Summer is a great season to spend time with your friends and family in the comfort of your backyard. In addition to cookouts, you might find the outdoor area to be a suitable setting for recreating the drive-in movie experience. Here’s a guide to building the ultimate outdoor theater from the best expert on outdoor living in the Birmingham, AL area:
The first thing that you will need is to determine what you’ll use to project your movie. A projector is appropriate for your outdoor theater for several reasons. It offers a cost-to-screen-size ratio; in other words, you get a bigger screen for a lower upfront cost. It can also be placed in a small, sheltered enclosure far away from where it can get rained or splashed on during inclement weather. Make sure, however, that it has at least 2,000 lumens for a clearer view.
Invest in a high-quality screen that can provide a sharp projected image of the movie you are going to watch. Going the DIY route is never advisable, no matter how tempting it may be. Instead of hanging white sheets or using your home’s siding to project your movie, choose the right screen that can withstand gusts of wind and is easy to set up and tear down.
A complete outdoor movie experience is when you can hear the audio loud and clear. While some projectors come with built-in speakers, but if you are getting on that doesn’t have this feature, try portable outdoor speakers with built-in amplifiers.
Options for this aspect of your outdoor home theater are plentiful. A Blu-Ray player or laptop usually suffices, but you’ll need to run extension cords to get it running. Video streaming channels may also be used. See to it that the wireless router signal is strong enough to reach the projector.
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