| There was a time where the only place you would | | | | solutions for protection of exterior TV systems. |
| find a television was in somebody's front room or | | | | The Outdoor TV |
| perhaps in a bar or pub. Now TVs are being used | | | | There are many manufacturers, including some of the |
| almost everywhere for all sorts of reasons; from | | | | big names that now produce flat screen TVs for |
| outdoor entertainment to digital advertising and signage. | | | | outdoor use. These waterproof and weatherproof |
| Normal TV systems have come a long way since the | | | | TVs have become commonplace due to the |
| old cathode ray tubes. Most TVs are now either LCD | | | | burgeoning outdoor digital signage market. |
| (liquid crystal display) or plasma and are flatter, lighter | | | | The advantages of an outdoor TV system are that |
| and cheaper. However, despite this advance in | | | | they can be erected without the need for a |
| technology the standard LCD or plasma TV are not | | | | waterproof enclosure or other weatherproof housing. |
| designed to be used outside. | | | | However, there are disadvantages to this method. |
| The advantages of using TVs outside are becoming | | | | First, any outdoor screen that is to be left unattended |
| increasingly relevant. Many bars, pubs and clubs are | | | | needs to be protected from accidental and deliberate |
| finding more people socialising outdoors due to | | | | damage which would require some sort of protective |
| smoking bans and an increase in warmer weather. | | | | housing. The other major disadvantage is the cost of |
| While outdoor digital signage is an extremely cost | | | | such screens. The average waterproof TV costs |
| effective method of marketing and is being | | | | many times more than an equivalent indoor model, a |
| implemented almost everywhere - including schools, | | | | price many would-be users find difficult to justify. |
| colleges, hospitals and the retail sector. | | | | The Outdoor LCD TV Enclosure |
| However, making use of modern TV systems in | | | | A far more comprehensive solution is to use a |
| outdoor locations is not as straight forward of placing | | | | standard TV in an outdoor TV enclosure. These |
| them outside and then powering up. TVs are sensitive | | | | plasma and LCD enclosures not only cost a fraction of |
| electronics so any outdoor TV system, whether it's for | | | | the price of a waterproof TV (even when you include |
| entertainment or outdoor digital signage, needs to be | | | | the price of the standard screen enclosed) and they |
| protected. | | | | also provide protection against vandalism, accidental |
| Protecting outdoor digital signage or exterior TVs is | | | | damage and theft. |
| now a growing industry. There tends to be two | | | | |