Matrix Density Question

[robbiet]

Hi guys. I’m planning my first matrix for next year and I’m looking for advice on pixel density.

I’m planning on buying a 4’ x 8’ chromamesh from boscoyo in either 2”, 3” or 4” spacing. If my viewers are about 75’ away, which one should I go with?  Is 4” even dense enough to clearly see text and images at that distance?  I really would like to use the widest spacing possible without sacrificing image quality.


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[jnealand]

Funny you should ask that now.  I have two 20ft trees using 3" spacing at opposite ends of my house/yard which makes them about 100ft apart.  We were watching the show in the car after coming home from a night out.  We were about 20ft from one tree and probably the full 100 ft from the other.  Images and text were clear on the far away version but not so much on the one closest to us.  That was really the first time that I had noticed the difference since I am usually halfway between them when watching the show and at that poing they look fine to me and really the same.   I use very few images and 3" spacing works fine for me on the various effects.  I do have two small window matrices at 2" spacing and they look really good from the street which is about 45 ft from the windows

[robbiet]

Ok, thanks.  Well I think I’ve ruled out 1” and 4”.  It comes down to 2” or 3” really. 2” would mean I need to do some major power modifications but 3” would be much easier.  I do plan on using the matrix mostly for images/animations though.


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[robbiet]

...and glad to see I’m not the only one sitting in my car in front of my own house!


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[poporacer]

You mean it isn't a requirement to sit in front of your own house? 
This is my first year and I ran my MegaTree at 3 inch spacing and it looked good....... Until I went to another house in town that was running 2 inch spacing. I could tell the difference on the Greatest Showman because then I had something to compare side by side to. The viewing distance does make a huge difference. My Megatree is about 25 feet to the street but that is if you park right in front of the house. The normal viewing distance is about 60 feet and up and at 60 feet, I can tell a definite difference in the spacing with 2 and 3 inch. If you are going to use any images as all, I would suggest going with 2 inches. I had to Photoshop some images so that they would look decent on my 3 inch spacing.

[robbiet]

...just saw this...thanks!

I really want to get away with 3 inch but it sounds more and more like 2 is needed. I’m planning on a lot of images and video.  It’s just so many more pixels!


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[Tory Street Lights]

From my experience, 2 inch spacing would be the minimum. My 50 x 24 matrix on 2 inch, (50mm),  centers handles some graphics nicely when viewed from about 30 feet, but certainly looks better from 60 feet!!

[robbiet]

Thanks everyone...case closed. Going with 2”.


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[allknowing2012]

Here is my 2cents .. get the 1" but populate every other hole for the first year..

[algerdes]

Actually did what allknowing2012 said. 

We ran the Boscoyo MonsterMatrix (1+ inches between each hole) for a couple of years using 2+" spacing (882 pixels).  Last year we switched to 1" spacing (3,528 pixels) on our primary matrix panels.  What a difference. 
This year's "show" had 8 matrix units in pretty close proximity, and 80 to 100 feet from the viewing area.  7 of them were on 2" spacing and all looked good, but the images on the 1" were far superior to the 2".  All other items we put up on them from the sequencers looked great across the board. 

BTW - with that many pixels that close, we had the whole show tuned down to 20% brightness and it still lit up the countryside. 

[robbiet]

Good idea to keep my options open for the future. Right now the rest of house is only around 3,000 pixels so don’t want to way overpower the rest of the display with a really dense matrix. I kind of don’t want it to look too much like a video screen... and the wife is anti video screen. Have to ease her into this craziness!


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[algerdes]

Good thinking.
BTW - It was my wife that suggested the 1" spacing after she saw what graphics looked like on the matrix at 2". Considering all, I wasn't going to argue with her.