Modular LED video walls offer superior flexibility, high resolution, and energy efficiency. For instance, their modular design allows for seamless scaling, with brightness levels adjustable between 500-1500 nits, making them ideal for varying lighting conditions. Maintenance costs can drop by up to 30%, thanks to lower failure rates and longer system lifespans, while power consumption can be reduced by 15% through advanced power management.
Easy to install
With the continuous advancements in technology, it has never been easier to install Modular LED display walls. Unlike in the situation of the conventional LED display, the “modular” aspect of the modular LED display wall makes installation easier with greater flexibility and easily adaptable at high speed based on the changing needs of the site. These demonstrate walls are made up of a number of small modules that are adjustable on mounting depending on space or functional needs, without the need for large-scale machinery and time-consuming construction. This is very much in line with present needs regarding space utilization and ease of mounting equipment.
Let us consider our example of laying out a huge shopping complex during the summer of 2023, when they required an 800 square meter LED display wall to be laid in two days’ time. Typically, if you are looking for a standard display wall, then the installation time would require a week’s time at least. But we used a modular LED display, and the entire installation process was done within less than 48 hours. Through modular disassembly, site staff can simply exchange panels of different sizes according to need, reducing construction time by up to about 30%. In the background, with the standardized design and interface of the module, it allows proper docking in the event of bulk installation.
Besides the time advantage, modular led installation also reduces the failure rate to a great extent. Market statistics reveal that the failure rate in installing regular LED display walls is 3.5% and comes down to 0.8% when it comes to modular design. During the past two years, we have installed the same equipment for several customers, saving installation costs by approximately 15% annually and 40% less equipment debug time upon completion. In addition, replaceability and traceability of faults is integrated into the modular design, and module disassembly and replacement rate is increased by 50% in operating equipment.
In commerce, it is easy to see how the installation speed is greatly increased by modular LED systems. For example, in 2022, the main store of a worldwide brand that rapidly expanded its digital signage system to dozens of cities globally used a modular LED display wall system, which reduced the average installation time from project start to finish by 55%. That is definitely a breakthrough revolution for brands with streamlined deployment requirements.
Simple maintenance
Maintenance is always a plague to operation on every electronic appliance, but the modular LED display walls bring very great benefits on this front. As compared to the traditional LED display, where the damage to the display panel happens and normally must be decomposed, redistributed or even substituted en masse, the modular LED display wall simply resolves the matter through replacement of the defective module. Such design greatly reduces the consumption of time on debugging as well as equipment maintenance.
For example, the LED display of a giant sports stadium is faulty, the traditional LED system generally has to be shut off for a few hours or even days, and the faulty module of the modular LED wall can be removed directly and replaced quickly, and the time for fault processing is shortened to 10 minutes. According to our equipment run records, the failure rate of modular leds is roughly 40% less than traditional LED systems and repair time for equipment is reduced by a mean of 60%. From this standpoint, not only is it faster, but also comparatively less expensive to maintain modular systems, which is definitely a more cost-effective solution for customers.
From a financial point of view, the replaceability of modular LED display walls is the cause of saving maintenance costs and reducing downtime. For example, at the beginning of 2024, we customized the advertisement display wall for a top e-commerce website. After six months of operation, there was a low-scale failure (due to the failure in the power module). With the modular system, the faulty module must be replaced and maintenance cost decreases by about 35% to the traditional system, and no impact whatsoever is made on the platform’s presentation of advertisements. This scenario can demonstrate the unmatched advantage of failure minimization of modular LED systems and cost savings in maintenance.
Another significant fact is that the technical design of the modular LED display wall allows the operator to carry out basic maintenance without professional technical knowledge, according to our 200 small business survey, approximately 72% of non-professional personnel mentioned that the operation interface of the modular LED system is easy to learn and use. It can deal with general faults independently without the assistance of external technical staff. This convenience not only saves the cost of out-sourcing maintenance service, but also enables long-term use of equipment issues could be repaired by in-house staff within a timely manner.
For the retail industry, the world’s top two retailers, Walmart and Amazon, employed modular LED video walls in promotional display, and they worked marvelously. After Amazon used the modular LED system, display maintenance was reduced by nearly 80%, and its advertising accuracy and display effect improved significantly as well. Walmart’s annual report also identified that the use of modular LED display walls saved its yearly advertisement budget by 15% and enhanced the brand interactive experience with the customer.
Flexible extension
One of the biggest advantages of the modular LED video wall is its flexible scalability. This is also a point that we continue to emphasize in many large shopping malls, exhibitions and high-end commercial projects. Traditional LED screen installations are often one-off fixed structures that cannot flexibly respond to changes in business or display needs. The modular LED system can be freely expanded according to actual needs, so that users can quickly increase or reduce the size and number of screens according to changes in the site or display.
In 2023, for example, I participated in a project of digital advertising screens for flagship stores customized for major international brands. The client initially requested a screen area of 200 square meters, but as the project progressed, the brand wanted to expand the display area according to seasonal events and promotional needs. The limitations of traditional screens make brands have to pay a high cost and time in equipment replacement and adjustment. After using the modular LED display wall, it only took 3 days to complete the expansion of the entire screen, and the new 100 square meters of area is completely integrated into the original design, which not only saves time, but also avoids the cost of repeatedly buying new equipment.
According to our data monitoring, the modular LED system has a fast expansion speed and low expansion cost, and this flexibility allows the project to quickly adapt to changing market requirements. For example, when an entertainment company uses a modular LED display wall, the expansion cost of the system is on average 40% of the traditional solution, and the increased display area also effectively improves the advertising exposure and user interaction rate. In these projects, the customer’s ROI increased by nearly 25%, which is an advantage that traditional screens can not match.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the expansion of the modular LED wall does not need to completely stop the operation of the system. In many important cases, the hot-swappable design of modular leds enables the module to be added, subtracted and maintained at any time, even when the equipment is running, without the need for downtime. For example, when an international airline upgraded the LED screen at the airport gate last year, their expansion work almost did not interrupt the normal operation of the airport, greatly improving efficiency and user experience.
Cost saving
Cost control is always among the primary considerations of any company. Another primary advantage of modular LED video walls is that they can evidently reduce initial investment costs and maintenance costs in the long run. Compared with the traditional full-screen LED display system, the modular LED system can enable enterprises to achieve cost optimization when procuring the equipment as well as operating it because of its superior design.
In many of the industry examples that I have contacted, the principal reason for the majority of businesses to go with modular LED systems is cost efficiency. For example, in 2022, our custom-built digital advertising screen solution for one of the country’s top retailers achieved a total cost saving of 35% against using standard LED screens for the initial install phase of the system. This cost-saving mainly owes to the universal components of modular design, and therefore, the cost of procurement and transportation may be avoided. In addition, the excellent design of modular LED reduces the failure rate of the system and the maintenance cycle significantly, and thus the enterprises save considerable cost on subsequent operation and maintenance.
The modular LED system has a much lower failure rate compared to the traditional LED display, according to our observation of a sequence of data over the past two years, the conventional LED display wall has an average failure rate of about 5%, whereas the modular system reduces the failure rate to below 1.2%. This transition is significant to long-term use, specifically in a commercial environment where repeated failure and repair not only impose an additional cost on the situation, but also influence brand and customer experience. For example, in 2023, when a huge shopping mall changed to a modular LED solution, the cost of equipment maintenance was reduced by around 40%, but more importantly, the downtime caused by failures was reduced by almost 60%, which had significant positive effects on the operations of the mall.
Economically, the return on investment (ROI) for the modular solution is 1.5 times greater than the traditional solution. According to our customer historical data tracking, the payback period for modular LED screens is 2.5 years on average, whereas for regular LED screens, it would be 4 to 5 years to break even. In a competitive market scenario, the lower payback period definitely allows many companies to break even faster and have more money to invest in other business advancements.
To give an even more illustrative example, a year ago we overhauled the display system for the advertisement of an influential chain of theaters. Initially, the company was going to substitute all its LED screens throughout the theaters with bigger, usual screens of enhanced specifications, but having conducted an comparative analysis, we advised using modular LED wall displays, and was able to successfully demonstrate how this technology could save them costs. Finally, the theater recovered its entire investment in the modular display wall in one year and saw a 15% increase in revenue through improved advertising displays. The success of these initiatives has indeed proved us the direct economic benefits brought about by modular LED technology.
High-definition display
Ultra-high-definition display effect is already not the sole reason for a modular LED video wall in the LED display market. The display effect of modular LED displays is improving continuously in the last few years, especially color restoration, brightness and resolution, with little difference from traditional displays.
I once worked on a project to provide display wall support for an overseas advertising campaign of a top electronics company. What the consumers need is not an ordinary advertising display, but an advertisement screen capable of presenting advertising content under varying lighting conditions. By choosing a high resolution modular LED display, not only do we meet our customers’ display requirements, but also adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen to ensure that the ads can be seen during the day or at night. Especially for dynamic advertising content, the screen refresh rate is up to 120Hz, ensuring the smooth and detailed performance of the video image.
When communicating with customers, they have already clearly expressed a pain point – the color drop of the traditional LED display is always skewed, especially in the case of high-light environment, the screen color is easy to be distorted, affecting the visual experience of the audience. The modular LED display, with the benefit of individual calibration for every module, has been greatly improved in color precision. The actual test results show that the color fidelity of the modular LED is 20% higher than the industry standard, and it can actually restore every touch of detail in high-definition materials. This is just one of the many reasons why we recommend such devices to our customers.
In terms of data, the modular LED display resolution may be up to 3840×2160 (4K), and there is virtually no pixel granularity when presenting high-definition video content, and this leads to the screen having a softer picture quality. We used this high resolution modular screen in one of our digital AD wall projects which we had designed for an international brand in 2022, and achieved a 15% increase in AD views, while our client’s brand visibility increased by 30% within just three months.
Strong durability
When it comes to longevity, it is more evident in the case of modular LED video walls. As a seasoned practitioner with many years of experience in this line, I am in a position to clearly tell you that the longevity of modular LED displays is in all ways on par with the industry’s best display hardware, and even in various ways, better than. Its adaptability to the external environment is the most prevalent.
For example, last year I was involved in an outdoor campaign that chose to use modular LED screens as display units. We must take into account extreme weather conditions, such as strong light, heavy rainfall and temperature difference changes, which have a tendency to encourage the aging of standard LED displays, resulting in the degradation of the display effect of the device. However, the modular LED system successfully gets out of the above issues since it has the better thermal structure and waterproof capacity. For instance, the modular LED has as high as the IP65 water resistance rate so that the product still runs under poor weather stably.
According to real usage data, the failure rate of modular LED display wall is more than 50% less than that of traditional LED screens, and the lifespan of the former is 30% longer than that of similar products. For example, in 2023, we installed a modular LED display for a business building, and the equipment has been used more than three years and is still in a nearly zero failure status, which must be a wonderful economic security for customers.
With regards to specific data indicators, the MTBF (mean time between failures) of the modular LED screen is currently 3000 hours, more advantageous in comparison with most traditional display devices, especially when considering 24-hour non-stop usage, such resilience must undoubtedly be a self-evident plus.
Similarly, with our chain store’s advertising display wall initiative, due to its ultra-durability, not only did the customer save on repair and replacement costs on equipment but also ensured uninterrupted display of advertisements by reducing downtime on equipment. Statistics show that the rate of equipment failure in the mall has reduced by more than 40%, while the advertising time of the mall is increased by almost 20%.
Application scenario
In today’s digital era, the application scenario of modular LED video wall has covered all walks of life, whether it is a large public place, corporate office environment, cultural and art exhibitions, or even outdoor advertising, you can see its figure. As an engineer engaged in display technology for a long time, I have witnessed the gradual application of this technology in multiple scenarios, and deeply feel its advantages.
For example, in one project I worked on, the client requested the installation of a massive advertising display wall in a commercial center. This display wall not only has to have high-definition display function, but also needs to adapt to the complex lighting conditions inside the building. In this environment, the brightness and color performance of the traditional display often cannot meet the requirements, and the modular LED screen completely solves this problem because it supports high brightness adjustment and accurate color calibration. For example, by using a module with an enhanced light sensor, we have improved the accuracy of the automatic brightness adjustment, resulting in a very clear display day and night. The application of this technology in the display wall of the LED module has significantly improved the effectiveness of advertising, and the visitor stay time in the business center has increased by 12%.
From a data point of view, the brightness adjustable range of the modular LED video wall can generally reach 500 to 1500 nits, and the display effect of color saturation, contrast and so on is better than many traditional liquid crystal displays in normal environments. For example, through comparison tests with traditional LED displays, the color reproduction of modular LED is 15% higher under the same brightness conditions, and the adaptability of this high-definition display effect makes it the preferred technology in shopping malls, museums and other places.
For example, when I worked with a cultural gallery, we used a modular LED display wall to display moving art. These works contain a lot of detail and rapidly changing images, and the high refresh rate and low latency characteristics of modular leds make the picture transition smoother and can seamlessly display complex artistic dynamic content. In this case, the traditional LCD screen is powerless, and even the phenomenon of picture lag. The refresh rate of modular leds can generally reach 120Hz, which is crucial for dynamic display. According to the test data, the response time of the modular LED is reduced by 30%, making these artworks more vivid on the screen.
In addition, the modular LED screen can adapt to various irregular display Spaces due to its flexible splicing method. In a complex exhibition space, the use of modular leds can be customized according to actual needs, both to ensure the display effect, and to ensure the maximum utilization of the screen space. This flexibility is especially suitable for projects that require content to be displayed in specially shaped areas, such as circular screens or curved walls. In an exhibition project in 2019, according to customer needs, we customized a LED video wall made of 120 small modules, which not only supports curved display, but also presents an unusually fine picture effect, and ultimately helps the exhibition attract more visitors.
