Outdoor / Exterior

Outdoor digital signage that survives the forecourt.

Outdoor LED displays built for direct sun, rain, snow, and 122°F asphalt heat. Sun-readable to 7,500 nits, IP65 sealed, anti-vandal glass — mounted, permitted, electrical, and content-scheduled by one CrownTV crew. Same installs running today on Hello Boba, Pomegranate, and our QSR drive-thru fleet.

  • 4,000–7,500 nits
  • IP65 weatherproof
  • –22°F to 122°F
  • Samsung XHB / IF
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7,500 NITS
What outdoor digital signage actually means

An outdoor LED display built to run outside unattended, in full sun, full rain, 122°F asphalt heat or –22°F winter, 24 hours a day, for years.

Outdoor digital signage uses a sealed enclosure (IP65 rated against dust and water jets), a direct-view LED or high-brightness LCD panel rated 4,000–7,500 nits to fight midday sun, integrated heating and fanless cooling for the temperature swings, and anti-vandal glass for street-front and forecourt placements. It's the category that lives on gas station canopies, drive-thru menu boards, fast-food order points, fast-food walk-ups, and outdoor patio menus — surfaces that consumer TVs and indoor commercial displays both fail at within weeks. CrownTV is a turnkey digital signage provider helping brands digitize their physical spaces. We bundle three things most vendors split apart: our cloud-based digital signage software, commercial-grade indoor and high-brightness window displays, and a nationwide installation team. We run the whole stack — site survey, hardware, install, content management, ongoing support — under one contract.

Built for asphalt

7,500 NITS

25× brighter than your living-room TV. Engineered to stay legible under direct midday forecourt sun.

The brightness story, told in nits

Why your competitor's TV-on-an-extension-cord washes out by 11 a.m.

Brightness is measured in nits. Indoor categories live below 500. Outdoor LED starts where indoor ends — and goes 15× higher.

  1. 300
    Consumer TV
    Living-room baseline
  2. 500
    Indoor commercial
    Lobby + back-of-house
  3. 3,000
    Window display
    Storefront, indirect sun
  4. 7,500
    Outdoor LED canopy
    Direct midday sun, IP65
What IP65 actually defends against

Five weather threats. One sealed panel.

IP65 isn't a marketing badge — it's a tested rating against dust, water, freeze, heat, and impact. Here's what the panel survives, unattended, for years.

Rain & jets
IP65 water-jet rated
Dust & insects
Dust-tight enclosure
−22°F freeze
Integrated heater + defrost
122°F heat
Fanless convection cooling
Impact & strikes
IK10 anti-vandal glass
Where outdoor LED ships

Four placements on the lot. Each one a different brightness tier.

Same product family, different spec per placement. We pick the panel by the sun, not the catalog.

  1. 01

    Forecourt canopy / pump-island headline

    Spec: Samsung XHB 6,500 nits · IP56 front / IP54 rear · landscape strip mount

    Regular/plus/premium pricing live across the canopy. C-store promos, loyalty enrollment, and weather-dayparted creative — when it rains, the headline flips to the wash bay.

    Canopy mount 6,500 nits Pump-island
  2. 02

    QSR drive-thru menu board

    Spec: Samsung XHB 4,000 nits · IP56 / IP54 · portrait or landscape · double-sided variant

    Live menu sync from POS. Breakfast → lunch → dinner dayparts roll without intervention. 86'd-item flags hit the board in under 5 seconds.

    Drive-thru 5-sec sync 4,000 nits
  3. 03

    Fast-food walk-up / outdoor order window

    Spec: Samsung XHB 3,500 nits · IP56 / IP54 · 55″–75″ portrait · low-glare matte glass

    Queue-ordering screens with combo upsells, calorie disclosures, and a branded countdown to the next drop. Matte AR glass keeps it readable in side-lit dawn and dusk.

    Walk-up Anti-vandal 3,500 nits
  4. 04

    Outdoor patio menu / storefront marquee

    Spec: Samsung IF-series direct-view LED · 1.5–2.5mm pitch · 5,500 nits · custom canvas

    Seasonal cocktail menu, full-bleed brand reels, live event boards, weather-trigger swap (rain pushes the indoor menu). One canvas, every shift's content.

    Marquee Heated Weather-aware
Spec sheet — Samsung XHB / IF series

Engineered for the surfaces that punish screens.

Outdoor LED is a different category, not a brighter version of the indoor panel. Here's what's actually different — and why the consumer-TV-on-an-extension-cord setup outside your competitor's store will be dead within a season.

7,500 nits
IP65 sealed
−22°F to 122°F
Anti-vandal glass
Fanless cooling
Heated panel
Canopy mount
24/7 outdoor
Brightness
4,000 nits (canopy) → 7,500 nits (full-sun storefront). Auto-dimming sensor to match ambient.
Resolution
UHD 3840×2160 on XHB-series LCD; native pitch 1.5–4mm on IF-series direct-view LED.
Ingress protection
IP56 front / IP54 rear standard; full IP65 sealing on the IF-series LED.
Operating temperature
–22°F to 122°F (–30°C to 50°C). Internal heater + fanless cooling envelope.
Glass
Anti-vandal tempered cover glass; anti-reflective AR coating; IK10 impact rating.
Cooling
Fanless convection on XHB; sealed direct-view modules on IF — no fans = no failure point in dust or insects.
Heating
Integrated panel + glass heater. Defrost cycle keeps screen legible at –22°F.
Duty cycle
24/7 continuous operation, 50,000+ hour panel rating.
Mounting
Wall, pole, canopy strip, or freestanding pylon. Wind-load engineered to ASCE 7 / IBC.
Content
HDMI input from the CrownTV media player. CrownTV Dashboard schedules + dayparts everything.
Warranty
3-year commercial against weather-related failure. CrownTV layers a 48-hour swap during active service.

We size the panel to the placement, not the brochure. Send us photos of the lot and the proposed mount — we'll come back with brightness, pitch, and IP-rating recommendations within 24 hours.

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Why turnkey, not DIY

Three things outdoor LED gets wrong when it's not turnkey.

  • Engineered for weather, not "weather-resistant"

    Every panel ships with a real IP rating, real wind-load math, and a real corrosion-resistant mount kit. We don't bolt indoor displays into outdoor enclosures and hope. The category is different — the procurement is too.

  • Structural mount engineering, stamped where required

    Canopy and rooftop installs come with engineer-stamped drawings, AHJ permit filing, and bonded mounting hardware. We coordinate with your GC or run it end-to-end. No "we just hung the screen" — outdoor LED is structural.

  • Content scheduled by daypart, sun, and weather

    Auto-brightness against the ambient sensor; price + menu sync against your POS; rain-trigger creative swap; sunset-driven daypart change. The CrownTV Dashboard does this without a content manager touching the screen.

Pricing scoped per install

Outdoor LED ranges $15K–$120K per install, depending on size, brightness tier, and structural complexity. Multi-location rollouts get programmatic pricing.

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Verticals shipping outdoor LED

Built mostly for two industries — same product, different content.

Pair the panel

Outdoor LED ships with the player and the CMS — same as every other panel we install.

Every outdoor digital signage install is the panel plus the CrownTV media player plus the CrownTV Dashboard CMS plus the engineered mount plus the dedicated electrical. Pick the matching child product for deeper specs.

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Outdoor digital signage — questions we get every week

What is outdoor digital signage?
Outdoor digital signage is a high-brightness outdoor LED display engineered to operate in direct sunlight, rain, and temperature extremes. Panels are sealed to IP65 (dust-tight, water-jet resistant), rated 4,000–7,500 nits to stay readable under midday sun, and built with anti-vandal glass plus integrated heating and fanless cooling for unattended 24/7 operation. Common installs of outdoor LED signage: gas station canopies, drive-thru menu boards, fast-food order points, fast-food walk-ups, and outdoor patio menus. The CrownTV-built playbook ships the panel, the structural mount, the dedicated electrical, the permits, the content commissioning, and the CMS subscription as one quote.
How bright does outdoor LED need to be?
A west-facing forecourt in summer hits roughly 100,000 lux of ambient light — 200x what an indoor TV is engineered for. To stay legible you need 2,500 nits at minimum for shaded canopy installs, 4,000–5,000 nits for partially shaded drive-thru menu boards, and 6,500–7,500 nits for full-sun storefront and rooftop placements. Anything under 2,500 nits washes out the moment direct sun hits the glass.
What's the lifespan of outdoor LED panels in weather?
Samsung XHB and IF-series outdoor panels are rated for 50,000+ operational hours — about 5.7 years of continuous 24/7 use, or 11–13 years on a typical 12-hours-on schedule. The panel ships with a 3-year commercial warranty against weather-related failure (corrosion, water ingress, thermal cycling). CrownTV's service contract layers a 48-hour replacement-player promise on top.
Do you handle the structural mounting and permits?
Yes. Outdoor LED is a structural job, not a wall mount. Each install gets engineered drawings stamped where the AHJ requires them, wind-load math against the local code (ASCE 7 / IBC), bonded mounting hardware, and permit filing. We coordinate with your GC if you have one or run it end-to-end if you don't. Canopy and rooftop installs always get a structural review before the panel ships.
How does outdoor LED integrate with my POS or drive-thru ordering system?
Content is driven by the CrownTV media player connected to the panel via HDMI. The CrownTV Dashboard handles scheduling, dayparting, and playlist swaps; for live menu sync we integrate with Toast, Square, Olo, and most drive-thru-order systems via webhook so a price change or 86'd item updates the board within seconds. Static content (promos, brand reels) is scheduled the same way as any indoor display.
How long does outdoor LED installation take?
From signed order to live screen: 4–8 weeks for a single canopy display, 6–10 weeks for a multi-panel forecourt or drive-thru rebuild. Lead time breaks down as: 1–2 weeks site survey + structural drawings, 2–4 weeks panel + structural hardware procurement, 1 week permit window (varies by AHJ), and 1–3 days on-site install + content load. Multi-location rollouts run in parallel — we've shipped 12-site programs in under 90 days.
Ready when you are

Send us the lot. We'll spec the screen.

Photos of the canopy, the drive-thru, or the storefront elevation — that's all we need. Brightness, IP rating, mounting, and quote back within 24 hours.

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No commitment. No hard sell.