Info screen vs Smile Studio. An honest comparison.
We make one of these two, so we are biased. That is exactly why this page gives the info screen every point it deserves. If a TV on the wall is all your waiting room needs, keep the TV - this page will tell you that too.
Where the info screen wins
Cheapest to start. Any TV and a USB stick. If budget is the only question, the info screen wins this row every time.
Nothing to set up. Plug it in, play a slideshow. No accounts, no configuration.
If that is all you want from your waiting room, you do not need us.
Where it's a tie
Your treatments on screen. Both show them.
Your team on screen. Both can put familiar faces in the waiting room.
Your own videos and images. Both play them.
So far the TV is doing fine. This is where it changes.
The comparison table
| Feature | Info screen | Smile Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest to start | Yes | No |
| Zero setup | Yes | No |
| Shows your treatments | Yes | Yes |
| Introduces your team | Yes | Yes |
| Plays your own media | Yes | Yes |
| Patients can touch it | No | Yes |
| Prices and treatment info on demand | No | Yes |
| Collects visit feedback before the patient leaves | No | Yesone tap |
| Shows this week's cancellation slots | No | Yeslive |
| Lets a patient leave a number for an offer | No | Yeswith a QR coupon on screen |
| Sends the patient straight to your online booking | No | YesQR to your own booking page, works with any web-based booking |
| Guided self-care while they wait | No | Yes |
| Fresh content every morning, automatically | No | Yes |
| Call a patient in or announce a delay | No | Yesfrom reception |
| Speaks your patients' language | One | 15 languages |
Final score: info screen 2, Smile Studio 10, three ties. We told you we were biased. Book a demo and check the score yourself.
The difference in one sentence
An info screen talks at your patients. Smile Studio lets them do something.
A TV loops the same slides whether anyone looks or not. Smile Studio reacts: a patient browses your treatments and prices, taps a smiley on the way out, sees a cancellation slot for this week, or leaves a number for an offer. Same waiting room, no change to your clinical workflow.
When an info screen is genuinely enough
Fair is fair. Stay with a TV if:
- Your waiting times are very short and patients barely sit down
- You only want a logo and an opening-hours slide on the wall
- Nobody at the practice will ever look at feedback or open slots
If any of those stopped being true, that is usually when practices call us.
When Smile Studio earns its place
- You have treatments patients do not know to ask about
- Cancellations leave gaps in your diary during the week
- You want to hear how the visit went while the patient is still in the building
- Your waiting room has patients in more than one language
What it runs on
One subscription, three ways to start: the DentView Station 32-inch floor-standing screen, the DentView Lite 24 or 32-inch pole design, or your own Android tablet with no new hardware. Software is live right away.
Still team TV? Fair enough. But see the other column live first.
A 15-minute demo, no obligation, pricing discussed openly. Demos available in English, Finnish, Swedish, French and Arabic.