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LED Wall Size and Price Guide: 8×12 and the Other Common Sizes
The sizes Indian buyers actually ask for, what each one costs at each pitch, and why the screen you get is never exactly the size you asked for.
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More people search for an 8×12 LED wall than for any other size in India, by a wide margin. It is the size that gets asked for on a first call, quoted without anyone checking whether it fits, and then quietly changed at the site survey. This page covers what it costs, what you actually get, and the six other sizes that come up.
What an 8 × 12 costs
Ninety-six square feet, whichever way round you build it. That is the number every quotation is really working from, because LED is sold by area — so the cost follows the pitch you choose far more than the shape.
| Size | Area | Indicative range (Outdoor P4–P5) | Typically |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 × 8 ft | 96 sq ft | ₹3.4 – 6.7 lakh | The most requested size in India — shop frontages, showroom walls, stage backdrops |
Change the pitch and the same 96 sq ft moves a long way. This is the single biggest lever on the number at the bottom of a quotation, and it is worth understanding before you compare two of them.
| Category | Pitch | View from | Indicative ₹/sq ft | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor P10 | P10 | 10 m | ₹1,500 – ₹3,500 | Cheapest outdoor option. Fine for highway boards and rooftop displays read from 10 m or further. Text and bold graphics only — photographs look coarse at this pitch. |
| Outdoor P6–P8 | P6–P8 | 6 m | ₹2,500 – ₹5,000 | The usual choice for a roadside shop board. Top of the range buys higher brightness and a die-cast cabinet; the bottom is typically an iron cabinet with a lower-tier LED chip. |
| Outdoor P4–P5 | P4–P5 | 4 m | ₹3,500 – ₹7,000 | The outdoor sweet spot. Sharp enough for video and photographs at shop-frontage distances. Insist on 5,000+ nits and IP65 on every exposed side — an under-specified P4 can wash out badly at noon. |
| Indoor P3–P4 | P3–P4 | 3 m | ₹3,000 – ₹6,000 | Auditoriums, large showroom walls, anywhere viewers stay 3 m back. Cheapest way to get a genuinely large indoor screen. |
| Indoor P2–P2.5 | P2–P2.5 | 2 m | ₹6,000 – ₹12,000 | Retail interiors, reception walls, worship halls. Comfortable from about 2 m, which covers most indoor rooms people actually stand in. |
| Indoor P1.2–P1.9 (fine pitch) | P1.2–P1.9 | 1 m | ₹10,000 – ₹16,000 | Boardrooms, studios, premium lobbies — screens people stand right next to. Only worth the cost below about 3 m; past that it is indistinguishable from P4. |
Two quotations for "an 8×12 LED wall" can differ by three times and both be honest. If you are comparing, the first thing to check is not the total — it is the pitch, the brightness and the cabinet material. Our pixel pitch guide covers how to choose the pitch; the price guide covers what pushes a quote to the top or bottom of each band.
What resolution you actually get
This is the part almost nobody explains, and it decides whether your content will look the way you imagine it.
A 12 × 8 ft screen is roughly 3,658 mm by 2,438 mm. Divide by the pitch and you have the pixel count:
| Pitch | Approx. pixels | Total | What that means in practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| P2.5 | 1,463 × 975 | ~1.4 MP | Comfortably sharper than Full HD in the vertical. Fine text and dashboards are legible. |
| P3 | 1,219 × 813 | ~1.0 MP | Close to 720p. Good for video and reasonably sized text. |
| P4 | 914 × 610 | ~0.6 MP | Below 720p. Video looks fine; small text starts to break up. |
| P6 | 610 × 406 | ~0.25 MP | Bold text and simple graphics. Not photographs. |
| P8 | 457 × 305 | ~0.14 MP | Headline text only. |
| P10 | 366 × 244 | ~0.09 MP | A Full HD video is being squeezed to about a fifth of its width. Logos and large type only. |
Why you cannot order an exact size
An LED wall is not cut to size. It is assembled from cabinets, and the finished screen is always a whole number of them in each direction. Ask for 12 × 8 ft and you will be offered the nearest buildable rectangle.
Common cabinet dimensions across the industry:
| Cabinet | Metric | In feet | Usually |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 × 500 mm | 0.25 m² | 1.64 × 1.64 ft | Indoor and rental — the most flexible for odd sizes |
| 640 × 480 mm | 0.31 m² | 2.10 × 1.57 ft | Indoor fixed installations |
| 960 × 960 mm | 0.92 m² | 3.15 × 3.15 ft | Outdoor — fewer joints, fewer fixings |
| 1000 × 500 mm | 0.5 m² | 3.28 × 1.64 ft | Wide formats and banner shapes |
| 320 × 160 mm | 0.05 m² | 1.05 × 0.52 ft | Module size — the unit inside most outdoor cabinets |
A worked example, because this is where expectations break. Take an outdoor P4 built from 960 mm cabinets and ask for 12 × 8 ft:
- Across: 3,658 mm ÷ 960 = 3.81 cabinets. You get 4, so 3,840 mm — about 12.6 ft, slightly wider than asked.
- Down: 2,438 mm ÷ 960 = 2.54 cabinets. You get either 2 (6.3 ft, noticeably short) or 3 (9.45 ft, noticeably tall).
- The buildable screen is 12.6 × 9.45 ft, not 12 × 8 — and at 119 sq ft it is about a quarter more area than you priced.
The way out is usually to pick the cabinet to suit the opening rather than the other way round. A 500 mm cabinet divides 12 × 8 ft far more closely than a 960 mm one, at the cost of more joints. Where a screen has to fit an existing recess or sit between two pillars, we size the cabinet to the gap at the survey and quote the buildable dimensions, not the requested ones.
The other sizes people ask for
| Size | Area | Indicative range (Outdoor P4–P5) | Typically |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 6 ft | 48 sq ft | ₹1.7 – 3.4 lakh | Small shop frontage, clinic, showroom interior |
| 8 × 10 ft | 80 sq ft | ₹2.8 – 5.6 lakh | Standard shop board where the frontage allows height |
| 12 × 8 ft | 96 sq ft | ₹3.4 – 6.7 lakh | The most requested size in India — shop frontages, showroom walls, stage backdrops |
| 20 × 10 ft | 200 sq ft | ₹7 – 14 lakh | Large stage backdrop, outdoor hoarding, wedding mandap |
| 24 × 12 ft | 288 sq ft | ₹10 – 20 lakh | Highway-scale hoarding and large event backdrop |
Indoor screens at the same dimensions land differently, because the pitch is finer and the cabinet is lighter:
| Size | Area | Indicative range (Indoor P2–P2.5) | Typically |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 × 6 ft | 60 sq ft | ₹3.6 – 7.2 lakh | Reception and boardroom wall |
| 12 × 8 ft | 96 sq ft | ₹5.8 – 12 lakh | The most requested size in India — shop frontages, showroom walls, stage backdrops |
| 16 × 9 ft | 144 sq ft | ₹8.6 – 17 lakh | Auditorium and banquet main screen |
What else moves the price
- Brightness. An outdoor screen below about 5,000 nits can struggle badly in afternoon sun — how badly depends on which way it faces and how much of it sits in shade. Ask for 5,000+, and 8,000+ where it faces direct sun. This is the most common corner cut in a cheap quotation and it is invisible in a showroom.
- Cabinet material. Die-cast aluminium against fabricated iron: lighter, flatter joints, better heat handling, and more expensive.
- Refresh rate. If the screen will be photographed or filmed, specify 3,840 Hz. Below that it commonly bands on camera, and the driver ICs set the ceiling at manufacture — so it is bought, not tuned in later.
- Ingress protection. Confirm the rating for every side actually exposed to weather — IP65 front and rear is our standard for a cabinet fully in the open, while a screen fixed flat to a building has its back covered already. Monsoon exposure is not an edge case in India.
- Structure and installation. A ground-level shop board and a first-floor facade mounting are different jobs at the same screen size.
- Service access. Front-service cabinets cost more and need no rear clearance. Where a screen sits against a wall, that is not a preference — it is the only way to service it.
How to decide
- Measure the space the screen has to fit, including anything that constrains it — a shutter, a beam, two pillars.
- Measure how far the nearest regular viewer stands — the viewing distance calculator at /viewing-distance-calculator/ turns that into a pitch. That sets most of the cost.
- Check your content against the pixel count above. If it has to carry small text, come back a step and consider a finer pitch.
- Ask which cabinet will be used and what the finished dimensions will be. Price the buildable size, not the requested one.
- If the screen is outdoors in Bengaluru, check what content is permitted before ordering — the rules restrict video and moving displays.