Guide · Menu on a TV
You don't need a signage company, a USB stick, or a printed re-lamination budget. Design the board once, hang any TV, and change prices from your phone forever after.
The output you are building
Open the free editor and start from a menu template — or photograph your printed menu and let AI import the items and prices for you. Drag things where you want them; the readability checker warns you if text is too small to read from the counter.
Plug a Fire TV Stick, Android TV box, Raspberry Pi, or mini PC into the TV's HDMI port and open the CanvasRelay player. It shows a 6-digit code — type it into your dashboard and the board appears in seconds.
Prices, sold-out items, daily specials, seasonal photos — all edited in the dashboard or from your phone. Screens update themselves in under a minute and keep playing even if the internet drops.
Free for one live screen (watermarked). Paid plans start at $9/screen/month — less than one reprinted menu insert. The price on the pricing page is the whole price; no add-on tiers for basics like video or scheduling.
Reuse any TV you have. New: a 43″ TV runs about $200 and a Fire Stick $30 — under $250 all-in per screen, once. No proprietary players, no per-screen license hardware lock-in.
Daypart schedules, sold-out flags, and price updates from your phone — built for food service.
Read more →Choose the browser, Android TV, Fire OS or Vega path without mistaking development source for a Store app.
Read more →The tinkerer's option — same player, Pi hardware, offline playback built in.
Read more →Free tool: is your text legible from the counter? Check sizes and contrast before you hang the TV.
Read more →Yes. Any TV with an HDMI port works — the player runs on a $30 Fire TV Stick, a Raspberry Pi, a mini PC, or anything with a modern web browser. The TV itself just displays the picture.
From your phone, in the parking lot, during service. Menu items live in one table — change a price once and every screen showing it updates in under a minute. Mark an item sold out the same way.
Build a scene for each daypart and schedule them — breakfast until 11, lunch after, a 'closed' screen overnight. The TV switches automatically, even if the internet is down.
One live screen is free forever, with a small 'Powered by CanvasRelay' watermark in the corner. No credit card, no trial that expires. Paid plans remove the watermark and start at $9/screen/month.
No account needed. Try the real editor with a sample menu board and see what your TV could look like tonight.
Try the editor — no account neededFree plan includes one live screen. No credit card. No trial clock.
