Does it hurt to leave an LCD tv in you shack?? Help!!

[stretcher]

Just wondering what everyone's opinion and experiences were with this. I have always taken my TV home with me but it is a pain so I'm wondering if any of you have trouble leaving them out in your shacks on the ice.

Any help wold be great!

Thanks

[BartmanMN]

My brother has had an LCD tv in his Screen porch for the last 3-4 years, without any problem. He uses it all Winter for viewing from the hot tub.

I'd guess you have more concerns with the bumping and banging driving around the lake than the temp. I know many people say they let their house warm up before turning on the TV, but like I said my brother's lives outside and is never warm in the winter.

Theft would be a concern

[STY]

I also have one in my shack and leave it in there all the time with no problem. I do try to let it warm up before turning it on and I use some bungees to make sure it doesn't bounce too much when moving, etc.

[VermilionGold]

I believe that the freeze/thaw cycle will degrade the picture quality over time, but with the price of tvs these days it's probably not worth the hassle of moving.

[stretcher]

Thanks for all the input guys. I can't wait to get the wheelhouse out on the ice.

[Sea Hage]

Mine has been it the fish house for 4 years and works as good as new. I think mine is LED not LCD. Aren't most TV's LED now ?

[Drama King]

I have an LCD TV outdoors by my hot tub, year round.. And I have an LED TV in my wheelhouse that I always leave in there. I pull mine off the wall and bungee it down just so that it doesn't come off the wall banging around during transport.

I asked a TV guy what was best, and he said that TVs don't handle large, quick temperature swings best.. So its actually worse for them to go from inside a warm car, to a cold fishhouse. The gradual warm-up of the fishouse is best for them.. Take it for what it is worth!

[merkman]

Thousands of cars have them built in....

Gas pumps, billboards, etc....

They seem to work fine there.

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