Outdoor AV Systems: Bring the Theater Outside

Atlanta's climate — long, warm summers and mild shoulder seasons — makes outdoor living genuinely enjoyable for eight months of the year. That's eight months of pool parties, outdoor dining, backyard football Sundays, and evening entertaining. Your outdoor space deserves audio and video that matches the quality of what you have inside.

An outdoor AV system is one of the highest-return investments in any home. It expands your usable living space, elevates every outdoor gathering, and — when integrated into your Crestron system — operates with the same seamless simplicity as every other technology in your home. One tap brings the party outside.

DLSAV has designed and installed outdoor AV systems for homes throughout Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Alpharetta, and Marietta. Every project is different — but the design principles are consistent.

Outdoor Audio — Sound That Doesn't Sound Cheap

The biggest mistake in outdoor audio is trying to do it on the cheap. Outdoor audio environments are acoustically brutal — no walls to contain sound, ambient noise from wind and traffic, large spaces that scatter sound before it reaches listeners. Underpowered or cheaply made outdoor speakers sound thin and reedy. Done right, outdoor audio sounds full, natural, and immersive even in a large open space.

In-Ground and Landscape Speakers

For pool decks and open lawn areas, in-ground speakers create a distributed sound field that covers the entire space without any visible equipment. Hidden at ground level around the perimeter of a patio or pool deck, a properly designed landscape speaker system creates sound that seems to come from everywhere — present, consistent, and immersive without blasting from a single source.

Under-Eave and Architectural Speakers

For covered patios, outdoor kitchens, and loggia spaces, under-eave speaker installations bring the same quality as your interior in-ceiling audio to the outdoor environment. Origin Acoustics and other premium outdoor-rated speaker lines deliver audiophile-grade performance in fixtures engineered for years of weather exposure without degradation.

Subwoofers for Outdoor Use

Outdoor spaces eat bass. Without a dedicated outdoor subwoofer, your music will sound bright and thin no matter how good your satellite speakers are. We regularly install weather-rated subwoofers — buried under decking or concealed in landscaping beds — to provide the low-end foundation that makes outdoor audio feel real.

Outdoor Video — Picture-Quality That Competes with Daylight

Outdoor displays face a challenge that indoor screens don't: direct sunlight. A standard consumer TV at 350 nits of brightness is essentially invisible in direct sun. Outdoor-rated displays designed for the application produce 1,000–4,000 nits — bright enough to deliver a compelling image even in partial sunlight.

SunBrite and Commercial Outdoor Displays

DLSAV installs commercial-grade outdoor displays from manufacturers like SunBrite, Samsung Terrace, and LG OLED Evo outdoor series — all engineered for continuous outdoor operation across the full range of temperatures and humidity levels Atlanta can produce. These are not consumer TVs in a weatherproof box — they're purpose-built outdoor displays with sealed electronics, anti-reflective screens, and thermal management systems.

Outdoor Projectors and Motorized Screens

For a true backyard cinema experience, outdoor laser projectors paired with motorized projection screens bring the magic of a movie night under the stars. We've installed systems that descend from custom enclosures mounted to pergola ceilings — completely hidden when not in use, fully automatic when a "Movie Night" scene is triggered from the Crestron app. Your guests don't see anything happening. They just hear the screen descend and the music fade as the film begins.

Crestron Outdoor Control Integration

All of your outdoor AV is integrated into the same Crestron system that controls your indoor environment. One "Outdoor Party" scene activates your landscape speakers at a preset volume, turns on the outdoor TV to your preferred sports input, enables your pool and patio lighting scenes, and opens your outdoor bar area's motorized screen. When the party moves inside, one tap transitions everything — indoor music takes over, outdoor zones power down.

Outdoor Keypads and Control Points

Weather-rated Crestron keypads installed at your outdoor kitchen bar, pool equipment panel, or covered patio give you full local control without needing to reach for your phone. These keypads are engineered for outdoor installation — sealed against moisture, rated for UV exposure, and built to last a decade of Atlanta summers.

Voice Control Outdoors

Crestron's voice integration works as well outdoors as in. With a weatherized microphone array near your outdoor kitchen or covered patio, you can adjust music volume, change input, control lighting, and issue any other system command by voice — hands-free while you're cooking, swimming, or hosting guests.