Compared
LDSperimetral is the closest match to us in scope: perimeter advertising, rings, backups, sponsor reporting. The differences are in how content is prepared and what happens after the match.
First, fairly
LDSperimetral is built for exactly this problem. Their site describes multiple LED rings at different heights running in synchronisation with no stated limit on how many, and a primary and backup configuration that can be set for each perimeter one by one.
They are hardware-agnostic in a useful way, naming compatibility with LED boards across the market and with NovaStar and Colorlight controllers, and they publish the PC specification they expect, which is more than most vendors do.
Their onTV application reports television and stadium exposure segmented by advertiser. That is media-value reporting, a different and commercially interesting thing from a playout log, and we do not have an equivalent.
Side by side
USM’s column is what our software does today. The LDSperimetral column is what their own site says, checked on 22 September 2026. Where it says their site does not state something, that is exactly what it means: ask them.
| USM Boarding | LDSperimetral | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | The perimeter, fascia and ribbon. One licence covers one PC and up to nine screens. | Perimeter advertising in stadiums: several LED rings or perimeter screens at different heights. |
| Fitting artwork to the wall | Artwork is laid onto the wall as a reusable sequence and prepared before it plays, at the wall’s exact pixel geometry. | Videos organised into sequences and grouped into playlists, with overlays for sponsor variation. |
| Redundancy | A backup PC mirrors the main one all match and takes the wall after about 5 s of silence on a 1 s heartbeat. | One instance synchronised with another, and primary or backup configured for each perimeter separately. |
| Proof of play | Logged to 1/100 s per screen, exported per fixture as PDF or Excel. | onTV reports television and stadium exposure statistics segmented by advertiser. |
| Building content remotely | Projects are built in a browser and played out on the venue rig. The two stay in sync. | Their site does not state browser-based project building. |
| LED hardware monitoring | Reads the NovaStar processors behind the wall: cabinets, temperature, main and backup cable, with email alerts and 13 months of history. | Compatible with NovaStar and Colorlight controllers. Their site does not state cabinet-level monitoring. |
| Control-room integrations | NDI out, scoreboard and live text, Stream Deck through Companion, and an HTTP trigger API. | Real-time content management with overlays. Other integrations are not listed on that page. |
| Price | Published, with a configurator. You can price a two-screen rig without talking to us. | Not published. Quoted on enquiry. |
| When the playout PC dies | The operator moves the licence to another PC themselves, twice in any six months. Support-assisted moves are never counted. | One licence installs on one computer. Their FAQ says an annual licence is reissued with the same expiry when the computer changes, and that a perpetual one "must purchase a new license as the existing license cannot be disabled since it is perpetual". |
| Who supports it | Maxamaze BV in Belgium, which also installs and operates LED at venues. | Large Display Solutions. |
Where they beat us
Their exposure statistics measure what a sponsor got on television. USM measures what we put on the wall. If your commercial team sells on broadcast exposure, theirs answers a question ours does not.
Ring synchronisation without a stated limit is a strong claim for a venue with several rings at different heights. USM handles up to nine screens on one licence, which covers most grounds but is a number rather than "unlimited".
Our side of it: projects are built in a browser rather than on the venue PC, failover is automatic after about five seconds rather than configured per perimeter, the log resolves to a hundredth of a second, LED monitoring watches the cabinets themselves, and the price is on the website.
One more that only shows up years later. Their own FAQ says a licence installs on one computer, and that if the machine behind a perpetual licence has to be replaced you buy the licence again, because a perpetual one cannot be disabled. A playout PC is a machine that dies in a rack at a stadium. In USM the operator moves the licence themselves, twice in any six months, and a move we make for you is never counted.
Which one
your ground has several rings at different heights that must all stay in step, and your commercial team sells on measured television exposure.
you want fixtures prepared off-site, failover that happens without anybody deciding, proof of play at a hundredth of a second, and the wall monitored down to the cabinet.
Everything in the LDSperimetral column is from their public website, read on 22 September 2026. We are not affiliated with them and this page is ours, not theirs. Products change: if something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it. LDSperimetral website
Send us your perimeter geometry and a sponsor file that has given you trouble. We will show you what USM does with it, and if the honest answer is that the other product suits you better, we will say so.