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This is the actual renderer that runs on a screen in a diner, running in your browser instead. Cut its internet. Cut its power. Watch what does not happen.

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Try to break it:

Same board, three looks

Nothing above touches your network — the board is running from the copy on the device, which is the point. Example board marks a business we invented for this page.

What you are looking at

A menu board at 1280 by 720, the same size it renders on a TV, scaled down to fit this page. The items and prices are made up; the layout engine, the pagination, the page turns and the schedule handling are the real ones. If the product changes, this changes with it, because there is only one implementation.

What “cut the internet” does

It flips the board into the state it would be in with no network — and then nothing happens, which is the whole point. The board holds its own copy of the menu and its own copy of the schedule, so it keeps rendering and it keeps switching dayparts on time. The counter climbs so the absence is visible.

What it does not do

It does not touch your network, and it is not a rigged side-by-side with a competitor going black. Most players cache something and survive an outage for a while. A rigged comparison would be a lie about exactly the claim this company rests on — and it is the one competitor behaviour a prospect can check in five minutes.

What a trial looks like here

Thirty days, and we do the setup. Everywhere else a trial means you build your own board and install a device before anyone helps you — that is a real half day, and it is why most trials end in a closed tab. Send your menu, we build your actual board and stand it up, and your thirty days start the day it is working.

Now see it with your own menu on it

Send us a photo of what is on your wall today. We will build your board and show it to you before you pay anything.