For the second year in a row, we’ve asked our readers — the integrators, the designers and the installers of AV gear, who their favorites were. Back in April, we asked our readers to nominate ANY company they wanted for any one or more of 15 categories. And, we had well over 200 companies win various nominations from all our readers – and a few companies were even nominated in five categories.

Then, we took the top three or four companies nominated in each category and, again, asked our readers to vote for their ONE, FAVORITE for each of the 15 categories. Last week, we counted the votes. And, vote, you did. I doubt any other publication in AV history ever got this many votes for any award – and, yes, we blocked ANYONE from voting more than once. How many? We had over 62,000 votes! Yes, 62,000.

So, this is a TRUE representation of who people in AV really think are the best of the best companies.

Here are the 2013 Winners:

• Best Manufacturer-Based Training Program
  Crestron Electronics, Inc
• Best Sales Support Team
  Extron Electronics
• Best Technical Support Team
  AMX
• AV’s Best Website
  Da-Lite Screen Company
• Favorite Control System Manufacturer
  Crestron Electronics, Inc
• Favorite Projector Manufacturer
  Panasonic Corporation
• Favorite Flat-Screen Manufacturer
  Samsung
• Favorite Projection Screen Manufacturer
  Draper Inc.
• Greenest AV Manufacturer
  Lutron Electronics, Inc.
• Favorite Mount Manufacturer
  Chief
• Favorite Conferencing Product or System
  Polycom, Inc.
• Favorite Systems Product
  AMX Enova DVX
• Favorite Rental Product or Company
  NEC’s LED-lit LCD Displays
• Favorite Audio Company
  Shure
• Favorite Distributor
  Ingram Micro/AVAD