Show dictionary · Video & LED
Pixel Pitch
Pixel pitch is the center-to-center distance between pixels on an LED display, in millimeters. A 3.9 mm wall has pixels every 3.9 mm; smaller pitch packs more pixels into the same area, supporting closer viewing at sharply higher cost.
In practice
Pitch is the LED market’s primary axis: it sets resolution per panel, minimum comfortable viewing distance (the 1 m per 1 mm rule of thumb), weight, power, and price. Rental stock clusters around workhorse pitches (2.6, 2.9, 3.9, 4.8 mm) because those cover ballrooms and stages economically.
The number also drives content: wall resolution equals physical size divided by pitch, which determines the raster the media server must feed. Camera shows push pitch finer than the room needs, because a close-up lens is the nearest viewer in the building.
How you’ll hear it
"Front row is five meters out, so 3.9 pitch is fine; the camera close-ups are the real constraint."
Related resources
Part of the eventools.io Show Dictionary, a free glossary of live event production terminology.