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SunBriteTV outdoor TVs · Kansas City.

IntegrateIT carries and installs SunBriteTV across the Kansas City metro — the covered patio, the pool deck, the open west-facing terrace that nothing indoor survives. One precision first, because the trade is sloppy about this word: SunBriteTV is a line we carry and install under distribution, not one we hold our own dealer agreement on, so we do not call ourselves an authorized SunBriteTV dealer. What we are is the people who read the sun on the actual patio, anchor into the actual wall, get a weather- rated circuit to it and keep the sources indoors where they belong. Phone: (913) 804-7575 or office@integrateit.tech.

What we carry and install from SunBriteTV

SunBriteTV splits its own range by how much direct sun the screen takes, not by price tier, and that is the only split that matters outdoors. Below is the current range as the manufacturer lists it. We specify and install to order; nothing here sits on a shelf, and which one goes on your wall comes off standing in the space at the hour you actually use it.

  • Veranda 4 Series — full shade. SunBriteTV’s full-shade range, in 49, 55, 65 and 75 inch, as a 4K UHD HDR smart television with an all-weather chassis. This is the right answer for a covered porch, a deep patio, a screened room or a sunroom — which is most of the outdoor televisions we hang in Johnson County, because most Kansas City outdoor living happens under a roof.
  • SE Series — partial sun. The 43-inch partial-sun model, an LED HDR outdoor television that ships with a speaker bar included. The one for a smaller covered space that catches some direct light for part of the day — a side patio, a screened porch with an open end, a bar area under a pergola.
  • Solis Series — full sun. The full-sun smart television, 4K UHD HDR, in 49, 55, 65 and 75 inch. Built with an anti-glare, heat-resistant screen for the places a shade-rated panel washes out and overheats: an unshaded pool deck, an open terrace, a west-facing seating area.
  • Pro 2 Series — full sun with a tempered-glass shield. The other full-sun answer, an LED HDR 4K outdoor television in 49 and 55 inch, and the one SunBriteTV builds with a protective tempered-glass shield over the panel. That shield is why it turns up in commercial spaces and in any residential spot where a ball, a club or a chair could reach the screen.
  • Accessories that are part of the job, not an upsell. SunBriteTV’s own dust covers, outdoor mounts, speakers and weather-tolerant remotes. The cover in particular earns its place here: it goes on for the months nobody is outside and keeps pollen, cottonwood and wasps out of the vents.
  • Commercial work, too. SunBriteTV runs a commercial side with its own project registration and a case-study gallery, and the same hardware lands in a restaurant patio, a stadium concourse or a pool bar. On our side that scope sits with commercial AV rather than with a residential install, because the power, the mounting and the control are all different problems at that scale.

Why an outdoor TV is a weather problem before it is a picture problem

SunBriteTV puts it plainly on its own site, and we agree: these are designed to take rain, snow, dust, insects, salt air, humidity and temperature extremes, and to be installed permanently outdoors — where an indoor television’s own manual warns against exactly that. In this climate the specifics are the July humidity, the twenty- degree swing either side of a storm front, and the mud daubers that get into a vented indoor chassis in June and are still there in September.

  • Read the sun, not the roof. A pergola that reads as shade at ten in the morning is full west sun at six in the evening, which is the hour the patio actually gets used. We stand in the space at that hour before we pick a series.
  • Power is its own scope. A weather-rated receptacle on its own circuit with an in-use cover, placed behind the panel rather than run to it. An extension cord to a patio television is a fire and a failed inspection, not a shortcut.
  • Sources stay inside. The signal comes out to the screen over an in-wall run or over the network from a rack indoors. Nothing that needs a fan lives outside — that is what our rack build is for.
  • The wall decides the mount. Brick, stone veneer, stucco over sheathing and a cedar soffit are four different anchoring problems. Penetrations get sealed and sloped so nothing wicks back into the wall cavity — which is the failure that costs real money two years later.
  • The television is not the speaker. A patio is acoustically open and a panel speaker loses that fight every time. We pair the screen with outdoor audio on its own zone.

Where SunBriteTV sits beside the other outdoor lines we carry

We carry more than one answer on purpose, and none of them pays us to be recommended. Samsung’s Terrace line is the other name that comes up on a Kansas City patio, and the choice between them is usually about the exact sun rating the space needs and how the screen is finished rather than about the badge — our outdoor TV page walks that comparison. Where the requirement is a screen that disappears entirely when it is not in use, C SEED is a different category of answer and a different budget. And on the audio side the outdoor pairing is usually Coastal Source or TruAudio, which is a landscape conversation rather than a television one.

Common questions

Who sells and installs SunBriteTV outdoor televisions in Kansas City?

IntegrateIT (Overland Park, KS) carries and installs SunBriteTV across the Kansas City metro — covered patios in Leawood and Mission Hills, pool decks in Prairie Village, and open decks out to Lee’s Summit. To be precise about the relationship, because the trade is sloppy about this word: SunBriteTV is a line we carry and install under distribution, not one we hold our own dealer agreement on, so we do not call ourselves an authorized SunBriteTV dealer. What we hold is a Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom, a Crestron Elite Partner, a Lutron Certified Installer and a CEDIA member, with hundreds of homes integrated since 2021. Phone: (913) 804-7575 or office@integrateit.tech.

Which SunBriteTV series do I need — and how do I tell?

By how much direct sun the screen will actually take, which is a different question from how much sun the patio gets. SunBriteTV splits its range exactly that way. The Veranda 4 Series is the full-shade range — a covered porch, a deep patio, a sunroom — and it comes in 49, 55, 65 and 75 inch. The SE Series is the partial-sun model at 43 inch, and it ships with a speaker bar. The Solis Series is full sun in 49, 55, 65 and 75 inch. The Pro 2 Series is the other full-sun answer at 49 and 55 inch, and it is the one with a protective tempered-glass shield over the panel. We stand in the space at the hour you will actually use it before we pick, because a pergola that reads as shade at ten in the morning is full west sun at six in the evening.

Why not just put a normal TV outside under the cover?

Because the manufacturers of normal televisions tell you not to, and they are right. SunBriteTV’s own framing is the honest one: these are built to take rain, snow, dust, insects, salt air, humidity and temperature swings, and they are engineered for permanent outdoor installation, where indoor televisions carry manuals that warn against it. In Kansas City the specific killers are the July humidity, the temperature swing either side of a thunderstorm, and the wasps and mud daubers that get into a vented indoor chassis and stay there. An indoor panel under a porch roof usually survives one season and dies in the second, and the warranty will not cover it — we have replaced enough of them to stop recommending the experiment.

What actually goes into the install besides hanging it?

More than the screen costs, usually, and this is where an outdoor TV is won or lost. A weather-rated receptacle on its own circuit with an in-use cover. A signal path that is not a dangling HDMI — either a properly terminated in-wall run or a network route back to a rack indoors, because the source equipment does not live outside. A mount sized for the panel and for the wall: brick, stone veneer, stucco over sheathing and a cedar soffit are four different problems with four different anchors. Sealed and sloped penetrations so nothing wicks back into the wall. And a sightline check, because the screen you can see from the grill is often not the screen you can see from the seating.

Can the patio TV join the rest of the house?

Yes, and it should. On our installs the outdoor screen appears as a source on the same Control4 or Crestron Home system as everything else — one press takes the patio to the game, brings up the outdoor audio zone at the right level and sets the landscape lighting, without anyone hunting for a remote that has been outside all summer. We pair the screen with outdoor audio rather than relying on the television’s own speakers, because a patio is an acoustically open space and a panel-mounted speaker never wins that fight. Our outdoor audio page walks the speaker side in more detail.

Do I need the cover, and what about winter?

The dust cover is worth having and it is a real SunBriteTV accessory rather than a generic one — it goes on for the months nobody is out there, and it keeps pollen, cottonwood and wasp nests out of the vents. The televisions themselves are rated to stay up through a Kansas City winter, so there is no taking it down in October. What we do instead is a seasonal check on the seals, the mount hardware and the receptacle cover, which is part of how we look after systems rather than a separate contract. Every install carries a five-year workmanship warranty from the final invoice; the television carries its manufacturer warranty.

Written by Daniel Alon, founder of IntegrateIT LLC, with twenty years in IT and AV integration — Control4 Platinum Dealer, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Installer, CEDIA member. Overland Park, KS.

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