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Crestron Wins Innovator of the Year, High Impact Products Revealed
TPMC-8X WiFi Touchpad, AMS-AIP Media System tops the list of integrators' favorite gear for 2007.
Think of the CE Pro High Impact Products (CHIPs) of the year as sort of like the "People's Choice Awards."
It's not some nameless academy that picks the winners; it's the people.
In this case, it's the folks who use the products -- the integrators -- that tell us what had a significant impact on their businesses versus what was just a lot of marketing hype.
We rely on our integrator readers to let us know what products saved them time, won them clients and, basically, made them money in 2007.
Those are the parameters.
Products can be super-sophisticated or exceedingly simple. This year's winners range from elaborate multiroom audio/video controllers to practical label-makers.
Unlike other "Best of" contests, we don't' bench-test products and we don't select devices based on cool feature sets. Instead, we pick the ones that dealers have sold, installed and generally thrived on throughout the year.
The CHIPs winners are products that shipped on or about September 2006 through August or September 2007 -- products that have been around long enough to convince dealers that they're winners.
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR: Crestron TPMC-8X WiFi Touchpad, AMS-AIP Media System
Audio Design Associates (ADA) SWAN (Structured Wiring Audio Network) | Centralized Audio Termination
Autonomic Controls Mirage | Integration Software
Colorado vNet Vibe | Audio/Video System
D-Tools System Integrator 5 | Complete Software Package
Elan Ole | Elegant Touchpad Control
GE Security SmartCom Kit | Intercom and Multiroom Audio System
Homelogic MultiBrick | Dedicated Controller
Integra DTR-7.7/7.8 | Receiver with HDMI v.1.3a Switching
Inter-Tel 3000 | Phone System
Nuvo Technologies Grand Concerto with OLED Touchpad | Multiroom Control
Panasonic TH50PZ77U | Flat-Panel TV
Remote Technologies Inc. (RTI) T2-C | Handheld Remote
Rhino, a division of DYMO 6000 & 6500 | Label Makers
Rock Ola Nostalgic Music Center Jukebox | CD Player
Runco VX-22D | 3-Chip Projector
Speakercraft Mode | Music Server
Stewart Filmscreen StarGlas | Display Technology
Superna ControlBox | Linux-Based Controller
SurgeX SA-82 | Surge Protection for Flat Panels
Universal Remote Control MSC-400 | Master System Controller
See all of the CE Pro High Impact Products for 2007.
Don't see your favorites here? Tell us what you think should have been included in a comment.
It's not some nameless academy that picks the winners; it's the people.
In this case, it's the folks who use the products -- the integrators -- that tell us what had a significant impact on their businesses versus what was just a lot of marketing hype.
We rely on our integrator readers to let us know what products saved them time, won them clients and, basically, made them money in 2007.
Those are the parameters.
Products can be super-sophisticated or exceedingly simple. This year's winners range from elaborate multiroom audio/video controllers to practical label-makers.
Unlike other "Best of" contests, we don't' bench-test products and we don't select devices based on cool feature sets. Instead, we pick the ones that dealers have sold, installed and generally thrived on throughout the year.
The CHIPs winners are products that shipped on or about September 2006 through August or September 2007 -- products that have been around long enough to convince dealers that they're winners.
CHIPs 2007 Winners
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR: Crestron TPMC-8X WiFi Touchpad, AMS-AIP Media System
Audio Design Associates (ADA) SWAN (Structured Wiring Audio Network) | Centralized Audio Termination
Autonomic Controls Mirage | Integration Software
Colorado vNet Vibe | Audio/Video System
D-Tools System Integrator 5 | Complete Software Package
Elan Ole | Elegant Touchpad Control
GE Security SmartCom Kit | Intercom and Multiroom Audio System
Homelogic MultiBrick | Dedicated Controller
Integra DTR-7.7/7.8 | Receiver with HDMI v.1.3a Switching
Inter-Tel 3000 | Phone System
Nuvo Technologies Grand Concerto with OLED Touchpad | Multiroom Control
Panasonic TH50PZ77U | Flat-Panel TV
Remote Technologies Inc. (RTI) T2-C | Handheld Remote
Rhino, a division of DYMO 6000 & 6500 | Label Makers
Rock Ola Nostalgic Music Center Jukebox | CD Player
Runco VX-22D | 3-Chip Projector
Speakercraft Mode | Music Server
Stewart Filmscreen StarGlas | Display Technology
Superna ControlBox | Linux-Based Controller
SurgeX SA-82 | Surge Protection for Flat Panels
Universal Remote Control MSC-400 | Master System Controller
See all of the CE Pro High Impact Products for 2007.
Don't see your favorites here? Tell us what you think should have been included in a comment.
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About the Author
Tom LeBlanc, Senior Writer/Technology Editor, CE Pro
Tom has been covering consumer electronics for six years. Before that, he wrote for the sports department of the Boston Herald. Migrating to magazines, he was a staff editor for a golf publication and an outdoor sports publication. Now, as senior writer/technology editor of CE Pro magazine since 2003, he dabbles in all departments and offers expertise in marketing. Follow him on Twitter @leblanctom.
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