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Go bigger than the grill
Did you spend last summer watching movies in your neighbor’s fantastic outdoor living room?
Maybe you like to wait on trends, to see if they're actually worth investing the time and money?
There are plenty of us standing around our decks wondering what the big screen might look like, and lucky for us, tech innovators are designing just what we need.
If you’re late to the high-tech-outdoor-living-space party, this could be your year to create the outdoor home theater you’ve been dreaming of.
Outdoor living space projects have been on the rise for a while, but last year showed an interesting trend. According to CE Pro, big outdoor tech projects in 2021 were less frequent, but they got bigger – much bigger. The outdoor installation price grew 86% over 2020, averaging $13,125, likely due to the high demand for outdoor entertainment and security systems.
Maybe we’re all learning that we like to stay home and have the best entertainment available?
And there is so much available – because luckily, the innovators and manufacturers of excellent technology are answering the demand for excellent outdoor tech.
If you’ve been eyeing your backyard, thinking it's time to go bigger than the grill, here are some of our favorite products to ignite your imagination.
We love Samsung for its indoor and outdoor options. The Terrace outdoor line of products is unbeatable. It gives both high-performance video technologies in partial and full-sun outdoor models. The 4K QLED TVs are available in 55-, 65- and 75-inch screen sizes for partial sun applications, and 65- and 75-inch screen sizes for full sunlight environments. Whatever your outdoor space looks like, Samsung offers a screen that makes viewing a fine-art.
The Stewart Filmscreen Rigid Frame Series is another of our favorites. With a quality caliber that high-end filmmakers use in their own home theaters, these custom-made screens use traditional projection technologies and ultra-short throw (UST) systems for specification to your unique space. With every configuration, the screens support video resolutions up to 16K. And there’s a range of screen materials to specialize down to the finest point.
And what’s an outdoor living space without lighting? Smart technology offers so many excellent opportunities to create the right ambiance and atmosphere for every gathering – whether it’s movie night, a dinner party, to welcome people home or security. Caséta by Lutron is one of our favorite products for smart landscape lighting. By designating zones of light, home owners can control every area with pre-set and on-the-spot designs, right from their mobile device. The party lighting can be set in advance so you can spend your time prepping and talking to guests. A welcome home scene can be set to best match the time your family comes home. An unexpected gathering? That can be arranged right in the moment – to create the ideal atmosphere for whoever is gathering under the stars.
To learn more about how you can create your dream outdoor living space, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.
