The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) announced the finalists in its Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards competition. The finalists include 30 products in the Best New Product category; two finalists for the Horizon Award, which recognizes products yet to be released; and three finalists for the Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation award, which recognizes products with an eco-conscious focus.
The winners will be announced at the Electronic Lifestyles® Awards Banquet Saturday, Sept. 25 during CEDIA EXPO 2010. The banquet will also include the announcement of the 2010 inductees into CEDIA’s Product Hall of Fame as well as the winners of the Designer Awards competition, which honors the best projects completed by CEDIA electronic systems contractor members.
The finalists, listed by category, are:
Best New Product finalists
Actiontec Electronics Inc. - Ethernet over Coax MoCA Network Adapter
Audio Design Associates Inc. ~FM~ - Suite 32 Multi-Room AV System featuring Profiler
Autonomic Controls Inc. - 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 - TRUFIG Solid Surface Solutions
Denon Electronics (
Digital Projection - M-Vision Cine LED; dVision 35-WQXGA XC
HAI (Home Automation
Inc.) -
Ihiji LLC - invision
Intelix LLC - HDautobahn
IOGEAR - Wireless HD Kit
Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. - RadioRA 2 whole-home lighting control system; Kirbe Vertical Drapery System
Marantz
Milestone AV Technologies (Chief) - FUSION™ Pull-Out Mounts
Niles Audio Corporation ~FM~ - DMG-1 Digital Music Gateway
Panamax - M4315-PRO Power Conditioner
Planet Waves/PWCIS - PO35XA/B/C Banana Jack
Remote Technologies Inc. - vIRsa Mouse IR Emitter
Runco International ~FM~ - Runco D-73 projector; Runco SignatureCinema SC-60d projector
Savant Systems LLC - iPad Automation Application
SÉURA - Hydra™ Waterproof Television
SpectraCal LLC - CalMAN Version 4
SurgeX - SurgeX XN120
ZeeVee Inc. - ZvBox 170
Horizon Award finalists
Crestron Electronics Inc. - UFO 4.3” Handheld Wireless Touchpanel -- UFO-4X
ELAN Home Systems - HR2 Handheld Remote Control
Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation finalists
Crestron Electronics Inc. - 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
Additional product details can be found on CEDIA's Web site. CEDIA EXPO
2010 will be held Sept. 22–26 at the
