CEDIA Names Finalists for Manufacturer’s Excellence Awards

CEDIA has named the 35 finalists for its annual Manufacturer’s Excellence Awards.

The winners, which will include one Horizon Award winner, one Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation winner and 10 Best New Product winners, will be named at the Electronic Lifestyles Awards Banquet at CEDIA Expo 2010 on Sept. 25.

The Designer Awards and the new inductees into CEDIA’s Product Hall of Fame will also be revealed at the banquet.

CEDIA says its Horizon Award will recognize yet to be released products. Meanwhile, its Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation aware honors products “with an eco-conscious focus.”

The Best New Product category recognizes products released during the 12 months prior to the ceremony and are based on the following:

• Innovation
• Value to the technician
• Value to the business
• Impact on the client’s lifestyle

Click here to view the Best New Product Finalists.

Editor's Note: All photos and captions provided by CEDIA.

Click here to view the 2009 winners.

Horizon Award Finalists:

Crestron Electronics — UFO 4.3-inch Handheld Wireless Touchpanel -- UFO-4X

Elan Home Systems — HR2 Handheld Remote Control

Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation Finalists:

Crestron Electronics — Viridian - Environmental Management and Control Software

HAI (Home Automation, Inc.) — Omnistat2 Multi Stage Universal with Humidity Thermostat

NuVision — Lucidium NVUFX5LS Super Slim Edge Lit LED LCD

Best New Product Finalists:

Actiontec Electronics — Ethernet over Coax MoCA Network Adapter

Audio Design Associates — Suite 32 Multi-Room AV System featuring Profiler

Autonomic Controls — Autonomic Mirage Media Server

Black & Decker — Kwikset SmartCode Lever with Home Connect Technology

Certified Cyber Solutions — Home Cyber Shield

Control4 — Control4 My Home

Dana Innovations / iPort — iPort CM-IW100T In-Wall Control Mount for iPod touch

Dana Innovations — TRUFIG Solid Surface Solutions

Denon Electronics (USA) — AVR-4311CI Audio/Video Receiver

Digital Projection Inc. — M-Vision Cine LED and dVision 35-WQXGA XC

HAI (Home Automation, Inc.) — Cellular Communication Center (C3)

Ihiji — invision

Intelix — HDautobahn

Iogear — Wireless HD Kit

Lutron Electronics Co. — RadioRA 2 whole-home lighting control system and Kirbe Vertical Drapery System

Marantz America — NA7004 Network Audio Player

Milestone AV Technologies (Chief) — FUSION Pull-Out Mounts

Panamax — M4315-PRO Power Conditioner

Planet Waves/PWCIS — PO35XA/B/C Banana Jack

Remote Technologies, Inc. — vIRsa Mouse IR Emitter

Runco International — D-73 projector and SignatureCinema SC-60d projector

Savant Systems — iPad Automation Application

SÉURA — Hydra Waterproof Television

SpectraCal —CalMAN Version 4

SurgeX — SurgeX XN120

ZeeVee — ZvBox 170