Located here in frigid Massachusetts.

We are about to start construction of a 3-season room off the back of our house. We're not planning on heating this room, thought it will be insulated. I'm sure it will be warmer than outside, but not sure exactly how much warmer.

Winter-use of this room will primarily be the hot tub it will hold. We're thinking of a wood burning stove for those occasions we might want to go out there in the winter and not be in the hot tub.

Anyone have any experience, or opinions, mounting a TV in a room like this? Love to have one out there, but I'm not sure of the ramifications when the temperature drops.

Plasma will perform better in cold conditions than LCD will since the crystals in LCD have temperature thresholds that Plasma doesn't. However, my bigger concern would be the moisture buildup/freezing from the steam of the hot tub. There are hot tub manufacturers that make pop-up LCD screens, but they may do something special to seal the screens from moisture.

Josh

Thanks for the reply.

It won't be right on top of the hot tub, I'm thinking 4-5 feet away. Does that change anything? Hot tub will have a cover when not in use, which pretty much keeps the heat in.

Also, windows will more than likely be open during hot tub use.

Somebody else probably has more insight/experience, but from a technical point of view it doesn't really matter the distance from the tub given a room of limited size. The hot tub will raise the humidity and temperature in the room (especially when the cover is off) which should, more or less, be evenly distributed through the room. When you put the cover on and/or the temperature drops then condensation will build up on/in your screen and then freeze.

If the screen was directly above the tub it would likely be significantly worse, but 3 ft or 10 ft probably wouldn't make much of a difference and any issues would be more related to the changes in temperature and humidity within the room.

Josh

Thanks Josh. The room is going to be 18x24 or so, so it's not tiny. I'll investigate this with the 'hot tub' crowd as well.

No need to guess, check the manual. Manufacturers quote operating temperature range and non-operating temperature range. They usually specify non-condensing humidity though - electronics don't like dripping water.

No need to guess, check the manual. Manufacturers quote operating temperature range and non-operating temperature range. They usually specify non-condensing humidity though - electronics don't like dripping water.

I was hoping to find someone who had already gone through my situation before, maybe someone already found something more tolerant to cold/moisture, etc... But yes - I'm in the process of checking the specs of models that interest me.

Common sense dictates the TV will need to be sealed form humidity, regardless of technology (crt, lcd, plamsa). As mentioned above, the humidity range will cause condensation. Electronic devices don't do well in a wet environment.

Environmental temperatures are generally 0-40 Celcius (someone translate that to American for me please?) However, a TV that is plugged in is still using standby power, so the rule applies to actually PLUGGING IN the television, not just having it in off/on modes.

And yes, the condensation is the bigger issue in this case.