TV Rental for Exhibition Booths: Ideal Size per Booth Area
Summary
Exhibition booth TV rental: size guide per booth area from 3×3 m to island booths, 3-day cost from Rp 1.5 million, delivery and mounting included.
For exhibition booth TV rental, the sizing rules are ready to use as-is: a 3×3 m booth (standard shell scheme) fits one 55" screen best, a 3×6 m booth steps up to a 65" plus a small counter screen, and island booths of 6×6 m and above call for a 75" or a multi-unit arrangement. Rates start at Rp 500k/day for a 55" Crystal UHD — delivery, floor-stand installation, calibration, and post-show dismantling and pickup across Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) are already included. This article walks through where those numbers come from, a full cost simulation for a 3-day exhibition, and the technical details that decide whether your screen actually pulls visitors in — or just glows in a corner of the booth.
What TV Size Is Ideal for Each Booth Area?
The most common mistake exhibitors make is not choosing a TV that is too big — it is choosing one that is too small. A booth screen is not only watched by visitors already standing inside the booth; its primary job is to catch the attention of people walking down the aisle 2–3 metres in front of it. Content that cannot be read from across the aisle means your screen only works for people who had already decided to stop by.
Here is the size-per-booth map we use when helping clients plan their displays:
| Booth area | Typical type | Main screen | Supporting screens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 m (9 m²) | Standard shell scheme | 55" | 43"–50" at the counter (optional) |
| 3×6 m (18 m²) | Double shell scheme / semi-custom | 65" | 43"–50" for demos or registration |
| 6×6 m (36 m²) | Island / custom | 75" | 2× 55" on the left and right sides |
| >36 m² / brand activation | Custom raw space | 75"–86" or a video wall | Per the floor plan |
The 3×3 m booth: one 55" screen as the backdrop centrepiece
In a 3×3 shell scheme, the back wall is the only visual surface you control. A single 55" unit fills the backdrop in the right proportion: large enough to be readable from across the aisle, yet not eating into the working space of two or three booth staff. Dropping to a 43" usually looks like a meeting-room TV that got lost at a trade show — its content only becomes readable once a visitor is standing right in front of the booth, by which point the moment to attract them has already passed.
3×6 m and 6×6 m booths: separate the "attract" screen from the "explain" screen
Once the booth area doubles, a single screen is forced into two conflicting jobs: attracting attention from a distance (big visuals, short loops, minimal text) and explaining the product up close (detail, figures, demos). The pattern that works: one 65" QLED as the main screen on the backdrop running an attraction loop, plus one 43"–50" screen on the demo table or registration counter for detailed content. For a 6×6 island open on four sides, add 55" screens on the sides facing busy aisles so there is no dead angle.
Large islands and brand activations: 75" and up — or several screens instead
For large raw spaces and brand activations with 5–10 m viewing distances, the 75"–86" class is the starting point, and a 97" flagship unit is available for product launches that need a single stage focal point. Beyond a certain footprint, however, distributing several screens is often more effective (and cheaper) than forcing one giant panel — more on that in the multi-unit section below.
Where Do These Numbers Come From? The Viewing-Distance ÷ 4 Rule
Every recommendation above derives from one practical formula: take the farthest viewing distance you want to serve (in cm), divide by 4, and the result is the ideal screen diagonal (in cm). A visitor across the aisle stands about 3 metres from the booth front; the screen usually sits 1–2 metres back towards the backdrop — an effective distance of 4–6 metres. So: 500 cm ÷ 4 = 125 cm ≈ a 55" screen; 600 cm ÷ 4 = 150 cm ≈ a 65". Exactly the range recommended for exhibition booths.
The formula also explains why the 43" home TV that "looks big in the living room" disappears in an exhibition hall: at home the viewing distance is 2–2.5 metres, at a trade show it is nearly three times that. Arental's fleet for TV rental for events and exhibitions in Jakarta spans 18 Smart TV families across Samsung, LG, and Sony from 43" to 97", so whatever your calculation returns, the size is available.
Cost Simulation: Booth TV Rental for a 3-Day Exhibition
Arental's daily anchor prices: Rp 500k for a 55" Crystal UHD, Rp 800k for a 65" QLED, and Rp 1.2 million for a 75" — all inclusive of delivery and mounting across Jabodetabek, calibration, power-on testing, and dismantling with pickup. For a typical 3-day exhibition:
| Scenario | Screen configuration | Calculation | 3-day total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 booth | 1× 55" | Rp 500,000 × 3 days | Rp 1,500,000 |
| 3×6 booth | 1× 65" + 1× 55" | (Rp 800,000 + Rp 500,000) × 3 | Rp 3,900,000 |
| 6×6 island | 1× 75" + 2× 55" | (Rp 1,200,000 + Rp 1,000,000) × 3 | Rp 6,600,000 |
Three notes on these figures. First, they are anchor (floor) prices — large multi-unit orders usually land below the anchor per unit, while premium 85"–98" Mini-LED configurations or special rigging can sit above it; the full breakdown by tier and duration is in the TV rental price table. Second, there is no separate line item for the standing bracket, installation technician, or pickup — components that at many other vendors appear as extra rows on the invoice. Third, compare it with the alternative: buying a 65" unit to use for three days, then storing, insuring, and hauling it yourself to the next show — renting shifts that entire burden onto the vendor.
How Do You Mount a TV in a Booth Where Drilling Is Prohibited?
This is a real constraint at almost every exhibition: venues prohibit drilling, and shell-scheme panels were never designed to bear the weight of a large TV. That is why our default for booths is a floor-standing trolley/stand — free-standing without touching the wall, sturdy up to 86", movable between sessions, with a riser available when the screen needs elevating. A wall bracket is only used when your custom booth structure was engineered by the contractor to carry the screen's load — coordinate this from the booth design phase.
The Arental crew arrives on D-1 or the morning of the show (following the venue's loading-access schedule), assembles the stand, connects the content source, calibrates, and runs a power-on test until everything is ready. Once the exhibition closes, the same crew dismantles and hauls the units away — your booth staff never touch the technical side at all.
Content, Cables & Brightness: Three Technical Details That Get Missed
The content loop. Send your assets (MP4 video, JPG/PNG images, or a playlist) no later than D-3. Our team loads them onto a USB/media player and sets auto-loop plus auto-power-on — the screen starts playing the moment the hall opens, with no booth staff having to switch anything on. Every unit is a Smart TV (Tizen/webOS/Google TV), so running a signage app or casting straight from a laptop also works.
Sources and cables. For interactive demos, the most flexible source is HDMI from a laptop on the demo table. Decide early which content runs as a passive loop and which is staff-driven, so cable counts and screen positions are worked out before show day — not improvised once the aisle is already crowded. Many booths also need demo and registration laptops; the full guide is in our article on laptop rental for events.
Brightness. An exhibition hall is a bright lighting environment you cannot control. Samsung QLED panels with 1,500–2,000-nit peak brightness are the safest choice for booths in bright halls — content stays crisp under venue lighting. During installation, the technician calibrates brightness and colour to the ambient light at your specific booth position, not just the factory preset.
When Does a Booth Need More Than One Screen?
There are two triggers. First, a booth open on more than one side (an island): every side facing a busy aisle ideally gets its own screen, because visitors will not walk around your booth to see your content. Second, the need for large-scale visual impact: several panels arranged in a grid as a video wall with bezel alignment and image-split processing — one large image across multiple screens. For large-scale activations we routinely deploy 2–8 distributed TVs driven from a single content source.
One boundary worth being clear about: modular outdoor videotron/LED walls are currently not part of Arental's rental catalog. What we offer are multi-unit setups and video-wall arrangements built from our Samsung, LG, and Sony panel fleet — and for most indoor booths, that is actually sharper for detailed content and far faster to install.
The Working Timeline: from D-3 to Teardown
- D-3 — we receive your final content assets, load them, and test the loop.
- D-1 or the morning of the show — installation follows the venue's loading-dock schedule: stand assembly, source connection, calibration, power-on test. The handover is documented with a BAST so it is clear exactly which units sit in your booth.
- During the exhibition — for 3–5 day shows, a standby technician or daily visit is available: screen checks, restarts when needed, content swaps when there is an update.
- Final day — once the venue opens its teardown window, our crew dismantles and removes every unit.
If you are an event organizer managing multiple client booths at once, the same vendor-coordination pattern applies to laptop needs too — see laptop rental for event organizers in Jakarta.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does booth TV rental cost per day?
From Rp 500k/day for a 55" Crystal UHD, Rp 800k/day for a 65" QLED, and Rp 1.2 million/day for a 75" — inclusive of delivery and mounting, calibration, and dismantling with pickup across Jabodetabek. Large multi-unit orders get a better per-unit rate.
Are the standing bracket and installation included in the price?
Yes. The floor-standing stand (the default for booths), assembly, source connection, calibration, and power-on testing are part of the core service — not an add-on charge. Teardown and pickup after the show are also handled by our crew.
What if a screen fails in the middle of a show day?
For multi-day exhibitions, a standby technician or daily visit is available to restart, re-cue content, or swap the unit. A replacement unit within Jakarta can be delivered same-day — our warehouse is in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta.
When should I confirm my order for an exhibition?
Final content no later than D-3 so it can be loaded and loop-tested. For the order itself, the earlier the better — especially if you need several units of the same size for a multi-screen setup, because the popular sizes (55"–65") are the first to sell out in exhibition season.
Get Your Booth Screens Ready
Send your booth area, the number of open sides, and your show dates to WhatsApp +62 821-4777-2100 — the Arental team will work out screen sizes and counts from your booth floor plan, complete with an official quote within minutes. Full unit details and installation capabilities are on our TV rental Jakarta page.