RigPlan.app

LED wall calculator

Enter the pixel pitch and the physical size and you get the resolution, or start from a target resolution and get the physical size. Also here: power & circuits and weight & point loads, and viewing distance. When you need the whole job (panels and spares, rigging, power, data runs, truck space), open the planner.

From size to resolution

Common pitches, mm:
Resolution
1,923 × 1,154
pixels, width × height
Total pixels
2.22 MP
2,219,142 px
Density
147,929
pixels per m²
Aspect
1.67:1
1.67:1

From resolution to size

Uses the pitch set above (2.6 mm).

Physical size
4.99 × 2.81 m
for 1,920 × 1,080 px at 2.6 mm

Snap it to a real panel

Walls come in whole cabinets, so a real build lands near your target size, not exactly on it. Pick a panel to see the nearest cabinet grid for 5 × 3 m.

Pixel pitch, answered

How do I calculate LED wall resolution from pixel pitch?

Divide each physical dimension in millimetres by the pixel pitch. A 5 m wide wall at 2.6 mm pitch is 5000 / 2.6 ≈ 1923 pixels wide. Do the same for height: 3 m gives 3000 / 2.6 ≈ 1154 pixels.

What resolution is a 5 × 3 m LED wall at 2.6 mm pitch?

About 1923 × 1154 pixels, roughly 2.2 megapixels. That is close to full HD (1920 × 1080), which is why 2.6 mm is such a common rental pitch for stage walls around this size.

What pixel pitch do I need for my viewing distance?

The common rule of thumb is one metre of minimum viewing distance per millimetre of pitch: a 3.9 mm wall reads clean from about 4 m, a 1.9 mm wall from about 2 m. It is a convention, not a law. Content, brightness and camera use all move it.

Why does my real wall not match the calculated resolution exactly?

Panels come in fixed cabinet sizes, so a wall is built in whole-cabinet steps. A 5 m target from 500 mm cabinets is exactly 10 cabinets, but 600 mm cabinets give you 4.8 m or 5.4 m. The snap-to-panel tool below shows the nearest real build, and the planner derives the full pack list from it.

Going deeper: browse 654 panels with datasheet specs, put two side by side, or read the planning guides on power, data and pack lists.