SMD Screen Price in Pakistan 2026: Rates per Sq Ft by Pixel Pitch

Prices updated: October 2026. These are indicative ranges for budgeting. Your quotation will be exact.

“How much does an SMD screen cost in Pakistan?” is the first question we hear from shop owners, marketing managers and event companies. The honest answer is “it depends on the pixel pitch, the size and whether it goes indoors or outdoors” – but you still need real numbers to plan a budget.

This guide gives DIGIX’s indicative 2026 rates per square foot for every pixel pitch we supply, shows what a 10 × 6 ft or a 20 × 10 ft screen actually costs, and explains what pushes the price up or down. The figures below come from the same price table that runs our SMD screen price calculator, so they stay current when our rates change.

1. SMD Screen Price per Sq Ft by Pixel Pitch

The table shows the screen price only – modules, power supplies, receiving cards and a media player – excluding steel structure, installation and GST. Click a pitch to see its full specifications, sizes and where it works best.

Pixel pitch	Where	Price per sq ft (Rs)	Best for
P1.5	Indoor	Rs 40,000–64,000	Boardrooms, control rooms, studios – viewed from 1.5 m
P1.86	Indoor	Rs 35,000–56,000	Receptions, counters, corporate walls – from 2 m
P2	Indoor	Rs 25,000–40,000	Showrooms, shop interiors – from 2 m
P2.5	Indoor	Rs 17,000–27,000	Malls, shops, lobbies, restaurants – the popular all-rounder
P3	Indoor	Rs 16,500–26,500	Mall atriums, halls, large indoor walls – from 3 m
P4	Indoor	Rs 15,500–25,000	Auditoriums, high-mounted screens – from 4 m
P3.9	Outdoor	Rs 20,000–32,000	Events, stage screens, close outdoor viewing
P4	Outdoor	Rs 19,000–30,500	Shop fronts, entrances, petrol stations
P5	Outdoor	Rs 15,000–24,000	Shop fronts, plazas, medium billboards – 7,000+ nits, IP65
P8	Outdoor	Rs 12,000–19,000	Roadside billboards, building façades – 7,500+ nits, IP65
P10	Outdoor	Rs 10,000–16,000	Highway and rooftop billboards – the most economical pitch

Fine-pitch P0.9 and P1.2 screens, and GOB and COB builds, are priced per project – ask us for a quotation. As a rule of thumb, GOB adds about 30% and COB about 60% to the SMD price for the same pitch; our SMD vs GOB vs COB vs LOB guide explains the difference.

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2. How Pixel Pitch Changes the Price

The pixel pitch is the distance between LEDs in millimetres. A smaller pitch packs more LEDs into every square foot – a P2.5 screen has 160,000 pixels per square metre, a P5 screen only 40,000 – so it costs more and looks sharper from closer.

The simple rule: the closest comfortable viewing distance in metres is about the pitch number. P2.5 looks sharp from about 2.5 m, P5 from about 5 m, P10 from about 10 m. Pick the largest pitch that still looks sharp from where your nearest viewers stand – that is where the savings are.

Your situation	Usual pitch	Why
Boardroom, people sit at the table	P0.9 – P1.5	Text and spreadsheets must stay readable from 1 m
Shop, lobby or mall corridor	P2 – P2.5	Shoppers walk past 2–5 m away
Mall atrium, hall, stage backdrop	P3 – P4	Viewers are 3 m or more away – P2.5 would be money wasted
Shop front, plaza, petrol station	P4 – P5 outdoor	Seen from the pavement and the road
Roadside or highway billboard	P8 – P10 outdoor	Seen from 8 m to 100 m, often from moving cars

Compare every pitch side by side on our indoor SMD screens and outdoor SMD screens pages.

3. Indoor vs Outdoor SMD Screen Price

At the same pitch an outdoor screen is not simply “the indoor one in a box”. It needs:

• 5–7 times the brightness to stay readable in Pakistani sunlight – the DIGIX P5 and P8 outdoor modules deliver 7,000+ and 7,500+ nits versus about 1,200 nits for indoor P2.5;
• sealed modules and cabinets (IP65) against dust, heat and monsoon rain;
• a heavier steel structure, often with a pole, rooftop frame or façade mounting;
• more power, and sometimes permissions from the building owner or the city.

That is why the per-sq-ft rate for outdoor P4 (Rs 19,000–30,500 per sq ft) is higher than indoor P4 (Rs 15,500–25,000 per sq ft) – but outdoor screens are usually much larger and use coarser pitches (P8, P10), so the total cost per screen is often similar.

4. Example Budgets for Common Sizes

These examples use the rates above and add 10–15% for structure and installation. They exclude GST.

Shop or lobby: indoor P2.5, 10 ft × 6 ft (60 sq ft)

• Screen: 60 × Rs 17,000–27,000 = Rs 1,020,000 – 1,620,000
• Frame and installation (10–15%): about Rs 102,000 – 243,000
• Estimated total before GST: about Rs 1.12 – 1.86 million

Showroom wall: indoor P2, 12 ft × 7 ft (84 sq ft)

• Screen: 84 × Rs 25,000–40,000 = Rs 2,100,000 – 3,360,000
• Frame and installation (10–15%): about Rs 210,000 – 504,000
• Estimated total before GST: about Rs 2.31 – 3.86 million

Shop front: outdoor P5, 12 ft × 8 ft (96 sq ft)

• Screen: 96 × Rs 15,000–24,000 = Rs 1,440,000 – 2,304,000
• Structure and installation (10–15%): about Rs 144,000 – 346,000
• Estimated total before GST: about Rs 1.58 – 2.65 million

Roadside billboard: outdoor P8, 20 ft × 10 ft (200 sq ft)

• Screen: 200 × Rs 12,000–19,000 = Rs 2,400,000 – 3,800,000
• Structure and installation (10–15%): about Rs 240,000 – 570,000
• Estimated total before GST: about Rs 2.64 – 4.37 million

Highway billboard: outdoor P10, 40 ft × 20 ft (800 sq ft)

• Screen: 800 × Rs 10,000–16,000 = Rs 8,000,000 – 12,800,000
• Structure and installation (10–15%): about Rs 800,000 – 1,920,000
• Estimated total before GST: about Rs 8.8 – 14.72 million

Want your own size? The price calculator does this for any wall, and the 3D configurator lets you see the screen in your space and send a quote request in a few clicks.

5. What Else Is in the Quotation

A DIGIX quotation for an SMD screen is itemised, so you can compare it line by line with any other quote:

1. LED modules or cabinets in your size and pitch.
2. Power supplies and receiving cards.
3. Control system: a media player for USB / Wi-Fi / 4G playback, or a video processor for live feeds. Usually Rs 25,000–150,000 depending on the screen.
4. Steel structure, frame and finishing – about 10–15% of the screen price for normal walls; more for rooftops, poles and cranes.
5. Installation, calibration and testing on site, in any city.
6. Content management: the DIGIX CMS is free for the first year with DIGIX hardware, then from about Rs 2,000 per screen per year.
7. Warranty: 1 to 5 years depending on the product. Check what the warranty covers – modules, power supplies and cards – not just “the screen”.
8. GST, added to the total.

If a quotation is much cheaper than the others, check which of these it leaves out.

6. Eight Things That Change the Price

• Pixel pitch – the biggest factor, as shown above.
• Size – the price rises roughly in line with area, but a bigger screen gets a slightly better rate per sq ft.
• Indoor or outdoor – brightness, sealing and structure.
• Build: modules on a steel frame are cheaper; ready-made cabinets cost more but install faster and are easier to service.
• LED grade and refresh rate – 3,840 Hz and above gives smooth video and clean phone recordings; lower refresh rates are cheaper and flicker on camera.
• Technology: standard SMD is the base price; GOB adds about 30%, COB about 60%.
• Shape – curved, corner, column and custom shapes cost more than flat.
• Site and city – height, access, wall strength, power supply and distance from our nearest team. The dollar rate also moves prices, because the LEDs are imported.

7. Running Cost: Electricity and Maintenance

An indoor SMD screen uses about 130–160 W per square metre on average while showing normal content (outdoor screens use more, because they are brighter). A 60 sq ft indoor P2.5 screen running 12 hours a day uses roughly 250–350 units a month – about Rs 18,000–25,000 at Rs 70 per unit. The SMD power calculator works this out for your size.

The LEDs are rated for about 100,000 hours. Realistically, plan for a module or power supply replacement now and then after the warranty, and keep the screen’s brightness at what the room needs – running at 100% all day shortens LED life and raises the bill.

8. How to Pay Less Without Regretting It

• Do not over-specify the pitch. A P3 screen viewed from 5 m looks the same as P2.5 and costs noticeably less. Use the pixel pitch calculator.
• Size the screen to the wall and the viewing distance, not to the budget. A smaller sharp screen beats a bigger blurry one.
• Compare the total cost – screen, structure, installation, CMS, warranty and electricity – not only the per-sq-ft rate.
• Ask what brand of LEDs, power supplies and cards is quoted. DIGIX builds with components from trusted names such as Unilumin, BOE, Dahua, Novastar and Huidu.
• Be careful with very low quotes. They usually mean refurbished modules, low refresh rates, a thin structure or no real after-sales support.
• Buy once. A consumer TV or a cheap screen that fails in 18 months costs more than a proper SMD screen that runs for years.

9. How to Get an Accurate Quotation

Send us these five things and you will have an itemised quotation, usually within one working day:

1. Your city and the exact location (shop interior, shop front, rooftop, hall…).
2. The wall or site size – width and height, roughly is fine.
3. How close the nearest viewers will stand.
4. Two or three photos of the site.
5. What you will show – video adverts, menus, live feeds, text.

Send the details on WhatsApp or use the contact page. Our teams install and support SMD screens across Pakistan from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

Looking for prices of standees, kiosks, video walls and menu boards too? See our digital signage price guide.

Why DIGIX

DIGIX is the digital wing of Adsells Advertising, in advertising since 1952, with more than 5,700 screens installed across Pakistan. We supply the screen, fabricate the structure, install, calibrate and support it with our own teams – and you can manage the content on one screen or every branch from the DIGIX CMS. See our work in the projects gallery.