Every year CE Pro, holds the BEST (Best Electronic Systems Technologies) Awards during CEDIA Expo to suss out some of the best and most innovative products the professional channel has to offer. The 2024 CE Pro BEST Awards are no different, though judging the winners has certainly been one of the most challenging tasks to date.

One hundred and forty one products were put forward across 32 categories from AV to Business Operations, and in just about every one, the winners came down to fractions of points in difference from one another.

You can click here to see the full list of winners with accompanying photography.

It’s not without merit. All entries were judged on innovation, functionality, competitive advantages and benefits to the installer by industry leaders, along with the editors of CE Pro. As such, many of the BEST Award winners for 2024 represent the bleeding edge of the industry.

“Every year the manufacturers of the custom integration industry seem to outdo the previous year with their innovation,” says Arlen Schweiger, editor-in-chief of CE Pro. “Installers and business owners are in great shape for the future based on what I saw from the entrants and winners of our CE Pro BEST (Best Electronic Systems Technologies) Awards.”

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Once again this year, the awards entries were judged by a panel that included Lew Brown, David Kaplan, and Avi Rosenthal of custom industry business consulting firm Bluesalve Partners, as well as D-Tools’ Jason Knott, former editor of CE Pro; and CE Pro editors Arlen Schweiger, Robert Archer, Zachary Comeau, and Nick Boever.

CE Pro 2024 BEST Product Award Winners

BEST Designer Display

• LG – Signature OLED T

BEST Smart Home App

• OliverIQ – OliverIQ App

BEST Business Software Design Tool

• D-Tools – D-Tools Cloud

BEST Control and Automation Products

• BEST Energy Management
  • Airzone – Webserver HUB
• BEST Integrated Security System/Module/Device/Surveillance Cameras/Smart Locks
  • Level Home – Level Lock+ Connect – Pro Pack
• BEST Lighting, Lighting Controls & Accessories
  • Coastal Source – Evolution Lighting System (EVO)
• BEST Motorized Shade Controls & Accessories
  • Screen Innovations – Kaos
• BEST User Interface Devices: Touchscreens, Keypads, Remotes, Voice Control
  • Savant – Native Siri Integration
• BEST Wellness
  • PureEdge Lighting – Pure Smart TruColor RGBTW Technology
• BEST Whole-House Control
  • Nice – Home Management OS 8.9

BEST Home Theater/Multiroom Audio/Video Products

• BEST A/V-over-IP/Switchers
  • Just Add Power – MCQX
• BEST Flat Panel TV/Ultra HD
  • Quantum Media Systems – XDR Pro Cinema Video Wall
• BEST HDMI/HDBaseT Extenders
  • AudioControl/AVPro – eTV eARC-to-Dante Converter
• BEST Home Theater A/V Receivers & Source Components
  • AudioControl/AVPro – Hyperion
• BEST Media Servers/Streaming Media/DVRs
  • Kaleidescape – Strato V Movie Player
• BEST Mount, Lift, Media Concealment
  • Wall-Smart – Invisible Mounts for iPad Pro 11 & 13 M4 with Ethernet Adapter
• BEST Multiroom A/V Components (Amplifiers, Receivers, Source Components, Preamplifiers)
  • Denon – AVR-A10H
• BEST Multiroom A/V Components (Processors)
  • madVR – Envy Core
• BEST Power Management, Generation, Surge Suppression, and Storage/Remote Services
  • Leviton Manufacturing – 400-Amp Meter Main Load Center
• BEST Projection Screen
  • Draper at Home – StyleLine
• BEST Projector
  • Epson America – QL7000 4K HDR High-Lumen 3LCD Laser Projector
• BEST Wireless AV Solution (Amps, Source Components, Signal Distribution)
  • Bluesound – Node Nano

BEST Household Enhancements/Installation Accessories

• BEST Cables and Cabling Products
  • Cleerline Technology Group – Double Jacket Micro Distribution Cable
• BEST Communications Products
  • 2N/Axis Communications – 2N IP One
• BEST Home Networking Device
  • Access Networks – A770 Wi-Fi 7 Access Point
• BEST Outdoor AV
  • Samsung Electronics – The Terrace

BEST Loudspeakers

• BEST Architectural Speakers
  • Origin Acoustics – Invisible Speaker
• BEST Floor-standing/Bookshelf Speakers (2-ch/HT system)
  • SVS – SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle
• BEST Floor-standing/Bookshelf Speakers (personal)
  • Magna Audio – Apito & Sub Apito
• BEST Soundbars/On-Wall/Single-Chassis Surround Loudspeaker
  • Klipsch – Flexus Core 300

MOST Promising

• SpecOp Secure – Cyber Protect
• Alchimia – Alchimia Design – Lyngdorf Powered

BEST Object-Based Surround Components

• Theory Audio Design – DLC Loudspeaker Controllers

BEST Peripherals and Enhancements

• Nexus21 – L-771i/ix Drop-Down TV Lift

BEST Tools, Testing and Calibration

• Blackwire Designs – Blackwire Network Provisioning Service

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