Bezel

Bezel characteristics include bezel width, bezel depth, material finish and whether the bezel is passive (a simple frame) or active (containing controls, sensors or speakers). Bezel width is usually specified in millimetres and manufacturers increasingly promote "ultra-narrow" or "zero-bezel" designs to minimise the visible gap between adjacent screens. Even with narrow bezels, the optical gap remains and must be accounted for when designing and mounting a video wall. The depth and mounting flange determine how flush panels sit against each other and affect whether a seamless visual plane is achievable. When planning installations, measure the bezel-to-bezel offset and confirm mounting tolerance; small discrepancies compound over large arrays and can produce misalignment that is visible in motion content or grids. Mounting decisions and environmental constraints also influence bezel choice. Commercial displays for portrait or landscape mounting may offer different bezel designs or detachable trim pieces; outdoor signage often uses tougher, thicker bezels for weatherproofing and vandal resistance, which increases the non-active border. For interactive kiosks and touch-enabled screens, the bezel may house touch sensors and require a wider profile for structural integrity. Installers and IT teams should coordinate hardware selection with signage content teams so that the physical characteristics align with desired layouts. For Fugo.ai users, recording panel model and bezel dimensions in the device metadata enables precise grouping and layout adjustments in software, ensuring playlists and dashboards display consistently across the network.

Bezel-aware content design is essential when deploying across multi-panel canvases. Designers commonly define safe zones and content gutters to avoid placing critical information across bezel seams. For video walls, creating content that respects bezel lines — for example by placing essential elements away from seams or by designing motion and transitions that mask small offsets — improves legibility and audience perception. Image and video assets can be produced with bezel offsets pre-applied, or templates can provide guidelines for grid-based layouts so that text, logos and data visualisations do not fall where a bezel will disrupt them. Dashboard designers should consider the viewer distance and resolution: at greater distances, bezels are less noticeable and denser information can be used, while close-range displays require stricter safe zones. Software plays a key role in mitigating bezel impact. Modern digital signage platforms, including Fugo.ai, provide features such as bezel compensation, display grouping and per-panel offsets so that a single asset can be rendered correctly across a tiled array. Bezel compensation adjusts pixel mapping so that content aligns visually as intended, applying calculated shifts or masks to each panel’s output. For interactive applications, touch mapping can be remapped to account for bezel gaps so touch targets remain accurate. Administrators should test content across the actual hardware configuration, using test patterns and live scheduling, and store panel-specific settings in the signage management system. This ensures consistency when panels are replaced or when content is syndicated across multiple sites with differing bezel profiles.