TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS

Pixel Pitch, what is it?

Jun 22, 2018 | Digital Signage, Technology

What is pixel pitch?

Well that’s a good question and we are going to try to shed some light on the subject below.

Pixel pitch describes the density of the pixels (LED clusters) on an LED display and correlates with resolution. Sometimes referred to as pitch or dot pitch, the pixel pitch is the distance in millimeters from the center of a pixel to the center of the adjacent pixel. Since pixel pitch indicates the amount of space between two pixels, a smaller pixel pitch means there is less empty space between pixels. This equates to higher pixel density and improved screen resolution.

Even though that is pretty concise what does this actually mean for planning our your digital signage? Well it all has to do with Minimum Viewing Distance and Optimum Viewing Distance which is the range between the distance at which the human eye can perceive a LED pixel cluster as a single dot and the distance at which it can no longer perceive individual pixels.

So what does that mean in terms of helping you choose your display? Well both are tools to choose the right display but they differ one which one to focus on depending on the use case for the display you are going to be using.

LED Screen Optimum Viewing Distances

 

So what does this all mean?

Well there are multiple different options on what the “rule of thumb” is for viewing distances… as outlined by these multiple companies.

Christie’s rule of thumb is 8 – which means you multiply the pitch by 8 to get the viewing distance in feet. 1mm pitch = 8 feet optimum viewing distance.

LG however gives the rule as 1mm per 3.5 feet for its direct view LEDs.

 

This is another good chart to start the conversation as well…

Pixel Pitch
(millimeters)
Visual Acuity Distance
(feet / inches | meters)
Average Comfortable Viewing Distance
(feet / inches | meters)
0.75mm 8ft 6in | 2.58m 4ft 3in | 1.29m
1.00mm 11ft 3in | 3.44m 5ft 8in | 1.72m
1.25mm 14ft 1in | 4.30m 7ft 1in | 2.15m
1.50mm 16ft 11in | 5.16m 8ft 6in | 2.58m
1.75mm 19ft 9in | 6.02m 9ft 11in | 3.01m
2.00mm 22ft 7in | 6.88m 11ft 3in | 3.44m
2.25mm 25ft 5in | 7.74m 12ft 8in | 3.87m
2.50mm 28ft 2in | 8.60m 14ft 1in | 4.30m
2.75mm 31ft 0in | 9.45m 15ft 6in | 4.73m
3.00mm 33ft 10in | 10.31m 16ft 11in | 5.16m
4.00mm 45ft 1in | 13.75m 22ft 7in | 6.88m
5.00mm 56ft 5in | 17.19m 28ft 3in | 8.60m
6.00mm 67ft 8in | 20.63m 33ft 10in | 10.31m
7.00mm 78ft 11in | 24.07m 39ft 6in | 12.03m
8.00mm 90ft 3in | 27.50m 45ft 1in | 13.75m
9.00mm 101ft 6in | 30.94m 50ft 9in | 15.47m
10.00mm 112ft 10in | 34.38m 56ft 5in | 17.19m

 

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