THE RING 1.8

THE RING 1.8 is where the Pixelight circular range switches LED package. It is the first reference to move to SMD1515, shared with the wider definitions above it. Its 1.86 mm pitch and 288,906 pixels per square metre put it on rings and columns seen in motion, at eye level, across retail floors and reception areas.

Converting pitch to distance in the usual way places comfortable reading from around 1.86 m: the distance at which a customer crosses a sales floor, walks up an aisle or waits at a desk. They take in the whole ring rather than a fragment, and read it at a glance rather than in sustained reading.

The panel uses the range's flexible 320 × 160 × 8.6 mm modules, here resolved at 172 × 86 pixels. The move to SMD1515 brings cost per square metre down appreciably while keeping the point of the range intact: free-form geometry, built to the developed length of the drawing. A wider package is more demanding on tightly closed arcs, so radii are confirmed against manufacture before the drawing is frozen.

Indoor, 700 nits, 3840 Hz refresh for filmed spaces. Discounted pricing for resellers.

THE RING 1.8: the move to SMD1515

Circular ranges are usually compared on pitch alone. The technical boundary here sits elsewhere: THE RING 1.8 is the first reference to move up to the SMD1515 package, which it shares with the wider definitions above it. That component change, as much as the 1.86 mm pitch, explains where this product sits.

What the package changes in bending

On a flat screen the LED package concerns density and rendering only. On a flexible module built to be curved, it also governs how the surface behaves mechanically. A wider package is more demanding on tightly closed arcs than a compact one. The working rule follows: on a tight radius, never sign off a drawing without checking it against manufacture first.

Comfort distance and content type

A 1.86 mm pitch places comfortable reading from roughly 1.86 m, at 288,906 px/m², with modules resolved at 172 × 86 pixels. That band matches the eye in motion: a headline, a video, a pattern. It does not match sustained reading of fine type, which calls for a finer definition in the range.

700 nits indoors, 3840 Hz refresh for capture. Discounted pricing for resellers.

Projects that call for THE RING 1.8

This pitch targets rings seen by a moving audience, at eye level.

• Sales floors and department stores: a ring or column in the middle of an aisle, read while walking at the pitch's comfort distance.
• Bank branches and reception areas: an information circle above a counter, watched from the queue.
• Dealerships and showrooms: arcs and rings around a displayed product, with the standback the object itself imposes.
• Food service and circulation areas: menu or ambience columns, taken in at a glance rather than read continuously.
• Filmed spaces: 3840 Hz allows scenographic rings to be captured without scan lines on screen.

PIXELIGHT technical guidance — THE RING 1.8

• Check the bend radius against manufacturing before freezing the design: this is the first SMD1515 reference in the range, and a wider package is more demanding on very tight arcs than the finer pitches.
• Qualify the content before the pitch: at 1.86 mm a headline or a video reads very well at the comfort distance. Permanent text blocks or data tables call for a finer pitch.
• Measure the developed length, not the perceived area: a ring is priced on the unrolled circle. One extra metre of diameter adds more panel than the plan suggests.
• Check the real viewing angle: a ring suspended high is seen from below and at an angle. The layout must account for that dominant angle, not just the elevation view.
• Turn the 700 nits down in service: indoors, the commissioning setting takes precedence over the nominal value. Record the agreed level for later interventions.