Now Showing – Movie Poster TV

Live Movie Poster display for Home Theaters. Integrates directly with popular Media Players. Interfaces scales up to 8K TVs for direct control from a connected macOS, tvOS, iOS, or iPadOS device showing posters on the display or an attached monitor. Ideal deployments include a Mac connected to a wall-mounted Samsung Frame TV, an Apple TV, or a wall-mounted iPad. Remotely control the display from your iPhone. Vertical mounting of your TV/monitor (portrait mode) is recommended for the ideal poster display user experience. Now Showing automatically rotates into portrait mode if selected even when not otherwise supported by your devices. All platforms are included with any purchase.
Direct integration via your network is provided for 6 media players including Apple TV, Kaleidescape, Panasonic UHD players, Kodi, Zidoo, and Oppo UHD players. No control system needed. Features vary by player including automatic artwork display based on playing content, and progress status.
Alternatively, if Roomie Remote (separate app and subscription) is also deployed, deep room-aware integration is activated for over 20 supported media players.
Take your Home Theater to the next level with Now Showing!
FEATURES
• Integrated movie Poster and Trailer discovery.
• Automatic artwork display for many media players such as Kaleidescape and Apple TV.
• Automatic progress feedback display with supported media players.
• Interface automatically scales so it is easy to use from 8K televisions to the smallest iPhone.
• Active and Idle movie poster sets.
• User-selected movie poster artwork/trailers, or select entire directories at a time to rotate between images.
• Full 4K or 8K images supported. (Recommended aspect ratio is standard movie poster ratio of 1:1.5)
• Trailer support for any QuickTime-compatible video format.
• Extensive customization of colors, fonts, and many other aspects.
• Multiple movie rating systems automatically added to displays.
• Roomie Remote is a separate app and subscription, not required for this app, but enhances the experience by providing a room-aware media player integration auto-switching sources with your control system.
• Remotely deploy new configurations to any Now Showing instance on your network from any iOS, iPadOS, or macOS Now Showing instance.
• Multiple simultaneous displays supported on macOS only. iPadOS and tvOS support 1 monitor.
• tvOS edition requires configuration deployed over your network from the iOS, iPadOS, or macOS edition.
SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
This app requires an active subscription. First year of the Annual subscription is 38% off. Choose a Weekly (for occasional movie events) or Annual subscription. Each provides identical functionality including Unlimited Screens and Posters. Now Showing subscriptions are shared via Apple Family Sharing. A Perpetual non-subscription license option is also available. Purchases made in the iOS, iPadOS, or macOS edition are automatically applied to the tvOS edition.
Roomie Remote established in 2010 as a provider of home automation apps. We bring many decades of experience with Apple’s platforms, and our apps never collect any of your data. Our apps include the popular Roomie Remote universal remote and home automation app, and Intercomm for hands free video and video intercom calls.