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Indoor & Outdoor LED Displays

A buyer's guide to LED display walls, pixel pitch and viewing distance, indoor versus outdoor, brightness and refresh rate, sizing and running costs, plus our pre-configured displays from European manufacturers.

Our Digital Signage solution with LED displays is the result of more than 10 years of experience.
We offer indoor & outdoor LED displays at the best price made by European Manufacturers.
We provide a fully plug & play solution, your LED Display and easyCMS player are pre-configured.
Our selection is based on specially selected LED Displays suitable for most applications.

Our all in one solution reflects our philosophy of simplifying Digital Signage. When you buy our easyCMS solution with LED display, everything is included. Your player is pre-configured with your content and the correct resolution. The display is delivered pre-configured and ready to install. Installation is very simple, It’s Just Plug & Play!

This page is also a buyer’s guide. An LED wall is lived with for a decade, and one decision, pixel pitch, decides whether it looks sharp.

How an LED display is put together

An LED display is not a panel. It is a grid of LED modules, tiles of individually lit red, green and blue diodes, bolted into cabinets that clip together into a wall of any size or shape. So there are no bezels, and a dead tile is swapped rather than the whole screen replaced.

Pixel pitch is the distance in millimetres between neighbouring pixel centres. P4 means 4 mm. Smaller pitch means more pixels per square metre, more detail, more money.

Pixel pitch: the decision that matters most

Too coarse and text breaks up where people actually stand; too fine and you have paid twice over for detail nobody can resolve.

The rule of thumb: minimum comfortable viewing distance in metres is roughly the pixel pitch in millimetres. A P4 wall looks right from about 4 metres. That is a starting point, not a specification, choose for your nearest regular viewer.

Pixel pitch Minimum viewing distance Typical use
P1.5–P2 1.5–2 m Lobbies, meeting rooms, close retail
P2.5–P3 2.5–3 m Reception walls, showrooms, indoor retail
P4 ~4 m Halls, atria, conference stages
P5–P6 5–6 m Shop windows, sports halls
P8–P10 8–10 m Façades, forecourts, car parks
P16–P20 16–20 m Roadside

Sizing and resolution

Size and pitch together fix the resolution, you do not choose it separately. Divide the width in millimetres by the pitch. A 3 m × 2 m wall at P4 is 750 × 500 pixels; at P2.5 it is 1200 × 800. Neither is Full HD, which surprises people who assume a big screen means a big resolution.

So build content at the wall’s real resolution rather than designing at 1920×1080 and scaling down. Tell us the pitch and dimensions and we will give you the canvas size; creating layouts covers custom sizes.

Indoor or outdoor

An outdoor display is a different product, not an indoor one in a box: brighter, sealed, built to shed heat and water.

Indoor Outdoor
Brightness 600–1,500 nits 4,000–8,000 nits
Weatherproofing None needed IP65 front and rear typical
Cooling Usually fanless Fans or sealed convection
Pitch range P1.5–P4 P4–P20

Treat these figures as indicative. Anything facing direct sun needs the top of the range plus an ambient light sensor: full output after dark is blinding, wastes power and may breach local light-nuisance rules.

Refresh rate and colour

Refresh rate matters if a camera will ever point at the wall. Below about 1,920 Hz you get scan lines and flicker on video, so treat 1,920 Hz as the floor and 3,840 Hz as the target if the wall is filmed. The eye misses the difference; a camera sensor does not.

Modules are colour-calibrated at the factory so the surface matches. Budget for recalibration after a few years, as modules age at different rates.

Designing content for LED

  • Big type, few words. Think in pixels, not points. On a P10 wall, 10-pixel type is 100 mm tall, that is the scale you work at.
  • High contrast, flat colour. Bold blocks read; gradients band and thin outlines vanish.
  • No fine detail. Small logos, dense tables and fine serifs disappear. Simplify the logo.
  • Careful with video. Detailed footage at P8–P10 looks mushy; simple high-contrast motion wins.

More in our guide to content creation for LED displays.

Pre-configured LED Displays

Our selection of indoor and outdoor LED displays is made to fit most of the common needs. This is why we offer pre-configured LED Displays with standardised sizes. Our goal is to make digital signage easy, this is why our LED Displays are made with this goal in mind. When choosing easyCMS certified LED Displays you can be sure of the quality and durability of your LED Display. Whatever the application, retail, institution or advertising, we have the solution for you.

Certified LED Displays

Our LED displays are carefully selected from trustworthy manufacturers based in Europe. This allows us to offer a low cost solution without compromising on quality. We offer a range of display to fit all types of environments, indoor and outdoor. Their high brightness and their fanless design allows them to be used in retail, institutions, advertising… their high resolution makes it possible to display high-quality dynamic content to catch the eye of your target audience.

Installation, power and lifespan

Structure. Cabinets are heavy. Have the fixing surface assessed before ordering, and leave service access, rear-service walls need a gap behind.

Power and heat. Reckon on 200–400 W per square metre average indoors and more outdoors, with peaks well above that on a full-white frame. Size the supply for peak, and ventilate enclosed recesses.

Lifespan. Modules are typically rated around 100,000 hours to half brightness, so serviceability matters more than the headline figure.

Players. LED walls are usually driven by a Windows player feeding the controller, see the player buying guide. Content is cached on the player, so the schedule survives a network outage.

European Service

Our LED Display manufacturers are located in Europe. They are able to provide premium after sales service all over Europe and beyond if necessary. With easyCMS you get a complete solution, hardware, software and after sales service based in Europe. The installation and maintenance of your LED Displays will be made by professional certified technicians. If a component is faulty you can send it back to a service center in Europe for repair.

European Stock

Typical waiting time for a led Display is over 8 weeks. This is not always possible to wait that long. We work with European manufacturers who always have available stock. Like that you don’t have to wait. LED Displays panels and spare parts are imported to Europe on a regular basis to maintain minimum stock of LED Displays. Thanks to this you can get your LED Display delivered within 1 week.

What five years costs

An easyCMS account is €49 one-time and includes the first licence; each further licence is €99. A wall is one display however big it is, so one wall costs €49 in software for its whole life, no subscription, no monthly fee.

Five-year line Indicative figure
The wall itself Priced by area and pitch, ask us
Electricity At 300 W/m², 12 h/day, €0.25/kWh, a 6 m² wall is roughly €400/year
Spare modules, recalibration A small annual allowance
Software €49 one-time

Substitute your own tariff and hours; a wall dimmed by an ambient sensor uses far less. The cost per screen guide has the subscription comparison, and PRO is €299 one-time for 25 displays with proof-of-play.

LED or LCD?

LED display LCD panel
Size and shape Any size, curved or bespoke Fixed sizes, 24”–98”
Seams None Visible bezel between panels
Brightness 4,000–8,000 nits outdoors 350–700 nits, up to ~4,000 for windows
Close-up detail Limited by pitch Full pixel grid, fine text
Outdoor use Purpose-built, IP-rated Specialist enclosure only
Best for Façades, forecourts, windows, halls Menus, reception, offices, classrooms

LED wins on size, sunlight and seamlessness; LCD wins on close viewing, detail and price. See the LCD buying guide, or screens at work in restaurants, schools and offices.

The right advice

Choosing a LED Display can be difficult if you do not know the technology, and sometimes you need the advice of an expert. This is why we can help you make the right choice. Thanks to our 10 years experience in the industry of LED Displays we are able to advise you on the best solution for your project. We are available if you need some advice, contact us directly via our contact page.

Questions buyers ask

What pixel pitch do I need?

Take the distance in metres to your nearest regular viewer and use that number as the pitch in millimetres. Three metres, look at P2.5–P3; ten metres, P8–P10 is fine.

Can an indoor LED display go in a shop window?

Only if it is bright enough. Facing the street through glass you need a high-brightness model, a standard indoor wall washes out in daylight.

Do I need a licence per square metre?

No. One wall is one display and needs one licence, whatever its size.

Can I run LED and LCD screens from one account?

Yes, with layouts built at each screen’s own resolution. See what digital signage is, connecting your first display, features, pricing and customer references, or email info@myeasycms.com / call +48 509 937 137.

Put your screens to work today

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