| Home Theater for the Outdoors [message #94737] |
Thu, 04 November 2021 03:49  |
Phonetic Ear
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The idea won't apply to every home because this would require additional space, such as a backyard or a lawn. Concerning the expenses, will there be a big difference between the equipment used for the outdoors and indoors? Setting anything outside feels like it's more work. I might be wrong, though. I'm interested to know if anyone here has attempted to set up an outdoor home theater before.
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| Re: Home Theater for the Outdoors [message #94911 is a reply to message #94908] |
Tue, 14 December 2021 09:15   |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 19027 Registered: January 2001
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Actually, outdoors, one thing in your benefit is there are no room modes. And if your setup is far enough away from buildings, then there are no early reflections. That's a significant advantage, acoustically. Of course, you'll probably need more power because space is not constrained. But that's not too difficult to provide.
Seems to me the biggest issues are the elements to deal with, like the weather, insects, etc. I assume the goal would be limited to night viewing. Might have noise problems, either from outside interfering with your viewers or from your system disturbing neighbors or violating local restrictions in some way. So I think the biggest issues aren't technical audio or video matters, but rather they are problems of regulation, interference, convenience and level of comfort.
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| Re: Home Theater for the Outdoors [message #99353 is a reply to message #94911] |
Wed, 15 April 2026 22:59  |
Prince
Messages: 72 Registered: September 2025
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Wayne Parham wrote on Tue, 14 December 2021 09:15
Actually, outdoors, one thing in your benefit is there are no room modes. And if your setup is far enough away from buildings, then there are no early reflections. That's a significant advantage, acoustically. Of course, you'll probably need more power because space is not constrained. But that's not too difficult to provide.
Seems to me the biggest issues are the elements to deal with, like the weather, insects, etc. I assume the goal would be limited to night viewing. Might have noise problems, either from outside interfering with your viewers or from your system disturbing neighbors or violating local restrictions in some way. So I think the biggest issues aren't technical audio or video matters, but rather they are problems of regulation, interference, convenience and level of comfort.
That's the thing with setting up home theatre outside. One should make enquiries to be sure that they are not breaking any type of rule with what they plan to do. I won't want to be addressing a lawsuit simply because I gathered families and friends just to enjoy ourselves.
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