Now Showing – Movie Poster TV

Live Movie Poster display for Home Theaters. Turn any TV into a stunning cinema marquee with animated Live Posters, trailers, and automatic artwork from your media player. Integrates directly with popular media players for a fully automated experience. Ideal for 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. Portrait mounting is recommended for the ideal poster experience — Now Showing automatically rotates into portrait mode even when not otherwise supported by your devices. All platforms included with any purchase.

Direct network integration is provided for 6 media players: 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 playback progress.

Alternatively, if Roomie Remote X (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
• Live Posters. Movie posters come alive with subtle, cinematic animation — the signature Now Showing experience.
• Curated Poster Collections. Idle cycling draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate content.
• Multi-Display Poster Sync. Coordinated poster cycling across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content.
• Poster Anchor. Position posters with 5 anchor points (Center, Top, Bottom, Top Left, Top Right) and 3 scale modes for 15 layout combinations. Set a global default or override per poster.
• Automatic Artwork. Media players like Kaleidescape and Apple TV automatically display the poster for whatever is playing.
• Playback Progress. Live progress indicator with configurable top or bottom positioning for supported media players.
• Inline Preview Bars. See what's in each Custom Bar at a glance with inline content previews.
• Video Type Submenu. Switch between Live Poster and Trailer display modes for movie content.
• Poster & Trailer Discovery. Integrated search for movie posters and trailers.
• Active and Idle Poster Sets. Curated collections or your own selections — rotate between individual posters or entire directories.
• Full 4K images supported. (Recommended aspect ratio is standard movie poster 2:3)
• Trailer support for any QuickTime-compatible video format.
• Extensive Customization. Colors, fonts, bars, and many other display aspects.
• Multiple movie rating systems automatically added to displays.
• Target Display-Relative Sizing. Zoom and custom bar sizing scale relative to your configured Target Display for accurate previews.
• Remote Configuration. Deploy configurations to any Now Showing instance on your network from any iOS, iPadOS, or macOS device.
• Multiple simultaneous displays supported on macOS. iPadOS and tvOS support 1 monitor.
• Roomie Remote X integration (optional separate app) enhances the experience with room-aware auto-switching across your control system.

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 on any Apple platform are automatically applied to all other platforms.

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.