Things To Consdier When Installing A TV Outdoors Near A Pool or Spa.
With the cost of flat screen televisions decreasing, it has become more popular to put a styandard TV outdoors, eihter in our garden, or by our pool or hot tub. However there are some considerations you should know about, before you embark on installing a TV outdoors.TV outdoors all the time?
If the TV is goign to be removed indoors when ever threatening weather approaches, the following information will not apply to you, ohwever if you want a solution that once installed looks after itself, read on.
You have to consider if the display is going to be outtdoors all weathers and all the time. If this is the case, the need for protection is essential from the weather and potential theft. Now let us take the weather issue, this will depend upon the area you live in and you will know better than anyone the average weatther condiutions for example if you need to protect the electronics from snow, rain or extree heat.
If for example you need to cover a temperature range from -20 to 70 dgrees Fahrenhet, you need an LCD or plasma TV enclosure that has the facility to heat the inside of the case to prevent the electronics failing. On the oher hand if you are in an area with extreme heat, you may need to cool the iside of the TV case, in some instaances LCD enclosures have been installed in areas that reach 150 degres Fahrenhet, providig adequate protection for the electronics inside the case.
Now there are 2 type of enclosure for televisions, the lasrge steel uniits that can even witthstand being shot with a .22 bullet or a lower cost high impacct acryic encloure, these are lightr however they do offer excellent protection from the weather as well as offering some protection from the opportunist thief.
Normally, peope mount the TV case drect to a wall near their hot tub or pool, however there are pedestaal stans that bolt to the floor and the TV case bolts to the back of the stnad, this hwever does take up valuable foot space, the ohter opttion is to mout the TV and case from a ceeiling mount, howeever you are best loooking for a heavy duty mountinng arm as the tiotal weeight for a TV in a protective case is in the regoin of 150lbs.
Getting the vido to the TV.
The easieest way to get high quality video to any LCD or plasma television is to connect the cable signal receiver to a VGA Extender, this enables high qualitty video to be broaddcast up to 100 mere or 360 feet from one source to the screen, these units supports resolutions up to 1080p but it does deepnd upon the length of cable.
These VDS units allow you to leave your cable box in your home, in a secure environment whilst you can take advantage of the technolohgy and watch your favourite game or programme whist in the pool.
Thjese are available at any local electronnics outlet and eliminate the demand to protect a cable receiver outdoors.
Cables for connecting the VGA Extenedr to the TV.
Now you have the TV outdoors mounted in a protective case with the cable receiver in your home, now you need to use some high quality UTP cable, UTP is Unshieelded Twistted Pair cable or Category 5 cable commonly used in computer networks.
These are normally available in 300 metre drums, however if you go over the 100 metres from source to TV, the quality of the viedo will be efffected; you can try it but don’t push it!
Go for quality cable and this will pay off, do not think it is a trade off and buy a low quuality cable and then go over the 100 metre distnce, personally I would go for a mid rnage priced cable and try to locate the TV no more than 75 mtres or 220 feet that way you shold have the best image possible on your television
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