Screen guides

Better screens. Fewer questions.

Choose the right setup and show useful information. Practical guides for restaurant menus, screen content, and waiting-room planning.

Waiting-room TV software buying guide

Give visitors useful information while they wait.

ScreenFire can publish approved general notices to a waiting-room TV. This guide helps you choose content and hardware. Live patient queues and appointment-system connections are not generally available.

Read the guide
Fire TV and ONN menu screens

Use the TV you have for your restaurant menu.

A compatible HDMI player can turn an ordinary screen into a restaurant menu board. Start by checking the exact device, power, Wi-Fi, and the view from your ordering line.

Read the guide
Sold-out items and menu updates

Keep sold-out items out of the conversation.

When a dish runs out, customers should not have to order it before finding out. Keep the restaurant's availability information and its menu screens in step, and check promotions too.

Read the guide
Readable digital menu board design

Make the menu easy to read from the queue.

A beautiful menu is useful only when customers can read it. Design for the place where they order, then check the actual screen with the restaurant's lighting on.

Read the guide
Toast digital menu boards

Keep your Toast menu and your screens in step.

ScreenFire's restaurant workflow can use Toast menu and order information for items, prices, and availability. Check how your configured menu updates reach the TV, and review prepared promotions before publishing.

Read the guide
Digital menu board software

A menu board that stays useful after launch day.

Digital menu board software should make prices, availability, promotions, and screen health easier to manage—not create another disconnected playlist.

Read the guide
Restaurant digital signage

Restaurant screens that reflect what can be ordered now.

Connect menu, price, availability, and order context to customer-facing screens while keeping your team in control of what goes live.

Read the guide
Digital menu board cost

Know the software, hardware, and usage costs before you buy.

Plan what you will create and publish, then check the software allowance. Use the calculator below and budget separately for the screen, player, installation, and connection.

Read the guide
Digital menu board setup

Turn an HDMI screen into a useful menu board.

Start with the screen you have, add a compatible player when needed, connect your restaurant information, review the result, and publish.

Read the guide
Digital signage software comparison

Compare the workflow, not just the playlist editor.

The right digital signage product depends on whether you need scheduled media, connected business information, human approval, screen monitoring, or all four.

Read the guide
Connector docs

Use ScreenFire from Claude or ChatGPT.

Set up the connector, see what an assistant can read and change, and disconnect it.

Read the docs