by Terry Coffey | Jan 5, 2018 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship
2017 was a great year for one of our key ways of communicating with our customers—the Draper blog. Thousands of people read posts about new products, impressive projects, our great people, and more. The following five posts were our most-read in 2017: Draper Plans Job...
by Terry Coffey | Dec 29, 2017 | Architecture/Green Building, Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades
As 2017 draws to a close, we have one item of 2017 business left. We want to say “thank you.” Thanks to our customers, dealers, employees, rep firms, and others, 2017 was the biggest and best year in Draper’s 115 year history! Here are some of the highlights: The...
by Terry Coffey | Dec 26, 2017 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology
Over the past few years, the science of projection screens has made several major advances. Research and development of new methods and solutions have made the process of choosing a projection screen much different than it was just a few years ago. To help architects...
by Terry Coffey | Dec 22, 2017 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration
Draper marketing manager Penny Sitler, CDT, LEED®AP, has been named to Systems Contractor News magazine’s AV Hall of Fame. The AV publication annually selects a small group of audiovisual business leaders who have, according to the magazine’s website, “contributed...
by Terry Coffey | Dec 8, 2017 | Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology
Last month, Lee Distad, a columnist for rAVe Pubs, asked this question of his readers: “When was the last time you did an AV demo?” Distad pointed out that it’s important for AV dealers to perform demonstrations, and to keep them updated, interesting, and impactful....
by Terry Coffey | Nov 17, 2017 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology
Ambient light has traditionally been one of projection’s worst enemies. Before ambient light rejecting screens, as soon as you turned on the lights, the image on the screen washed out, sometimes almost completely disappearing. Now, not only can we fight ambient light...