How to choose proper pixel pitch for an led display screen

Pixel pitch is one of the important technical parameters of LED display. What is pixel pitch? How to use it to choose LED display screen? TCB technical engineer team give a specific answer of these questions. Please look at the following content.

What is pixel pitch?

Pitch is the distance between each pixel on your sign. It directly reflects the pixel density. These two parameters are the physical property of an LED display. Information capacity is the information-carrying quantity unit of 1sqm pixel density. The closer the pitch, the higher pixel density is and per unit area can display more information about a one-time capacity, which will be more suitable for short distance viewing. In the contrast, it will suitable for long distance viewing.

How to choose pitches of LED Display

There are two related factors to select a LED screen pitch. 

1. The viewing distance of the LED display.

Where you are going to install the screen, for how far people stand to watch the screen. This is one of an important factor for us to determine the pixel pitch.
In general, we often use this formula (Best viewing distance= dot pitches/ (0.3 to 0.8)) to figure out an approximate distance. For example, the best viewing distance of a P10mm sign is 13m-34m. When you stand in a short distance to watch the LED screen, you can see the pixels clearly. But if you stand in a long distance, you can barely identify the detailed features. That’s how we conclude an approximate pixel pitch number.

For outdoor LED display, we usually adopt P10mm or P8mm for a closer distance and P12mm or P16mm for a longer distance.

• P10 Outdoor Led Display

For indoor LED display, we usually recommend P4 to P6. For longer distance we may recommend P7.62 or P10mm.

• P4 Indoor Led Display

2. The total pixel resolutions of LED display.

Most of videos are VCD format, the resolution is 352*288 and DVD format is 768*576. Therefore, we usually recommend the lowest resolution is 352*288, which will display a better effect than the definition lower than the minimum request.

Speak of single color or tri-color LED display that mainly used for showing the word or pictures; we may have a lower demand of resolution. According to the screen size, we can choose the pixel pitch by the amount of text.

We usually choose the closer pitch and the higher resolution for a clearer visual effect. However, TCB will help you take all these comprehensive factors into account including the cost, customer’s demand etc, in order to give customers the best solution.

Comparison between neon sign and led display screen

The Benefits of Neon Signs

Neon has a long history, having been used for nearly a century.  As an established technology, it's reliable. It's everywhere, all over the world, and finding dealers and servicers for neon signs is extremely easy in virtually any city worldwide.

Additionally, many believe that neon light is more aesthetically pleasing. It gives off a much “warmer” light than LED lights do. Plus, thanks to its association with the Art Deco movement and countless films showing drizzly, neon-drenched city streets, it does have an undeniable romance to it.

Unfortunately for neon, that's about all it has going for it these days.

The Benefits of LED Display Screen

Price: The initial prices are roughly comparable, although LEDs tend to be around 10% cheaper to purchase.
Reusability: Once you get a neon sign, there's no changing it. LED displays can be updated as often as you like, with whatever messages you like.
Power usage: LED displays use between 5 and 10 times less power than a comparable neon sign, leading to significant long-term cost savings.
Maintenance: Neon tubes have to have their gasses periodically refilled, something that is best left to a (costly) professional. LED signs require virtually no maintenance and can last up to around a decade before needing to be replaced.
Environmentalism: Neon signs are easily broken, being made of glass, and contain noxious gasses, which leak out. LED does not have this problem.  TCB LED Display has agent in the USA as well.
Brightness: LED displays are far brighter than neon. They can be seen from further away, even in broad daylight.

By comparison, if versatility and cost-effectiveness are the priorities, LED display screen is the clear winner. There are some specific uses that still favor neon, but overall, LED is the all-around superior choice.

P3.91 Outdoor Rental Led Display

How an led display promote your brand and business

New and lesser known brands are often invisible to the buying public. Consumers pay little attention to them, often giving their full attention to brands that have been around for many years. That’s because consumers value experience and longevity, which is definitely a big hurdle for new businesses trying to get off the ground. How can a new business overcome this hurdle? One way to give your business a fighting chance against older established companies is to improve your advertising and marketing strategy. Start by using an led display as your primary advertising medium.

Personalization

One of the biggest advantages of opting for an led display is that it’s easy to customize the message in terms of specific target audiences. If you want to change the message location, or want it to be more specific, you won’t run into any problems doing so. This will easily boost the engagement of potential buyers in your target market, which will then lead to higher sales. Don’t let your brand and business remain invisible to the traveling public. Improve your advertising and outperform the competition with dynamic digital signage.

Better visuals

Eye-catching visuals have a way of capturing the audience’s attention. For sure, a digital video billboard, with its many display mode options and high resolution graphics, can easily present your advertising message exactly the way that you want it to appear to potential customers. These high resolution full color graphics displays grab the viewer’s interest much more than single-color displays, since they are much more dynamic.

Easy access

Those advertising messages won’t stay the same forever. To be effective, and to continue to attract the viewers’ attention, you need to update your advertising messages on a regular basis. In the past, that meant sending a crew out to repaint a static billboard face or it meant the purchase of an expensive vinyl face that also had to be installed by a crew in the field. Today, with digital signboards, you don’t have to worry about sending a crew out in the field just so you can announce the launch of a new product or promote a weeklong sale. With just a simple keystroke, it’s easy to program new messages and new graphics content in the least amount of time possible. That means less stress and greater convenience for you.

Longer-lasting

A big disadvantage of traditional static billboards is that they have a limited life span before they require replacement. Over a short period of time they become dirty, worn, and faded with constant exposure to changing weather conditions. On the other hand, an LED billboard has a life expectancy of 100,000 hours, says the Billboard Insider. That’s approximately 11-12 years, depending on its hours of operation. By investing in an led display, you can spread out the cost of your investment over a much longer time period than the much shorter life expectancy of a static billboard.

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