by Amy Madden | Aug 16, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades
I’m a planner. So CEDIA Expo starts for me right after InfoComm. If I’m truly honest with myself, my planning started on the show floor last year. I knew after last year’s show that for CEDIA 2016 we would focus on two things in 2016—window shades and TecVision. Two...
by Amy Madden | Aug 9, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades
If there’s one thing that connects residential and commercial AV integrators, it’s the search for new profit centers, and new ways to add to the bottom line. On the CE Pro website, Julie Jacobson recently talked about one such area: Indoor Air Quality, or IAQ. This is...
by Amy Madden | Jun 28, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades
One of the questions we often get from AV and home theatre dealers who are starting to work with shades is: how do we go about measuring for shades? On the surface, this sounds like a simple question, right? “Well, you find a window and you measure it.” As...
by Amy Madden | Jun 7, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology
I can’t believe it’s time for InfoComm yet again. InfoComm 2016 will be number 17 for me. And we are taking a much different approach than we have in the past. Yes, we’ll have some pretty great products on display. There are three different TecVision...
by Amy Madden | Mar 25, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Screen Technology
Back before CEDIA 2015, I had the opportunity, along with Terry Coffey from our Marketing Department, participate in an Imaging Science Foundation certification class and learn how to get color right. It was an eye-opening experience. By that I mean that I knew about...