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What exactly is an LED screen?
Source: | Author:Vision Productions | Published time: 2017-03-30 | 1583 Views | 🔊 Click to read aloud ❚❚ | Share:

An LED screen is a flat-panel display built from an array of light-emitting diodes, where each diode cluster is one pixel that makes its own light and its own colour. There is no backlight and no liquid-crystal layer, which is the single fact that separates it from an LCD and lets it scale to any size while staying bright and seamless.

At VP LED we build high-brightness LED screens for exactly that reason — our indoor panels run 600–1,000 nits and our outdoor COB series 4,500–5,000 nits, with custom daylight builds to 14,000 nits.

Nested hierarchy diagram of LED screen structure from pixel to video wall

How an LED Screen Is Built


The screen is assembled bottom-up:

  • Module — a board of RGB diode clusters; the basic building block.

  • Cabinet — several modules locked into a rigid frame. Our standard die-cast aluminium cabinet is 500×500mm, which keeps seams tight and the wall flat.

  • Wall — cabinets tiled into one continuous surface with no bezel, so it reads as a single image.

The sharpness of that image is set by the pixel pitch — the millimetre gap between diode clusters.

Key Properties at a Glance

PropertyWhat it means for your screen
Self-emissiveNo backlight; true blacks and high contrast
Brightness600–1,000 nits indoor; 4,500–5,000+ outdoor
SeamlessCabinets tile with no bezel gap
ScalableAny size; resolution follows pitch × cabinets
LifespanLong service life (environment-dependent: heat, humidity, dust, running hours)

Fixed or Rental

A fixed screen is built to stay — thin cabinet, permanent mount, front service. A rental screen is built to travel — quick-lock corners, flight-case friendly, tougher edges, rear service. At VP LED we run P1.2 / P1.5 / P1.9 in both fixed and rental, and outdoor rental at those fine pitches is something few suppliers offer.

Technical Note: Resolution: The Chain of Multiplications

Equation panel for the article: Resolution: The Chain of Multiplications - three governing equations with numbering

Equation (1) is the wall's real resolution: width W and height H in millimetres divided by pitch p - a 6m by 3m wall at P1.5 carries about eight million pixels. Equation (2) distributes them across 500mm cabinets. Equation (3) counts the diodes: three per RGB pixel, times pixel density n per square metre, times area A - the number that drives both cost and the service philosophy of the product.

Request a Quote

Send us your wall size, viewing distance and indoor/outdoor + fixed/rental conditions. We will specify packaging, pixel pitch and brightness — with a transparent bill of materials.

Email: info@visionprox.com

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Related VP LED products: COB Outdoor P1.5 LED Display · CBV P1.95 COB Rental LED Display