LED Display Screens for Broadcast and TV Studios
Studio walls are shot by a camera, not looked at by a passer-by, so the screen has to hold greyscale at low brightness and refresh fast enough that the camera sees no scan lines. MASTARLED supplies fine pitch indoor fixed screens from 0.9mm on a 58mm cabinet, and has delivered a 60sqm wall to a TV studio in China and a 25sqm wall to a news centre in China.
What Goes Wrong in This Sector
- Camera picks up scan lines and banding when the panel refresh rate is too low for the shutter
- Colour flattens out when the wall is dimmed for a lit set because greyscale collapses at low brightness
- Panel bezels show up on camera when an LCD video wall is used behind presenters
- There is no room behind a studio cyclorama for a rear maintenance corridor
- The wall cannot be built to the 16:9 source resolution when the panel format does not divide cleanly
What Buyers in This Sector Need
- A pitch fine enough that the closest camera position does not resolve individual pixels
- High refresh rate and high greyscale retained at the low brightness a lit studio runs at
- Front maintenance so a module can be changed without moving the set
- A cabinet format that maps onto 2K 4K and 8K source resolutions
- A cableless structural link so the wall stays flat and quiet on camera
Typical Application Scenarios
- News studio backdrop walls behind a desk with a camera two metres away
- Virtual production and set extension walls that must match the lit set
- Weather and election result walls driven from a live data feed
- Studio control rooms displaying multiple monitored feeds on one surface
Working Through a Broadcast and TV Studios Project
- Confirm the closest camera distance and pick the pixel pitch from that, not from the wall size
- Set the wall size so it divides cleanly into the 16:9 source resolution
- Confirm front maintenance clearance and the fixing structure behind the wall
- Build the wall in the factory and run the screen installation test before it is packed
- Run the screen ageing test on the assembled wall and review it in the showroom
Products Suited to Broadcast and TV Studios
Indoor Fixed With 16:9 Ratio
An indoor fixed LED screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, designed for seamless integration into conference rooms, co…
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Indoor Fixed With High Definition
An indoor fixed LED screen with front maintenance and high definition, built on a 640x480mm die-cast aluminium c…
View Product →Delivery Capability
- Cabinets are built up as a complete wall in the factory and tested before dismantling
- Module ageing test and soldering inspection run before assembly
- Spare modules and power supplies packed with the order for on-site swap
Guides for This Sector
How to Choose the Pixel Pitch for an LED Screen
Pixel pitch is the distance in millimetres between the centres of two adjacent pixels. It determines the closest viewing…
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Front Service Versus Rear Service LED Screens
Service access is the side of the screen a technician works from when replacing a module, receiving card or power supply…
Read The Guide →LED Video Wall Versus LCD Video Wall for 16:9 Content
Most broadcast, corporate and retail video content is produced in 16:9. Traditional LCD walls require bezel-matching and…
Read The Guide →Questions From Broadcast and TV Studios Buyers
What pixel pitch do I need for a studio wall?
It follows the closest camera distance. MASTARLED indoor fixed screens start at 0.9mm on the 16:9 product and 1.25mm on the high definition product.
Will the camera see banding on the wall?
The indoor fixed products are specified with a high refresh rate and hold high greyscale even at low brightness, which is what a lit studio runs at.
Can the wall be serviced without moving the set?
Yes. Both fine pitch indoor fixed products use a front maintenance design, so no rear access corridor is needed.
How does the wall match a 4K source?
The 16:9 ratio product is built so four panels replace a traditional 55 inch LCD, which lets the wall be sized to a bezel-free 2K 4K or 8K resolution.
How thick is the wall?
The indoor fixed cabinet is 58mm deep and weighs 5.5 to 6kg per cabinet depending on the model.
Have you supplied broadcast projects before?
Yes. Documented deliveries include a 60sqm MSR-HD-1.8 wall at a TV studio in China in April 2019 and a 25sqm MSR-HD-1.2 wall at a news centre in China in June 2019.
Specify a Screen for Your Broadcast and TV Studios Project
Send the site conditions and the viewing distance and we will come back with the product, the cabinet layout and the weight.