Finalists Named for CEDIA Manufacturer’s Excellence Awards

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Best New Product and Best New Technology winners to be announced at CEDIA.


Jun. 30, 2008 — by Steve Crowe
The finalists for the 2008 CEDIA Manufacturer's Excellence Awards have been announced.

The Best New Product and Best New Technology categories have thirty and three finalists, respectively.

Ten winners for Best New Product and one winner for Best New Technology will be announced at the annual Electronic Lifestyles Awards Banquet at CEDIA Expo 2008 on September 6.

Winners for the Designers awards, Electronic System Technician (EST) of the Year, Electronic Systems Contractor (ESC) of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and the new Product Hall of Fame inductees will also be announced at the banquet.

CEDIA Expo is September 3-7 in Denver, Colo. at the Colorado Convention Center.

Here are the finalists and their respective products:

Best New Technology

Crestron Electronics -- Adagio Digital Media System (ADMS)

Exceptional Innovation -- Lifeware Visual Project

Niles Audio Corporation -- IntelliControl ICS IM-NET Network Audio Integration Card

Best New Product

AMX -- 5.2-inch Modero ViewPoint Touch Panel (MVP-5200i), Communication EXPerience Kit and ViewStat Color Communicating Thermostat

Crestron Electronics -- Crestron iServer and Isys TPS-6X

Denon Electronics (USA) -- AVP-A1HDCI Ultra-Reference 12 Channel A/V Home Theater/Multimedia Preamplifier

Epson America -- Ensemble HD 1080

Gefen -- GefenTV Home Theater Scaler Pro

HAI (Home Automation, Inc.) -- Omnistat2 RC-2000

Milestone AV Technologies (Chief) -- PIWRF TM No-Profile In-Wall Swing Arm

Niles Audio -- iRemote TS

NuVo Technologies -- Essentia E6G

Pantel -- 32-inch Outdoor Wireless Weatherproof LCD HDTV

Remote Technologies -- T3-V Universal Controller

Savant Systems -- ROSIE Remotes & OSD and ROSIE System 12

Screen Research USA -- LeWing

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

SI -- Black Diamond Projection Screen

Sim2 USA -- Grand Cinema C3X 1080

Sonance -- iPort MV Series Digital Media System Product Name: Visual Performance Series

SpeakerCraft -- MODE iPhone Interface Product Name: TIME Mini

Sunbrite TV -- Model 4610HD All-Weather Outdoor LCD Television

Trippe Manufacturing -- AV550SC Audio/Video Backup Power Block

Universal Electronics -- NevoS70

Universal Remote Control -- MX-6000 Touch Screen

Vantage Controls -- Bticino Axolute Keypad Station

Yamaha Electronics -- YSP-4000 Digital Sound Projector


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