App: Now Showing – Movie Poster TV
Developer: Roomie Remote, Inc
Genres: Lifestyle, Entertainment

Live Movie Poster display for Home Theaters. Deep integration with Roomie Remote for live feedback of in-progress movies including artwork and progress. Interfaces scales up to 8K TVs for direct control from a connected macOS, iOS, or iPadOS device showing your posters on a monitor or via Screen Mirroring. Ideal deployments include a Mac mini connected to a vertical wall-mount Samsung Frame TV, or a wall-mounted iPad. Remotely control the display from your iPhone. Compatible with all monitors supported by macOS or iPadOS 16.2 and up.  Vertical mounting (portrait mode) is recommended for the ideal user experience (requires macOS or direct display on an iPad/iPhone).

If Roomie Remote (separate app and subscription) is also deployed, deep integration is activated including automatic artwork display based on actual content, and progress status for over 20 supported media players including Apple TV, Kaleidescape, Plex, Kodi, Zidoo, and many more.

Take your Home Theater to the next level with Now Showing.

FEATURES
• Integrated movie poster artwork and trailer discovery.
• Multiple movie rating systems automatically added to displays.
• Interface automatically scales so it is easy to use from 8K televisions to the smallest iPhone.
• Active and Inactive 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.
• Roomie Remote Integration:
	• Automatic artwork display for 8 popular media players such as Kaleidescape, and Apple TV.
	• Automatic progress feedback for over 20 supported media players
	• Roomie Remote is a separate app and subscription, not required for this app, but greatly enhances the experience
• Remotely deploy new configurations to any Now Showing instance on your network from any other Now Showing instance.

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 in the app.

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 home automation platform, and Intercomm for hands free video and video intercom calls.

Release notes:
* Trailer Support: Integrated discovery and playback of trailers during the Idle sequence including custom trailers in any QuickTime-compatible format.
* Full Screen Mode is now automatically engaged on Start Display.
* Various improvements and fixes across the app.