Outdoor LED screens, video walls and custom LED displays
We design and supply custom indoor and outdoor LED screens for commercial sites, and we supply and quote worldwide: shopfronts and shop walls, venues and foyers, building facades, roadside billboards, stadium screens and sports ground scoreboards. We back that with remote and technical commissioning support. Installation and on-site commissioning are by your electrician or integrator.
We quote from screen size and viewing distance.
What we supply
- Indoor LED video walls for foyers, retail, control rooms and function rooms.
- Outdoor LED screens for building fronts, plazas, car park entries and signage.
- LED advertising screens and billboards, roadside or building-mounted.
- Stadium screens: main screens, ribbon boards and perimeter boards.
- Building LED skins that turn the outside of a building into a screen.
Indoor and outdoor LED screens
Outdoor screens use weather-sealed cabinets and much brighter LEDs, so the picture stays readable in direct sun. Indoor screens are dimmer, which suits lobbies, shops and venues where people stand close, and they usually have a finer pixel pitch for a sharper image up close. Semi-outdoor screens, behind shop glass or under an awning, sit in between. Brightness is adjustable on all our screens, so you can turn them down at night or indoors.
Pixel pitch explained
Pixel pitch is the distance in millimetres between the centres of neighbouring pixels. A smaller pitch packs in more pixels for a sharper image up close, at a higher cost. A larger pitch is fine when people are further away, like a roadside billboard or a scoreboard across an oval. The right pitch depends mostly on the closest normal viewing distance and the screen size.
Get it wrong and you either pay for resolution nobody sees or get a screen that looks grainy up close.
Other things that shape the specification
| Decision | What drives it |
|---|---|
| Service access | Front-service panels suit walls with no space behind. Rear service needs a walkway behind the screen. |
| Structure | Weight and wind load. An engineer needs to sign off the support structure; we give them the panel weights and fixing details. |
| Weather | Sealing, heat, salt air and dust outdoors. |
LED advertising screens and billboards
Size and pixel pitch decide how a billboard reads from the street. We can make the cabinets follow a curved wall or build a full circle. For screens built into a building, see media wall facade lighting.
Stadium screens
Stadium screens are read from the far side of the ground and every stand, so position and angle matter as much as size. Ribbon and perimeter boards run as one display. We also check the screen against the field lighting so it doesn't wash out under floodlights. See our stadium and sports field LED lighting page.
Full-building LED skins
A building LED skin covers the outside of a building with LED panels, mesh or strips so it can show full video. The main questions are weight and wind, the view occupants keep from inside, servicing, and night brightness. For a building that only needs colour and simple patterns, facade lighting and media facades can do the job for less.
Approvals
Outdoor advertising often needs local planning approval, and bigger jobs can need a formal application. We supply the technical data and the owner or their planner lodges it.
Content and control
Every screen needs a video processor, a content player and a way to schedule what plays. We specify these and support your integrator remotely while they set them up, so your team can change content themselves. Need live feeds, such as a camera or scoreboard? Tell us at the brief.
How a job runs
- Brief: location, viewing distances, content and timing.
- Layout: size, pitch, brightness and mounting.
- Specification and quote: panels, processor, player and power.
- Supply: the screen, plus weights, fixing details and power data for your builder, engineer and electricians.
- Commissioning support: your electrician or integrator commissions on site, with remote and technical support from us on panel calibration, processor and player settings, and testing.
- Handover: operating notes, spare modules, and who to call.
What to send us
- Site name and location, and whether it's indoor, outdoor or behind glass
- Rough screen size, or the wall, structure or facade it has to fit
- Nearest and furthest viewing distances
- Mounting: wall, freestanding on posts, hanging or built into a facade
- What will play: ads, video, scores, signage or live feeds, and how content will be loaded
- Photos and drawings of the wall, stand or building
- Timing and any tender documents
Also see media wall facade lighting, stadium LED lighting, commercial LED lighting, lighting services, lighting poles and lighting design.
FAQ
Do you supply LED screens worldwide?
Yes. We design and supply indoor and outdoor screens, billboards and wall displays for commercial sites worldwide. We quote from the wall size, whether it's indoor or outdoor, and the viewing distance.
What pixel pitch do I need?
It depends on the viewing distance and the screen size. Once both are known, we can recommend a pitch and price it.
How bright is an outdoor LED screen?
Much brighter than an indoor screen, so it can be read in sunlight. Brightness is adjustable on all our screens.
Do you do stadium screens and ribbon boards?
Yes: main screens, ribbon boards and perimeter boards. We design and supply them, with remote and technical commissioning support. Installation and on-site commissioning are by your electrician or integrator.
Can you cover a whole building in LED?
Yes. Building LED skins use panels, mesh or strips. Weight, wind, maintenance access and the view from inside all shape which system suits.
Who builds the support structure?
Your builder or a structural contractor, signed off by an engineer. We supply the panel weights, sizes and fixing details they need.
Do I need council approval?
Often, for outdoor advertising. We supply the technical data and the owner or planner lodges it.
Do you install?
No. We design and supply, with remote and technical commissioning support. Installation and on-site commissioning are by your electrician or integrator, and we supply the technical data they need.
Talk to us at info@alledirect.com, or use the contact form.