100,000 EUR for a 6-screen wall: that is the price some operators quote. A figure that discourages investment, and that can also compromise public safety when it leads an emergency services centre to give up on equipping itself. Since 2021, Easy Multi Display has presented its solutions to around forty SDIS and carried out 15 installations. That experience makes it possible to look at the real cost, line by line.

First, a clarification: a professional’s installation work deserves to be respected and paid at its fair value. The point is not to cut corners on labour, but to understand where the budgets go.

The components of a video wall

A video wall comes down to a few items: the screens, the wall mounts, the cabling, the video server and its software, and finally the complementary equipment (KVM switches, multiviewers, control units, etc.).

Breakdown of a 6-screen 55” wall

Here is what these items really cost, and what they are often billed at.

Screens: around 12,000 EUR, or 2,000 EUR per unit.
Wall mounts: often 6,000 EUR, at 600-800 EUR per screen, whereas solutions exist for around 452 EUR.
Cabling: varies depending on the site.
Video server: billed at up to 20,000 EUR, whereas a build with comparable components comes to around 3,000 EUR.
Software: industry standard at 8,000 EUR and above; EMD sits between 280 EUR and 911 EUR.
Complementary units: 20,000 EUR and above, where equivalent modules start at 100 EUR.
Labour and cabling: around 20,000 EUR.

What customers actually pay

In practice, our customers equip a complete 6-screen wall for around 20,000 EUR. Some have built their system for 7,000 EUR starting from 86-inch screens. The 12-screen demonstration wall I use every day cost me 5,000 EUR in total.

The conclusion is simple: the prices advertised by the industry often reflect inflated margins far more than the real cost of the components. By buying in an informed way, you make considerable savings without sacrificing any quality or reliability.