NovaStar LED Guides & Comparisons

Buying guides, comparisons, and technical how-tos for NovaStar LED display systems. Use these to choose the right processor, sending card, or receiving card for your project.

• NovaStar H Series Introduction

  Unlike previous generations of video processors, the H series is customized for your specific project. If you only need 1 HDMI 2.0 input, that’s all you need to pay for. If your requirements change an...

• NovaStar Taurus Comparison 2026: TB30 vs TB40 vs TB50 vs TB60

  NovaStar All-in-One Comparison | NovaStar Synchronous Controller Comparison | NovaStar Receiving Card Comparison The Taurus series is NovaStar’s line of all-in-one multimedia players: each unit both p...

• NovaStar All-in-One Comparison

  NovaStar Taurus Series Comparison | NovaStar Synchronous Controller Comparison Model Price Maximum Output Input Source Layers Firmware Spec Sheet VX400 $1099 2.3M Pixels 1x HDMI 1.3 (IN & LOOP) 1x...

• NovaStar Synchronous Controller Comparison

  NovaStar All-in-One Comparison | NovaStar Taurus Series Comparison Model Price Maximum Output Input Source Other Features Firmware Spec Sheet MSD300-1 MCTRL300 $199 $299 1.3M Pixels 1x DVI 2x Ethernet...

• NovaStar Receiving Card Comparison

  Model Price Details Specifications Firmware DH418 $29 8 HUB 75E DH426 $49 16 HUB 75E MRV300 $39 256x226 MRV300 V2.1.0 DATA_MRV300_V4.6.0.17 MRV560 $49 256x226 MOM MRV560 V1.1.2 DATA_MRV560_V4.6.0.0 Mo...

• NovaStar: How to calculate loading capacity for receiving cards

  Model Loading Capacity Hub Connectors Data Groups DH418 128 x 512 Hub 75 x 8 16 DH426 128 x 1024 Hub 75 x 16 32 MRV366 512 x 256 Hub 75 x 16 32 How to calculate loading capacity for receiving card: Fi...

• How to Upgrade NovaStar Firmware in NovaLCT

  Go to User -> Advanced Synchronous System User Login and type password admin Type admin and a new window will popup up: Select the new firmware and press Update. Select either all cards or specific...

• NovaStar Low Latency Solution

  Mode Sending Card Receiving Card Driver IC Latency Time Standard 1 frame 2 frames 0-1 frame 3-4 frames Low Latency Controller <1 ms 2 frames 0-1 frame 2-3 frames Low Latency Controller + Receiver &...

• NovaStar Redundancy (Hot Backup)

  Hot backup can work with an additional sending card or using the additional ports on the same sending card. For additional verification and alerts if the controller is switched into backup mode, visit...

• LED Display Control System Comparison

  There are two types of control systems, synchronous and asynchronous. Some Asynchronous controllers also have a built in receiving card which eliminates another component for small screens. Computer -...

• Linsn vs Xixun vs Novastar

  Novastar is the best LED controller on the market. It costs more, of course, but it is definitely superior to everything else on the market. We sell to LED manufacturers every day and their opinion is...

• BrightSign Comparison

  Model Price Video Decoding HTML5 Ports BrightSign LS424 $250 1x 1080p @ 60hz HTML5 (Entry) USB C BrightSign HD224 $350 1x 4K @ 60hz HTML5 (Mainstream) 12pin GPIO 3.5mm Audio BrightSign HD1024 $450 1x ...

• NDI for LED Walls: The Complete Guide (NovaStar H-Series)

  NDI has quietly become the easiest way to get live video onto an LED wall. If you run NovaStar H-Series processors, the H-Series NDI Input Card lets your wall pull broadcast-quality sources straight o...

• LED & Digital Sign Repair: Parts, Diagnosis & Repair Help

  LED signs and video displays fail in predictable ways. Most "dead sign" calls come down to one of five components: a power supply, a receiving card, a data cable, a module, or the sending device. This...

• LED HUB Pinout Diagrams: HUB75, HUB75E, HUB12, HUB08 Reference

  HUB connectors are the ribbon-cable interfaces between an LED receiving card (or hub board) and the LED modules themselves. The pinout determines how RGB data, address lines, and control signals reach...

• LED Video Scoreboard Software: 3 Ways to Run Your Display (2026)

  A video scoreboard is an ordinary LED video display plus three decisions: what renders the score graphics, how the signal reaches the display, and who operates it on game day. This guide covers the so...

• NovaStar VX1000 Pro Setup Guide: Cabling, Configuration & First Image

  The NovaStar VX1000 Pro is an all-in-one LED display controller: video processor and sending card in a single 1U unit, with 10 Gigabit Ethernet outputs driving up to 6.5 million pixels. This guide wal...

• NovaStar MX30 Setup Guide: VMP, Cabling & First Image

  The NovaStar MX30 is the mid-tier controller in the COEX Series: an all-in-one video processor and sending card with 10 Gigabit Ethernet outputs driving up to 6.5 million pixels. It's the controller w...

• NovaStar H2 & H5 Setup Guide: Cards, Slots & Configuration

  The NovaStar H2 and H5 are modular video wall splicers: instead of fixed I/O, you buy a frame and populate it with the input and output cards your project actually needs. This guide explains how the c...

• LED Sign Power Supply Replacement: Symptoms, Matching & Safe Swap

  A failed power supply is the single most common repair on an LED sign. The tell is a clean rectangular block of the display going dark — one supply feeds a group of modules, so when it dies, its...

• How to Repair an Outdoor LED Display: P6 / P8 / P10 Module Replacement

  Most outdoor LED display repairs come down to swapping one of four parts: a module, a power supply, a receiving card, or a cable. This guide covers the most visible repair — replacing a failed m...

• NovaStar Receiving Card Replacement: Install, Configure & RCFG Files

  The receiving card is the small NovaStar board inside each cabinet that turns network data into the signals your LED modules understand. When a whole cabinet goes dark, scrambles, or drops off the net...

• NovaStar MX40 Pro Control Protocol, HTTP API & Integration Guide

  The MX40 Pro control protocol stack is bigger than most integrators expect: the NovaStar MX40 Pro 4K LED display controller — $8,868 in stock can be driven by an HTTP API on port 8001, a central contr...

• NovaStar MX40 Pro Setup Guide: VMP, Cabling & First Image

  This NovaStar MX40 Pro setup guide walks a first-time installation from unboxing to a live image. The MX40 Pro 4K LED display controller — $8,868 in stock is the flagship of NovaStar's COEX Series: vi...

• NovaStar VX2000 Pro Review (2026): $4,064, 13M Pixels - Worth It?

  This NovaStar VX2000 Pro review is written by the people who stock, configure, and support this controller for US customers every week — so alongside the spec-sheet numbers you'll get the practical vi...