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Draper's Fine Art for FlatScreens conceals your HDTV when not in use

by Darren Murph posted Dec 19th 2008 at 11:45PM


Draper treated us earlier this year with a brilliant flatscreen lift made for those not exactly kosher (or allowed -- by the SO, landlord, etc.) with hanging their HDTV upside the wall. This piece, however, is for that sect who already has one mounted in or on their wall, particularly for the subset that can't stand the sight of it when not in use. The Fine Art for FlatScreens, part of the Reveal/Conceal line, contains a woven reproduction of an original work of art, and there are 39 Jacquard Tapestries to choose from. If none of those float your boat, you can also work up a custom design for the right price. Speaking of which, pricing for complete units runs from $835 right on up, with replacement tapestry's ringing up at around $326.

[Via WidescreenReview]

Draper introduces new FlatScreen Lift to conceal your HDTV

by Darren Murph posted Apr 8th 2008 at 8:48AM


For those still not keen on hanging their flat-panel on the wall, Draper has crafted an all new motorized lift in order to reveal and conceal your HDTV at the press of a button. Designed to handle plasmas / LCDs up to 50-inches and add less than 5-inches to the overall depth, the FSL-F-50 FlatScreen Lift can be built into custom cabinetry and even includes "a unique secondary shelf beneath the display itself, allowing you to attach a matching trim piece to fill the opening left by the open cabinet lid." The unit can reportedly hoist up to 210-pounds and takes just over half a minute to fully deploy with zero weight. Oh, and if this particular model doesn't jive with your current TV, the firm is expected to add two additional sizes in the near future to accommodate smaller displays and units spanning up to 65-inches diagonally.

[Via Widescreen Review]

Visionmill cranks out HD IPTV channel, more to come?

by Darren Murph posted Jan 3rd 2007 at 11:28AM

While the mega-corporations are making this whole HD IPTV thing look easy, it's hard out here for an entrepreneur trying to launch his own gig. Rob Draper, an internationally acclaimed cinematographer, envisions IPTV as the future of television delivery, primarily because advertisers can focus their marketing to select channels / websites rather than just blasting ads out to everyone as they do now, theoretically wasting resources on folks who will shun their offerings anyway. After a failed attempt to make Visionmill, his own IPTV service, "a source of programming for TV food channels" and to turn Camden, Maine a "TV production hotspot," he branched out on his own and created SingleMalt.tv, which is dubbed the "world's first internet TV channel devoted to single malt Scotch whiskey." More important, however, is the fact that everything on the site is shot and delivered in crisp 720p, and while it may be hard to convince Mr. Draper to venture somewhere other than the beautiful hillsides of Scotland to set up shop, there could be more channels in the future as his startup blossoms -- but for now, we can all raise our glasses to 720p over the 'net, eh?




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