CareTV Room Clock Kiosk Purchase Plan
Zero-interaction orientation displays · Bathroom, bedroom, and living room · August 17, 2026
BUY / TEST / RETURNABLE
NOT YET CARETV-CERTIFIED
The immediate goal is to buy three commercial Android-style kiosk displays, open one first, and prove that a CareTV room clock can recover from power loss with zero resident interaction.
Final shopping list
Estimated kiosk total
| Room | Unit | Price shown |
|---|
| Bathroom | OptiSigns OptiKiosk 10 — white | $229.99 |
| Bedroom | QIXZOCV 10.1-inch — black | $219.00 |
| Living room | QIXZOCV 10.1-inch — black | $219.00 |
| Subtotal before tax | $667.99 |
|---|
What we have verified about the white OptiKiosk
- OptiSigns documentation says the Kiosk10 should turn on automatically when connected to power. This is encouraging, but CareTV still requires a physical AC-loss/recovery test.
- OptiSigns documentation supports landscape orientation and 90° / 180° / 270° rotation.
- OptiSigns documents Autostart, Auto Recover, Keep on Top, and Keep Awake options.
- The Amazon listing captured for this purchase advertises 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, Wi-Fi wireless networking, Ethernet, Bluetooth, and continuous plug-in operation with no internal battery.
Important architectural caveat: OptiSigns' own Kiosk10 documentation says the kiosk must be connected to the Internet to display OptiSigns-managed content and that its kiosk mode uses an OptiSigns subscription. CareTV's long-term goal is a local-network-first, open interface. Therefore the OptiKiosk is being purchased as a returnable hardware candidate, not as a permanently approved proprietary dependency.
Mandatory CareTV acceptance test
- Open only the white bathroom unit first.
- Configure it in landscape/horizontal orientation.
- Connect it to the home Wi-Fi network.
- Configure the CareTV clock experience as far as the hardware permits.
- Unplug AC power completely.
- Restore AC power without touching the kiosk.
- The kiosk must power on automatically.
- It must reconnect to Wi-Fi automatically.
- It must return to the CareTV full-screen clock automatically.
- Repeat the complete power-loss cycle five times.
PASS: AC lost → AC restored → self-boot → Wi-Fi reconnect → CareTV clock full-screen → zero human interaction.
FAIL: pressing Power, unlocking Android, choosing Wi-Fi, choosing an app, dismissing a dialog, re-entering a URL, or performing any remembered recovery procedure.
Why this matters
The resident should never have to maintain the appliance. A caregiver or installer performs setup once. After that, ordinary power interruptions must not create a cognitive or technical task.
If the first white kiosk passes, the same CareTV Room Clock concept can replace manually adjusted dementia clocks in the bathroom, bedroom, and living room and can be published as an open reference appliance.
Public-source notes
OptiSigns Kiosk10 setup: https://support.optisigns.com/hc/en-us/articles/44652521310099-Kiosk10
OptiSigns orientation/recovery settings: https://support.optisigns.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056090593-OptiSigns-Side-Menu-Options
Amazon — white OptiKiosk 10: https://www.amazon.com/OptiSigns-OptiKiosk-Countertop-Touchscreen-Background/dp/B0FM8KFZP2
Amazon — black QIXZOCV: https://www.amazon.com/QIXZOCV-Touchscreen-Countertop-Advertising-Restaurants/dp/B0H3932Q71
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