| TV screens are now being used for far more | | | | for the TV screen exists inside the enclosure. |
| purposes than just home entertainment. Digital signage | | | | Some protection that is required by screens is quite |
| is a fast growing industry where LCD and plasma | | | | obvious. Outdoor digital signage for instance needs to |
| screens are being used for the displaying of | | | | be housed in a weatherproof or waterproof TV |
| advertising and branding messages. | | | | enclosure to ensure the screen is kept dry. However, |
| However, modern LCD screens (and plasmas) simply | | | | not all the protection that an LCD enclosure offers is |
| can't be taken into these sorts of areas without some | | | | that obvious. |
| consideration in ensuring the devices are protected | | | | Air flow is vital for most electronic devices, TVs |
| and able to operate in the optimum conditions. | | | | included. Without a flow of air to help carry away the |
| However, digital signage is often placed in areas that | | | | heat build up hot spots can develop and the screen |
| are quite removed from the warmth and sterility of a | | | | can soon fail. Any LCD enclosure therefore requires |
| front room. Busy retail centres and outdoor locations | | | | internal fans to help remove this heat. |
| not only mean lots of people, which heightens the risk | | | | In some conditions, such as in outdoor areas in hot |
| of accidental damage through knocks and impact | | | | climates, air conditioning has to be considered for inside |
| (both accidental and deliberate) but also screens are | | | | the LCD enclosure as does heaters in locations where |
| often placed in cold or hot environments and even in | | | | temperatures regularly drop below zero. |
| outdoor locations. | | | | So while many people assume an LCD enclosure is |
| Ensuring the LCD or plasma screen is able to operate, | | | | just a waterproof metal box for protecting digital |
| no matter the external conditions, is often the task | | | | signage in outdoor locations, there is more to them |
| often the task of the digital signage enclosure. | | | | than that as inside every LCD enclosure should exist |
| Any LCD enclosure or other housing for digital signage | | | | the perfect operating environment for an LCD TV |
| needs to ensure that the perfect working environment | | | | screen. |