When it’s hot and sunny outside, the temptation for most people is to basically live their lives in their backyards, whether to avoid the suffocating heat indoors or just to enjoy the fresh air and rays. However if you’re also looking to watch sporting events or movies outside, it can be difficult to do both. Using a projector can be the perfect solution!
Using a portable screen that you can place outside to give you a big picture will replicate that drive-in movie experience. It can be the perfect fit during the warm summer months. However, it can also be difficult to get right, because projectors are generally designed to be used in relatively dark indoor rooms, rather than back yards in the blazing sun.
So here are some great tips for using a projector outdoors during the summer months:
Get The Right Projector
If you’re going to use a projector outdoors in the summer time, you can’t just go out and buy any projector. You need one that has plenty of lumens’ worth of brightness to be able to cope with the ambient light outside, especially if it’s particularly bright. If you want to use it during the day time, the minimum you’ll need is 5500 lumens, which immediately rules out many standard models of projectors.
Optoma EH515
You’ll also need one with a good built-in sound system, unless you want to have to hook up a separate speaker system, which can be a nuisance when it comes to setting up and taking down every time you want to use it outdoors.
And finally, you’ll need to check what connectivity options the projector has, in order to make sure they fit with what you’re planning on using to show the sporting event or movies. The same applies for indoor use too, but for convenience you may be wanting to connect to something different outdoors.
Get The Right Location
It should go without saying but if you place your screen in the full glare of the sun, even with bucket loads of lumens, your projector is going to struggle to deliver a decent picture. You need to think about where you should place things in the backyard to make sure you’re giving the projector a chance to show what it can do.
You of course need to think about where people will sit, and the other logistics of whatever you’re going to want to use the projector for, but the most important thing is where the projector and the screen are placed. Everything else can work around them if the picture is good enough.
Think About The Weather
It’s not just the screen that needs to be out of the direct sunlight, you also need to make sure your projector isn’t in the full glare to ensure that it doesn’t overheat. The last thing you need when the big game is on is to have your projector break down on you. If the weather goes the other way, remember that rain and electronics don’t go well together either! By the same token, keep your projector away from any pools or barbeques…
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