wall mount. i'm going to try to craft some outdoor enclosure myself for use by my pool.

unfortuantely the area is completely open and exposed to the weather 24x7 and we live in Texas. so good luck huh :)

that said, I'm thinking of a Lexan enclosure w/fans to move some air through a vented bottom (top and sides completely closed, molding of some sort around the enclosure/mounting bracket).

Would love to see what others do and whether I'm just wasting time/money trying to do this given the parameters above (main parameter is "paul is cheap")

:)

I am going to go with a 32"lcd for my deck that I will just take in and out.

500 vs 5k

I am going to go with a 32"lcd for my deck that I will just take in and out.

500 vs 5k

how are you going to take it in and out w.r.t. connections/etc? i want to run my wireless video to it from the Tivo with the IR repeater there so I can control it from the outside, but don't want to haul everything in/out every time b/c I dont' have any room to store the TV close by.. (hmm, maybe one of those pop-up-devices that is like an end table would be good to look at...)

(hmm, maybe one of those pop-up-devices that is like an end table would be good to look at...)


Well I am just going to run cable to it I think or use the OTA HD. Its more for the cool shock value than actually watching tv. I plan to have a star wars party in my ho ttub with it. BTW -Those cabinets are big$$$.

If you're going to watch it from a hot tub - perhaps you should be showing "Star Whores" !!!

So long as the TV isn't too heavy to lift, moving one in and out may only be as hard as one power cord and one antenna cord to plug in/out. MY bedroom LCD simply hooks only the wall bracket. I can lift it off. If I get another similar bracket for the deck, I could quickly unhook the power and cable and TV, walk it outside and hook it on the outdoor bracket, then plug in both cables out there.

Hot tub TVs need to have the Playboy channel! :D