The Top 3 Differences Between Commercial and Consumer TVs
Thinking about buying TVs for your business? Before you make any purchases, you need to understand the differences between commercial and consumer TVs (hint: it’s more than just HDTV quality).
After all, the consumer TVs in your home are a world away from what commercial TVs and TV distribution systems can bring to your business. Knowing this will make all the difference in getting the quality, reliable TV technology you deserve. And not to mention avoiding the headache of buyer’s remorse.
So what are the key differences you need to know?
Durability
TVs in a commercial environment have to endure much more than the TV in your living room or man cave, bad football games notwithstanding. If you think about it, a TV in a restaurant, shopping mall, or gym runs almost constantly. Your TV at home is probably only on for a few hours each day at best. That’s why commercial TVs are built for longevity.
LG TVs and other commercial-grade models can run all day without performance issues and won’t overheat. If you used a consumer TV in your place of business just as often, it wouldn’t last very long, leaving you looking for a new TV again.
Whether it’s heat or grease exposure in a commercial kitchen, the changing weather of an outdoor patio or train station, or salt and moisture on an oil rig, commercial TVs are also created for reliability in harsh environments.
If you put a consumer TV made for an air-conditioned living room in any of these places, its performance would falter. But with tempered glass, rugged designs, and more robust materials, commercial TVs can withstand high usage in various out-of-home settings.
Visual Display
While both consumer and commercial TVs offer HDTV, the visual capabilities of commercial TVs extend much further.
Commercial TVs can provide:
- higher quality visuals
- a larger color gamut
- key features needed to ensure color accuracy for advertisements and other important business messaging
Unlike consumer models, commercial TVs can prevent screen burn from occurring when used as static digital signage and menu boards.
When it comes to your business’s TV display, brightness is an important feature. Commercial-grade televisions like LG TVs with LG remotes can deploy much higher brightness levels than consumer models, ensuring your audience can see your TV’s visuals in outdoor and well-lit business environments. That means your customers can still watch DIRECTV NFL Sunday Ticket games in your restaurant’s outdoor seating area without complaint.
Flexibility and Control
In a business setting, you want a TV that can provide as much adaptability as possible. Whereas consumer-grade TVs offer limited connectivity options, commercial models provide a variety of inputs beyond HDMI for more professional devices, such as video walls and TV distribution systems that allow you to manage multiple TV panels remotely.
Commercial TVs also provide the flexibility to operate in a vertical portrait orientation, unlike the required landscape orientation of consumer TVs. This orientation gives you more options when utilizing your TVs as information kiosks and digital signage. You also have more display possibilities for your TVs with commercial models, as they provide greater mounting capabilities than traditional consumer TVs.
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When it comes to your business’s TV needs, the difference is clear: commercial TVs are often the ideal choice. If you’re ready to find the best TVs, TV distribution systems, digital wayfinding technology, and more, our expert team can help at RTG Commercial.