Start planning your backyard setup for the January 2027 car auction.

Every January, Barrett-Jackson turns WestWorld of Scottsdale into the center of the collector car world. The 2027 auction runs January 23 through 31, with live coverage starting in the morning and continuing past 10 p.m. That makes for a long day in a grandstand. Parking lines and packed aisles don't help.

Your own patio can be a much better option. You get your own food, your own guests, and a fire pit when the desert evening cools off. The downside is that most backyard entertainment setups fall apart during a full day of viewing. The TV washes out by noon, and the speakers can't reach the far end of the yard.

Here's what a home watch party needs to work outdoors, and why fall is the time to plan it.

A Screen You Can See at Noon

Auction coverage goes from bright midday sun to after dark, so your TV has to handle both. A standard indoor TV moved to the patio won't cut it here. The picture looks dim and gray in daylight, and the Arizona heat and dust shorten its life.

Outdoor TVs are rated for where they'll hang. Shade-rated models suit a fully covered patio. Full-sun models like SunBriteTV's Pro line push much higher brightness and use anti-glare screens so that you can follow the bidding on an uncovered deck at 1 p.m. Sealed housings keep out dust and handle the temperature variations between a warm afternoon and a cold January night.

How DMF Retrofit Solutions Upgrade Your Home’s Lighting Without Rewiring

Many builders hand over a beautiful house with the same recessed can lights in every room. They’re often the same size, same bright white glow, with no options except perhaps a dimmer. Lighting rarely gets a seat at the table during construction, and by the time you notice the harsh light in your kitchen or the flat glow in your living room, you assume fixing it means tearing into the ceiling. Fortunately, with today’s innovative LED lighting, you don’t have to do that. DMF’s retrofit lighting modules drop into the recessed housing that’s already up there, so you can change the way your home looks and feels without a single patch of drywall.

Your Favorite Genre Points to the Right Speaker Brand 

Walk into any home theater showroom and ask for "the best speakers," and you won’t get a straightforward answer. Best for what? A war movie hits differently than a rom-com. A live concert film demands something entirely different from a superhero blockbuster. 

In our Scottsdale showroom, we carry four home theater audio brands: Paradigm, Theory, DALI, and B& W—and the first question we ask every client isn't about budget. It's about what they watch.

A New Approach to Luxury Audio

For years, high-performance audio systems often came with a tradeoff: exceptional sound paired with racks of equipment, visible cables, and components that required extra space.

The new JL Audio Primacy S3 takes a different approach.

Now available in the Audio Video Excellence showroom, JL Audio’s Primacy S3 speaker is one of the most talked-about audio products we've seen this year. It combines a pair of beautifully crafted speakers with advanced amplification and signal processing built directly inside, delivering impressive performance while maintaining a remarkably clean appearance.

For homeowners who appreciate great sound but prefer a refined, minimalist aesthetic, the Primacy S3 deserves a closer look.