CEDIA Announces Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards

CEDIA has announced the winners of its Manufacturers' Excellence Awards.

The awards, unveiled at the CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Awards banquet, were handed out for Best New Product, Best New Technology and the first inductees into the CEDIA Product Hall of Fame.

The 10 Best New Product winners were selected at CEDIA Expo 2008 from a list of 30 finalists.

Information on all the finalists can be found here.

The Product Hall of Fame inductees will be part of the first Product Showcase at CEDIA Expo 2009 in Atlanta.

CEDIA says the Product Hall of Fame was developed to "show the origins of the residential electronics industry and track the progression of product development and technology."

Here are the winners and inductees:

Best New Products

Sherbourn Technologies
Product: IWA-1 (In Wall Amp-1)

Savant Systems
Product: ROSIE Remotes & OSD (On-screen Display)

SpeakerCraft
Product: MODE iPhone Interface

Milestone AV Technologies
Product: PIWRF No-Profile In-Wall Swing Arm

NuVo Technologies
Product: Essentia E6G

Trippe Manufacturing
Product: AV550SC Audio/Video Backup Power Block

Denon Electronics
Product: AVP-A1HDCI Ultra-Reference 12 Channel A/V Home Theater/Multimedia Preamplifier

Crestron Electronics
Product: Crestron iServer

Sonance
Product: Sonance Visual Performance Series

Universal Remote Control
Product: MX-6000 Touch Screen

Best New Technology

Crestron Electronics
Product: Adagio Digital Media System (ADMS)

Product Hall of Fame

Audio Design Associates
Product: System 56

AudioControl
Product: SA-3050 Real Time Analyzer

Crestron Electronics
Product: Crestron SmarTouch (STS)

JBL Synthesis
Product: JBL Synthesis One Multichannel Audio System

Jensen Transformers
Product: ISO-MAX CI-2RR Stereo Audio Isolator

Lutron Electronics
Product: HomeWorks Lighting Control System

Runco International
Product: ARC-IV Aspect Ratio Controller

Sonance
Product: Sonance 1 In-Wall Speaker