Quick Start: How to Size an LED Video Wall
- 1. Choose Series & Cabinet: Pick C Series for seamless architectural/fixed installs or R Pro Series for fast-locking rental/touring staging. Select tile dimensions (e.g. 500×500mm or 960×960mm).
- 2. Select Pixel Pitch: Pick your pitch in mm (e.g., 1.9mm for close viewing up to 10ft, 2.9mm for indoor medium viewing, 3.9mm–5.9mm for large venue or outdoor).
- 3. Enter Target Dimensions: Input desired Width × Height or target Diagonal and lock to an aspect ratio (e.g. 16:9 for HDTV / 4K content).
- 4. Check Output Metrics: Review modular cabinet count (Cols × Rows), actual assembled dimensions, pixel resolution, viewing distances, breaker amperage at 110V/220V, and total weight.
- 5. Inspect 3D Preview: Drag to rotate the 3D model with the 6ft human silhouette for scale reference.
Series & Cabinet Sizing
C Series (Fixed Install)
Engineered for permanent indoor and outdoor commercial signage, corporate boardrooms, retail facades, and houses of worship. Features magnetic front-service modules, ultra-thin profiles, silent fanless operation, and high energy efficiency.
R Pro Series (Rental / Staging)
Built for fast rigging, touring, concert venues, and event production. Features die-cast aluminum chassis, quick-lock latching mechanisms, curve-locking angle adjusters (-5° to +10°), corner protection bumpers, and integrated power/signal loop-throughs.
Modular Sizing Note: LED walls are built from modular square or rectangular tiles (e.g., 500×500mm, 500×1000mm, 960×960mm). Because cabinets cannot be split in half, the calculator automatically calculates the minimum number of full cabinets required to meet or exceed your target dimensions.
Pixel Pitch & Viewing Distance Guidelines
Pixel pitch is the distance between the center of one LED pixel and the next in millimeters. Smaller pixel pitch gives higher pixel density and resolution, allowing viewers to stand closer without discerning individual pixels.
| Pitch |
Resolution Density |
Min. Viewing Distance |
Recommended Distance |
Best Use Case |
| 1.2mm – 1.9mm |
277k – 694k px/m² |
4 ft (1.2 m) |
6 – 10 ft (1.8 – 3.0 m) |
Control rooms, luxury home cinema, boardrooms |
| 2.5mm – 2.9mm |
118k – 160k px/m² |
8 ft (2.5 m) |
12 – 18 ft (3.6 – 5.5 m) |
Churches, broadcast studios, indoor corporate |
| 3.9mm |
65,536 px/m² |
13 ft (3.9 m) |
18 – 28 ft (5.5 – 8.5 m) |
Stage backdrops, concert venues, auditoriums |
| 4.8mm – 5.9mm |
28k – 43k px/m² |
16 – 20 ft (5.0 – 6.0 m) |
25 – 45 ft (7.5 – 14.0 m) |
Outdoor events, sports scoreboards, festival screens |
| 10.0mm+ |
10,000 px/m² |
33 ft (10.0 m) |
50+ ft (15+ m) |
Highway billboards, large outdoor monument signs |
Aspect Ratios & Content Scaling
Choosing the correct aspect ratio ensures your videos and presentations fill the screen perfectly without black bars (letterboxing/pillarboxing) or distortion.
- 16:9 (Widescreen Standard): Native format for 1080p Full HD, 4K UHD, streaming video, YouTube, and PowerPoint presentations. E.g. A 16×9 grid of 500×500mm tiles makes an exact 8m × 4.5m (26.2ft × 14.8ft) screen.
- 21:9 (Ultrawide Cinema): Great for executive conference rooms, MS Teams Rooms Front Row layout, and cinematic backdrops.
- 4:3 (Legacy Standard): Traditional video format used for retro content and stage side-banners.
- 1:1 (Square): Perfect for center stage towers, retail pillars, or creative art installations.
- Free: Custom width and height tailored exactly to your architectural opening or stage trussing.
Electrical Power & Breaker Calculations
LED video walls draw varying amounts of electricity depending on video content brightness, white levels, and pixel density.
- Typical (Average) Power: The realistic continuous power drawn during video playback (typically 30% to 45% of maximum rated power). This is what our calculator reports.
- Amperage at 110V / 220V: Calculated as Amps = Watts / Volts.
- NEC 80% Continuous Breaker Rule: Electrical codes require continuous loads to not exceed 80% of circuit breaker rating. A standard 20A 110V circuit safely handles 16A continuous (~1,760 Watts). For larger walls, distribute power across dedicated 20A branch circuits or 208V/220V 3-phase power distribution units (distros).
Rigging, Weight & Structural Safety
- Panel Dead Weight: The total static weight of all LED cabinets combined.
- Rigging Hardware & Cables: Add an additional 10%–15% allowance for fly bars, ground-stack hardware, header clamps, and power/data cabling.
- Structural Safety Factor: Overhead rigging beams, motors, and trusses should be certified by a structural engineer to support a minimum safety factor of 1.5× to 2.0× the total calculated display weight.
- Double-Sided Walls: Dual-sided displays mount panels back-to-back, which doubles the cabinet count, electrical draw, and dead weight.
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