Guides
Written from our own jobs.
Each guide answers one question buyers ask us, with the specifications and photos from the projects where we met it.
Guide · NovaStar · Processors
NovaStar VX600 Pro or VX1000 Pro? Count Pixels
The same box with the same inputs. Choose by how many pixels the wall has, and how many it may have later.
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Guide · Events · LED size
LED Wall Size and Pixel Pitch: Viewing Distance
Three rules of thumb give the smallest wall that works for your room. The walls at our own events are usually far bigger, and the cases below show why.
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Guide · Events · Outdoor LED
Outdoor LED Screen Rental in LA: Power, Rain, Sun
Indoors, the venue gives you power, shade and a roof. Outdoors, you bring them. Seven questions, each from an outdoor stage we built and ran in Los Angeles.
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Guide · Events · Product launches
Product Launch AV Checklist: 8 Things to Settle First
Screens and speakers are easy to find. Time, venue rules and a show that changes while it runs are not. Eight questions, each from a launch or summit we ran.
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Guide · Retail · Store LED
LED Screens for Retail Stores: 8 Lessons from 20+ Miniso Stores
The first LED screen in a Miniso store in the US is the one we installed at its Times Square flagship in 2023. We have since fitted more than 20 Miniso stores across the country. These eight lessons come from those stores.
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Guide · Churches · Livestream
What Does a Church Livestream Need? Cameras & Setup
Not the most cameras: cameras in the right places, and a system one volunteer can run. Two church systems we installed.
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Guide · NovaStar · Processors
NovaStar MX40 Pro vs MX30: 9M vs 6.5M Pixels
Count the pixels first. Under 6.5 million with room to spare, the MX30 does it for a third of the price. Over that, or growing, it is the MX40 Pro.
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Guide · NovaStar · Processors
NovaStar VX1000 vs VX1000 Pro: Same Capacity, New Inputs
The same wall, the same ports, one rack unit each. The difference is what you plug in.
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Guide · NovaStar · Processors
NovaStar MX30 or VX1000? Same 6.5M Pixels
The same 6.5 million pixels, so capacity does not decide it. What goes in, who will run it and the price do.
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Guide · Events · Sound rental
Line Array & Sound Rental, LA: 8 Things to Check
The same speakers can sound clear or harsh. What decides it, in the order we check it ourselves, from the systems we rent and run.
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LED Wall for a US Trade Show Booth: 8 Checks
The booth is designed months ahead; the LED goes up in the few days the hall allows. These eight points come from a 24 m flown wall at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 and three years of Hollyland’s booth wall at NAB Show.
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Guide · Events · LED rental
LED Wall Rental Cost, Los Angeles: $3,490 All-in
With us, an 11.5 × 6.6 ft wall is $3,490 all-in, technician included. What moves the price, and what to ask before you compare quotes, from the walls we rent and run ourselves.
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Guide · LED walls · Projection
LED Wall or Projector for a Church? 3 Real Cases
It is rarely either/or. Three churches that chose LED, two of them replacing projection: why, what they kept, and what it took.
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Which NovaStar Processor Do I Need? Count Pixels
Count the pixels first, then the price. Four of our own walls, from 1.2 to 10.6 million pixels, worked through.
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Guide · LED walls · Budget
Church LED Wall Cost & Price: Under $20k to $200k
Less than many churches fear for a small room. What decides the number, from our own projects in Southern California.
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Guide · LED walls · Schedule
How Long Does a Church LED Wall Take?
Less time in the room than most churches expect, and more time before it. Four of our projects, day by day.
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Guide · LED walls · Structure
Can Your Wall Hold an LED Screen? 5 Real Cases
Usually not the way it is. Five churches, five different answers, all from our own installs.
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