Best screen hire options for your next event

Need a screen for an upcoming event? Whether it’s a roadshow, an exhibition or an outdoor event, screens are a perfect way to draw crowds and get your information seen. 

Here, we cover the top event screen hire options to help activate your brand experience.

Large screens for events

Screens are often a key feature of events, one that can provide everything from safety information to branded sponsor content, all in a visual format for attendees. At VAST we offer a range of screens in varying sizes, from 22” to 98”, to ensure that every part of the event can have the perfect screen. This allows you to build a custom map of screens across your event. 

Often, smaller screens are useful for intimate event experiences for example outside of a breakout room or within a café setting. In areas with higher footfall and particularly for outdoor events, we recommend hiring larger screen types in order to increase visibility of information. 

One popular way to use event screens is for digital signage. This is where preloaded content, containing digital notices, safety information (your recommendations on social distancing and mask wearing for example), as well as entertainment such as videos and social media feeds, can be used.

With all of the tools available today, digital signage content is easy to preload. At VAST we work with clients pre-event, to ensure that screen content is optimised. This includes testing and pre-loading content so that your screens have flawless operation throughout the entire event. 

LED screens for events

The benefit of hiring an LED screen for your event is that LED is built from a series of modular tiles. This means that unlike regular fixed screen sizes like those above, your LED wall can be created in any shape or size that you desire. This is perfect for experiential events, or achieving a specific event aesthetic. 

Placed together, these tiles become a seamless, high-resolution display screen. At VAST we use 2mm and 3mm LED which are some of the highest-resolution LED formats on the market. The high-resolution allows the screen to be viewed clearly from a distance, which is often important at events with high footfall. 

The lightweight format makes them easy to set up and derig, to fit within your event schedule. LED walls can also be used indoor, or outdoor. Making them ideal for events such as roadshows, airshows and festivals. 

Interactive screens for events

Static screens are ideal for information and branding, but to add a next-level element to your event you can also hire interactive screens. 

Interactive screens are designed in a custom format depending on the event and its objectives. At VAST we work with brands and agencies to help conceptualise the best interactive experience for a specific event environment. Events often have higher footfall than static installations, viewers can be further away from the screen and outdoor settings can mean that screens need additional protective layers.

Yet with the right tech in place and an experienced team, interactive screens for events can add the extra wow-factor which will have people talking and sharing the event, amplifying its reach.

Interactive event screens can be used to provide gaming experiences, self-serve digital downloads, sponsorship opportunities that are combined with physical products (see this in action here using two perfume products), and for interactive wayfinding across the event concourse. AV-wise, this may be built upon custom hardware, “touchless” technology that lets you control the screen via QR code or RFID, as well as custom apps that combine a screen with a fully branded experience, with optional data collection. 

The options when it comes to interactive event screens are unlimited, and are a great way of engaging your event visitors. 

Bring the right screens and AV solutions to your event today

Get in touch with VAST and we can help build you a custom quote, discuss the perfect screen options and provide video demonstrations for your pitches and meetings. 

To discuss any of the event ideas mentioned above, get in touch with our team on 020 8159 9999 or info@vastuk.com.