The space above is always vital for grabbing attention and attracting more people. Imagine when you walk into a new place, the space above lights up with colorful and dynamic visual over your head. It’s no doubt you’ll stay more inside and you’re likely to visit it again whenever you got a chance. Nowadays with the evolving LED technology, it’s much easier to achieve by utilizing ceiling LED displays.
Ceiling LED display at Printworks, Manchester
A ceiling LED display, as the name defines, is a type of LED screen installed at the roof top or ceiling of the inside of a building. It is aimed at brightening the space and avoiding plain roof top. And more importantly, a ceiling LED display max utilizes the space above to impact visitors with astonishing visuals that an LED display installed on walls or ground can not provide, such as a starry sky, or imitating that we’re walking under a sea.
As a unique way of utilizing LED displays, ceiling LED displays provide various advantages that other common applications of LED screens.
A ceiling LED display is usually made for an enclosed or an inner space, so it should have a comfortable brightness that won’t dazzle your eyes while brightens the space.
That’s also why we often see other types of indoor LED displays have a low brightness, usually in about several hundred nits.
Installation of ceiling LED display is an art of utilizing space. A well designed ceiling LED display should keep enough space remaining for the visitors without making them feeling oppressed.
If an inner space have a too high roof, a ceiling LED display can not only utilize the excessive space above for better visual attraction but also benefit the visitors with reduced feeling of a too empty space.
On the other hand, if the inner space has a limited height, it’s better to consider to leave a enough height while installing ceiling LED display. If the display is too close to the visitors, it will make them feel oppressed.
Of course, the most important purpose that we use a ceiling LED display is to increase the attraction of the space with astonishing visual effects.
A ceiling LED display is not that commonly seen type of LED screen application. So it stands out if you use one for an inner space.
Meanwhile, some visual contents looks more different when being showed on a ceiling LED display. For example, a starry sky showing above your head let you feel you’re just standing under a starry sky and the sky looks so close to you. The feeling is just amazing, isn’t it? And you can’t expect to acquire this kind of feeling from other types of LED screen installation.
Another unique application of ceiling LED display is to imitate you’re walking under a sea. That is to display waters and sea fishes, such as whales on a ceiling LED displays. The Mohegan Inspire Resort, an entertainment resort in Incheon, Korea is doing that right now. Meanwhile, the resort is also using its ceiling LED display to show the elusive Aurora, which can be seen only in Northern Europe.
Ceiling LED display is very eye attractive, and if there is one nearby, you surely will hear about it and won’t hesitate to take a visit. If not, so where can we find a ceiling LED display? These places are possible to have a ceiling LED display inside.
Shopping malls are common places that utilize ceiling LED displays to attract visitors and increase revenue for the business inside.
Ceiling LED display in a shopping mall can not only show eye catching visuals but also brand, product, and service promotional videos which can stimulate the visitors to buy.
Entertainment venues are another popular places where we see ceiling LED displays, such as the previous mentioned Mohegan Inspire Resort, and the Printworks in Manchester, UK.
Entertainment venues use ceiling LED display to increase the atmosphere of amusement inside while attract more visitors.
Science museums and planetariums are also likely to use ceiling LED displays to rise the curiosity and interest of the visitors to discover the mysteries in science and astronomy.
LED virtual production becomes a buzzword in recent years. A virtual production facility needs a ceiling LED display to complete a virtual 3D scene for film production along with a curved LED wall and an LED floor.
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When you’re going to acquire a ceiling LED display, make sure to take these things into consideration.
Though ceiling LED display mostly appears at indoor environment, it can also works as a ceiling itself for outdoor passages. In these circumstances, always take waterproof features into consideration.
Parameters of the ceiling LED display decide if the screen is suitable for your project.
2-1. Pixel pitch: space between adjacent LEDs on the screen, deciding appropriate viewing distance, and meanwhile picture quality of the screen.
2-2. Resolution: how many pixels from width to height on the screen
2-3. Brightness: in a dim indoor environment, use low brightness LEDs less than 1,000 nits; in outdoors, use high brightness LED of several thousand nits.
2-4. Refresh rate: if you’re going to show high dynamic content on the screen, take LED display with high refresh rate into consideration.
Different positions where you install the ceiling LED display will require different supporting structures for the screen. Make sure the supporting structure is firm and safe, and gives reliable support for the screen.
LED video processor and controller is vital for the operation of a ceiling LED display. Always choose the one with easy access and reliable performance. Mostly, the screen supplier will recommend a suitable LED controller for your project.
There are a lot of amazing projects being beautified by ceiling LED displays around the world, such as the Place in Beijing, the Mohegan Inspire Resort in Seoul, the Printworks in Manchester, etc.
The Place is a commercial complex located in Beijing, China. It has a 7500 square meter ceiling LED display measuring 250 meters in length and 30 meters in width. The screen was put into use in 2006. Though it was not the largest ceiling LED display in the world at that time, it utilized the most advanced technology.
The Place in Beijing
The Aurora street at Mohegan Inspire Resort in Incheon, Korea, is a 150 meter long immersive entertainment street installed with LED walls and ceiling LED displays. Tough it’s not a very large project, its immersive visuals of sea fishes, whales, oceans, and Aurora which can be seen only in Northern Europe are very impressive for the visitors.
Mohegan Inspire Resort in Incheon
The Printworks in Manchester, England, is a leisure complex for shopping and entertainment. It has a 1000 square meter LED ceiling covering three internal streets, which is claimed the largest in Europe. The screen is around 115 meters in length and consists of more than 10 million pixels. Meanwhile, the screen has passed stringent fire test, and is said to have a fire rating of zero.
Printworks in Manchester
In fact, the above mentioned are only some examples for ceiling LED displays. There are a lot of amazing projects that integrate ceiling LED displays for more immersive space, which are eye catching, and very attractive to win more visitors for the venues.
