| With less than a month to go to the 2010 FIFA World | | | | Outdoor TVs are proving popular for the World Cup |
| Cup there are many businesses, bars and restaurants | | | | Sun readability |
| planning to install outdoor TVs in preparation for the | | | | A common problem with taking TVs into direct sunlight |
| tournament. | | | | is the affect on readability. I'm sure most people have |
| And it's no wonder too, with record TV viewing figures | | | | experienced the annoyance of sun glare at some |
| expected it could be a real boon for owners of bars, | | | | point on a hot afternoon but the problem is many times |
| pubs and restaurants especially if they install and | | | | worse outdoors. |
| outdoor TV to allow their patrons to enjoy the football | | | | Anti-reflective glass is one solution although this can |
| along with the good weather. | | | | dim the image other methods such as transflective |
| However, installing an outdoor TV is fraught with | | | | screens work brilliantly but are extremely expensive. A |
| difficulties and unforeseen challenges, many of which | | | | simple and cost effective solution is to just place a |
| can be unthought-of until it is too late. | | | | canopy of the TV thus preventing sun glare and the |
| Protection From the weather | | | | need for a highly expensive sun readable high |
| Ensuring a screen is suitable to operate outdoors | | | | brightness TV. |
| means that it needs to be waterproof. Waterproof | | | | Other Protection |
| TVs are available at a price but a more cost effective | | | | Football fans can certainly get boisterous during the |
| method of ensuring an LCD screen can operate | | | | excitement and disappointment of a big game so it is |
| outside is to place it in a weatherproof LCD enclosure. | | | | wise to ensure the screen is capable of withstanding |
| These enclosures house standard and commercial | | | | the odd beer glass or other rowdy behaviour. |
| displays preventing the need for expensive and | | | | Again, this is where a steel LCD enclosure comes into |
| waterproof TV systems. Waterproof speakers are | | | | its own as they are often fitted with shatterproof |
| also a good idea and these can be plugged directly | | | | screens and provide a real rugged solution for outdoor |
| into the TV via the LCD enclosure. | | | | TV viewing. |
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