Outdoor Patio TV/Speaker setup

You may want to look into a used A/V receiver a few model years older from Yamaha, Denon, etc. You could probably find one for $100 that has bluetooth and the additional zone capabilities for other speakers. Then you would also be able to add additional sources (Cable box, Apple TV, etc).

I've bought receivers before on eBay for $100 or so that have worked great.

Edit: Just did a quick search on eBay. While there really aren't any good ones listed for $100 or so, here is one that is a little more expensive. It may be worth it to spend a little extra money for the flexibility you'd have.

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I have two sonos play 3s out under my porch and the sound is great

I am pondering the same thing. I used to just buy outdoor speakers from Outdoor Speaker Depot, mount them, and connect them to an indoor AVR. I’m going to put a TV outside at some point and also didn’t want to run wires if I didn’t have to. Now I’m considering powered Bluetooth speakers like THIS.. You’d have to buy a Bluetooth transmitter for your TV, but it’d work.

I may still end up buying better outdoor speakers and a separate amp, but again I’m undecided. Let me know what you do.

Do you have good wifi out there ?

I'm not sure of the setup of your patio, but I tend to not like my electronics outdoors even if it is covered.

I have two outdoor Emotiva speakers (I believe these are now discontinued)ran to my Denon receiver in my living room. This is done through the zone 2 configuration. Music is ran through Airplay. For my TV, I have a pretty lightweight 48" in my bedroom that I simply unplug and bring outside and set it on the wall mount. It does not stay outside, but it takes all of 1 minute to bring it outside, hang it on the mount, and plug it in. I use a Roku stick that stays with the TV so no additional messing around with wires or boxes. Just plug in the TV, turn it on, and pop a beer.

Just my opinion of course, but I like this route as no electronics are outside of my house besides the speakers. Like someone said you can find a used AVR for a good price. I already had one running in my living room so all I had to do with make use of the zone 2.

The audio from the TV is plenty loud enough for what I need, but I can also sync the audio from the living room and mute the outdoor TV if I want to bother the neighbors.

Just offering another route you can choose.

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weak wifi is rapidly becoming a problem of the past as solutions get cheaper and cheaper.

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2 down votes

How can you down vote a comment regarding the fact the single biggest headache most homeowners have has finally been addressed by the router companies?

That's just silly.