{"id":489,"date":"2009-08-28T01:38:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T12:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcity.wordpress.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-08-09T02:31:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T07:31:26","slug":"outdoor-televisions-tv-watchers-return-to-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/outdoor-televisions-tv-watchers-return-to-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Televisions: TV Watchers Return to\u00a0Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband&#8217;s dream&#8230;to sit out on the patio or by the pool, cool drink in hand, hot wings by his side, watching his favorite football team.\u00a0\u00a0No, his favorite team won&#8217;t be\u00a0stopping by to scrimmage in the yard; he&#8217;ll be able to watch them on an <a title=\"Outdoor Televisions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-TVs\/\" target=\"_blank\">all-weather outdoor television<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Oh, yes.\u00a0 What could be better as summer winds down\u00a0than to enjoy the cooler days outdoors while watching a favorite team or favorite show?\u00a0 You could even enjoy a romantic evening under the stars watching <em>Casablanca<\/em> or <em>When Harry Met Sally<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>An outdoor all-weather television is not your standard variety TV.\u00a0 It is specially made to be installed and used\u00a0in an outdoor living space, whether on the patio or pool side.\u00a0\u00a0 All-weather TVs are a natural choice for outdoor restaurants and cafes, and they liven up any backyard barbecue or pool party.\u00a0 Some all-weather TVs even come with watertight, floating remote controls so you can enjoy a swim while surfing the channels.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when the\u00a0rain falls or when exuberant swimmers splash the television?\u00a0 Nothing.\u00a0 All-weather and watertight enclosures protect\u00a0the Outdoor TV&#8217;s\u00a0components from elements such as rain, dirt, insects, scratches, sun,\u00a0and extreme temperatures.\u00a0\u00a0 Additionally, the TV&#8217;s screen\u00a0is much brighter than a\u00a0standard TV screen to overcome outdoor glare.<\/p>\n<p>Get the popcorn popping and the root beer flowing&#8230;we&#8217;re going outside for some quality outdoor TV time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-490\" title=\"2300-Backyard\" alt=\"2300-Backyard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2300-backyard.jpg?resize=342%2C268&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"342\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2300-backyard.jpg?w=726&amp;ssl=1 726w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2300-backyard.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband&#8217;s dream&#8230;to sit out on the patio or by the pool, cool drink in hand, hot wings by his side, watching his favorite football team.\u00a0\u00a0No, his favorite team won&#8217;t be\u00a0stopping by to scrimmage in the yard; he&#8217;ll be able to watch them on an all-weather outdoor television.\u00a0\u00a0Oh, yes.\u00a0 What could be better as summer winds down\u00a0than to enjoy the cooler days outdoors while watching &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/outdoor-televisions-tv-watchers-return-to-nature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Outdoor Televisions: TV Watchers Return to\u00a0Nature<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[213,352],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovative-solutions","category-entertaining","tag-gift-ideas","tag-outdoor-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Nnyf-7T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31,"url":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/outdoor-tv-brings-the-fun-outdoors\/","url_meta":{"origin":489,"position":0},"title":"Outdoor TV Brings The Fun\u00a0Outdoors","author":"Trey Collier","date":"November 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Traditionally Televisions have only really been designed for indoor use. 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