by Roomie Remote, Inc.
Transform any portrait display into a stunning movie poster wall, or mount an ultra-wide bar over the theater door. Now Showing automatically loads artwork from your media players, displays live playback progress, and scales to 8K resolution.
Now Showing moves above the door. Version 4.2 fills ultra-wide bar displays edge to edge with banner artwork, film details, and live progress, and makes reworking a saved Scene safe with Save As. See Bar Displays
Bar Displays
Fills 1920×360 and 1920×540 marquee panels, or a native 32:9 monitor, with every Now Showing feature.
Save As for Scenes
Rework a saved Scene without overwriting it. Save As asks for a name and warns before replacing one.
Digital Rain Frame
A Matrix-style animated frame for the top and bottom bars, with five modes that follow your Frame color.
Elapsed-Time Progress
Players that report only elapsed time, like the Oppo UB-820, now show playback progress.
Mount an ultra-wide bar panel above your theater entrance and every guest walks in under tonight's feature. Now Showing fills it edge to edge and switches to a live progress rail the moment the movie starts.
During the movie: a live progress rail across the top, banner artwork with the film's details, and a Show in Progress banner.
Bar panels usually take a standard 1080p signal and show a slice of it. Tell Now Showing the panel height and it lays the display out to match, with no stretching or letterboxing.
A bar display isn't a separate mode with fewer features. Automatic artwork, Live Progress, Scenes, Timers, and Playlists all work on it.
Now Showing turns a simple portrait display into an experience worthy of the best home theaters in the world.
Automatically loads high-resolution movie poster artwork based on what's playing on your media player. No manual setup needed.
Looping video posters bring artwork to life with cinematic motion — like the animated posters from the wizarding world, but for every film.
Poster artwork renders at the highest resolution your display supports — from 1080p all the way to 8K and MicroLED walls.
See exactly what's playing and how far along it is. Live progress bars and movie metadata are overlaid directly on the poster display.
Customize the classic marquee look with "Tonight's Show" and "Take Your Seats" banners, theater light borders, vintage typography, and an animated Digital Rain frame.
Drive multiple poster displays from a single Mac mini. Perfect for theaters, lobbies, and homes with displays in multiple rooms.
Save your favorite looks as Scenes in an iCloud-synced library, then chain them into Playlists that play automatically on a schedule you set.
Run a countdown over a dimmed poster — "Showtime in 10 minutes" — and fire a command to your media player the moment it begins.
Fill an ultra-wide marquee panel over the theater door with banner artwork, film details, and live progress. See it
Now Showing runs on the Apple hardware you already own. Choose the deployment that fits your space and budget.
Mac mini (M1 or later) connected to any TV in portrait orientation. A Samsung Frame is our favorite — its matte finish reads like a real printed poster — but any display works. Supports multiple displays from one Mac.
Apple TV 4K connected to any display. The most affordable option — no computer required.
iPad with M1 or later drives an external USB-C display in portrait. Requires iPadOS 26.
Mount any modern iPad directly on the wall as its own display. Ideal for hallways, theater entrances, and compact spaces.
The tidiest bar setup we've tested: a VSDISPLAY 28″ 1920×360 panel mounted above the theater door, with an Apple TV 4K behind it. The Apple TV joins over Wi-Fi and drives the panel over HDMI, so the only thing that has to reach the mount is power. See Bar Displays
Configure from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac and deploy remotely, as with any Apple TV setup, and start the app by hand after a power loss. Amazon links are affiliate links; as an Amazon Associate, Roomie earns from qualifying purchases.
Now Showing connects directly to media players on your network. Add Roomie Remote to unlock even more.
These players connect directly to Now Showing — no additional software needed.
Roomie tells Now Showing which Activity is running and which player to track — automatically.
Now Showing works great on its own — but it's even better with Roomie Remote. When paired, Roomie tells Now Showing which Activity is running and which media player to track. No manual selection needed.
Roomie knows which Activity started and passes the active media player to Now Showing.
Every media player Roomie controls can feed artwork and progress to Now Showing.
Both apps discover each other on the network automatically. Nothing to configure.
Every plan includes unlimited screens and posters. Shareable via Apple Family Sharing.
For occasional movie events
Best value for year-round display
One-time purchase for the life of the app
Download Now Showing free and transform your home theater in minutes.