LED wall tools / NovaStar capacity
How many pixels and LED panels does a NovaStar TU4K drive?
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- Panels a port
- 17
- 650,000 pixels a port
- Panels on one TU4K
- 340
- 13,000,000 pixels
- Largest wall near 16:9
- 24 × 14
- 39'-4 7/16" × 22'-11 9/16" · 4608 × 2688
The NovaStar TU4K has 20 1G Ethernet ports, and 2 fibre outputs that copy them. At 8-bit and 60 Hz a port carries 650,000 pixels and the unit 13 million. At 10-bit that is 480,000 a port and 9.6 million a unit. On 500 mm P2.6 panels (192 × 192) that is 17 panels a port and 340 a unit, up to a 24 × 14 wall (39'-4 7/16" × 22'-11 9/16", 4608 × 2688).
| Bit depth | Per port | Per unit | P2.6 panels a port | P2.9 panels a port | P3.9 panels a port | P2.6 panels a unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit | 650,000 | 13,000,000 | 17 | 23 | 39 | 340 |
| 10-bit | 480,000 | 9,600,000 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 260 |
| 12-bit | 320,000 | 6,400,000 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 160 |
From NovaStar's TU4K V1.2.3 datasheet. A figure the sheet prints at a bit depth is used as printed; one printed only at 8-bit is rescaled by the bits a pixel takes on the wire, and frame rate scales it linearly. The unit's total is the smaller of its ports added up and its stated maximum. Panels a port are whole 500 × 500 mm panels; a dash means the unit does not take that bit depth.
Figures checked October 1, 2026. How PixelBid calculates