If your TV has a built-in browser, it can be a digital sign today. Open your screen's short player URL in the TV browser, go fullscreen, and manage playlists, scheduling and designs from the TVpilot dashboard. No media player to buy, no cables to add, no installation.
Free plan, no credit card required. Paid plans from €5/month.
TVpilot works on any device with a modern browser: smart TVs with a built-in browser, but also an old laptop or PC plugged into a screen, or a tablet on a stand. Each screen gets its own short player URL.
Sign up free and click "Add screen". Choose Browser/Smart TV as the device type and you get a short player URL for that screen.
Find the built-in browser in your TV's app menu. Most Samsung, LG, and Android TV models ship with one preinstalled.
Type the play URL from your dashboard into the TV browser. The screen connects and starts showing its assigned playlist immediately.
Switch the browser to fullscreen and bookmark the page for quick access later. From now on, all content changes happen in the dashboard.
Once the TV shows your player URL, you never touch the remote again for content changes.
Images, videos, web pages and PDFs in one playlist, with drag-and-drop ordering and transitions. Build it once, reuse it across screens.
Show the breakfast menu in the morning and the happy hour promo after five: content can be scheduled per time slot and per day of the week.
No designer needed. Describe a promo, menu or welcome screen in a short brief and AI Studio generates a designed signage screen for you.
The dashboard shows online/offline status and heartbeats for every screen, so you know a display went dark before a customer tells you.
Mount the screen either way: each screen has its own orientation setting and content adapts to it.
Start free with one screen. When you add screens or locations, the same dashboard manages them all, from €5/month for five screens.
Any TV with a built-in web browser: most recent Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS), and Android TV or Google TV models ship with one. The quality of built-in TV browsers varies, though: some handle video and fullscreen well, others throttle video or drop out of fullscreen. Test with the free plan before rolling out.
Add one cheap streaming stick and you are back on the same route: a Fire TV Stick with a browser app works well and costs far less than a dedicated signage player. Our Fire TV Stick guide (linked below) has the step-by-step setup.
Yes, and it is often more reliable than a TV browser. Connect the laptop or PC to the screen via HDMI, open the player URL in any modern browser, and press F11 for fullscreen. Any device with a modern browser works as a TVpilot player.
In the TV settings, disable the screensaver, sleep timer, and any eco or auto-off mode. Then leave the browser fullscreen on your player URL. Exact menu names differ per brand, but every major smart TV has these options.
Honestly: it depends on the TV. Built-in browsers vary in quality, and after a power cut you need to reopen the browser manually because there is no auto-start. For displays that must run 24/7 unattended, the Raspberry Pi route is the robust option: TVpilot's Pi installer sets up kiosk mode with auto-start and a self-healing watchdog. See the Raspberry Pi guide linked below.
With a smart TV you already own, the hardware cost is zero. The software is free for 1 screen with full features, no credit card required. Starter is €5/month for up to 5 screens, Pro €19/month for up to 25.
Use the hardware you already own; the software starts at €0.
All plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required to start.
Create a free account, add a screen, open one URL in your smart TV browser, and your first digital sign is live in minutes, without buying any hardware.
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