The More Things Change
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the early days of Home Theatre, the focus was on creating a theatrical experience in the home. The image produced was extremely important, the focal point of the system. Projectors were large, bulky monsters that...
read moreLabor Day Recipe from the Draper Cookbook
Although most kids are already back in school, and autumn doesn’t officially start here until September 22 (at 10:29 P.D. EDT, to be precise), today's Labor Day holiday is traditionally seen as the end of summer in the United States. Labor Day is another one of those...
read moreThe ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Many of us have had great enjoyment watching our friends, family, and co-workers accept the ice bucket challenge. There’s something innately funny in witnessing that first moment of intense shock as the bitter cold hits the skin. In case you missed it, here's the...
read moreMike Broome Achieves Immortality
Mike and I have been playing golf since our early teens, now over half a century. We share a lot of fond memories of golfing with our grandparents, our parents, and each other. Also a host of less than fond memories of topped drives, duck hooks, hellacious slices,...
read moreTecVision at Integrate Expo Australia
As we head into the final day of the Integrate Expo in Sydney, Australia, I have to say we’ve been having a blast giving our friends in Australia their first look at TecVision Engineered Screen Technology, up close and personal! Draper is exhibiting alongside Wilson...
read more46 Mommas—Going Bald for Pediatric Cancer Research
Each weekday in the United States, 46 mothers are told their child has cancer. For Allison Smith, that day was September 13, 2011—a date that is burned into her memory. Thirteen-month-old Jackson had been in and out of the Emergency Room several times over a six-month...
read moreAdding Value with our Surface Selector Pro
Draper’s web-based Surface Selector Pro is designed to help AV professionals input data about their projection system and determine the perfect Draper viewing surface to meet their needs. Enter information such as: the type of information being projected; ambient...
read moreCEDIA: Keeping the Monsters at Bay
I am not as worried about a zombie apocalypse as some, although I do admire the fertile imaginations that create them. (Besides, I’m old school. Nothing beats the surprise element of a “normal” looking terror, like Norman Bates.) I do, however, worry about the real...
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