Resource Center
Selecting a Display
Environment
Content
Viewing Distance
Resolution
Space
Color Selection
Mounting
Photo Gallery
Product Brochures
FAQs
Glossary of Terms
Architects/Design Professionals
Resellers/Sign Dealers
Display Resolution

If you are considering an LED jumbo video monitor, resolution is an important factor when selecting the right display.  Resolution refers to the number of pixels on the display face. Like other digital devices, higher resolution provides additional clarity.  By nature, LED displays have much lower resolution than computer monitors and TVs, regardless of the technologies of those devices. 

Consider that the average computer monitor has a pixel resolution of 600 H x 800 W for a total of more than 480,000 pixels on the monitor face, with space between pixels at 0.25mm that is almost indiscernible to the naked eye.  High definition TVs and computer monitors can have upwards of two million tightly spaced pixels covering the face of the display. 

Now consider a CaptiVisionTM  jumbo LED video monitor with a resolution of 540 H x 720 W and 4mm pixel spacing, our tightest spacing.  That display would be 7.85'H x 10.5'W with a total of 388,800 pixels. Displays with more pixels or the same number of larger pixels will be even bigger. 

See the example provided below comparing a high resolution LCD monitor with a 1.7" pixel LED display.  The level of detail the LED shows is far less than the ability of the LCD display because of the number of pixels that are used to create the image.

Remember, the application for jumbo LED video monitors is to present video images to large and distant viewing audiences . In the case of LED video displays, size is important as it is a key factor in determining the number of pixels available to produce an image.

High resolution 40" LCD display                 Lower resolution 18' wide LED display with
with millions of pixels:                                  9,024 pixels :