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Best Overall New Product: Polycom’s CX7000. We’re giving this award this year to a conferencing product. Why? Well, go back and read Gary’s editorial above — this is the perfect year for this year’s Best Overall New Product Award to go to a conferencing product. Here’s the rAVe NOW video we shot of it at InfoComm and here’s more information on Polycom’s partnership with Microsoft Lync. |
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Most Creative New Product: InFocus Video Phone |
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Best Booth (tie):
- Chief. We think Chief had the best booth at the show. It was well laid out, inviting and even when full of people, never crowded. And, to top it off, they had a hot dog eating contest — you can watch it here.
- Kramer Electronics. We also loved Kramer’s new retro-inspired, white, open-concept booth design.
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Best New Video Product: Panasonic’s PT-RZ470 and PT-RZ370 Series. These LED-Laser hybrid projectors are lamp-free and also HDBaseT, an industry first. Click here to see the rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Audio Product: SoundTube’s IP-Based (using CobraNet) Distributed Audio System. Click here to see the rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New AV Cart or Mount: Da-Lite’s CT-TS32. Click here to see our news story on it. |
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Best New Monitor Mount: Premier Mount’s LCD Slider. Click here to read the news story. |
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Best Document Camera: WolfVision’s VZ-C3D 3D Visualizer. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Product for K-12 Education Market: penveu. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Product for Higher Ed Market (tie):
- Christie’s Updated M-Series. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- Epson Pro Z Projector Line. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best New Classroom Projector: BenQ Laser Projector. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best Classroom Product (tie):
- DisplayNote’s Wireless Classroom Collaboration Tool. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- Educational Insights’ New Classroom Jeopardy. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best New Meeting Room Projector: Sony E200 Series. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Rental and Staging Projector: Digital Projection’s Updated TITAN WUXGA 330 (Upgraded to Pro Series 3) . Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Rental and Staging Product: Gear Box Pro’s Cable Cube. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Flat Screen Display (tie):
- NEC SuperSlim OPS LED 24/7 Display. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- Mitsubishi’s Laser LED Display. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best New ProAV Speakers: Sievers Audio’s Flat Panel Sound Reinforcement Speakers. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Presentation System Product: Perceptive Pixel’s Multi-Touch Displays. Click here to see the rAVe NOW video we shot of them. |
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Best New Control System Hardware Product: AMX’s Modero X Series Touch Panels. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of them. |
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Best New Control System Software Product: Jupiter Systems’ Canvas. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Videoconferencing Product: Polycom’s RealPresence Mobile Video Collaboration Platform. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best Audio Conferencing Product (tie):
- Revolabs FLX: Click here for more information on FLX.
- Polycom SoundStructure: Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best New Screen Product: Da-Lite’s IDEA Screen. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Rack/Furniture Product: Middle Atlantic’s Reference Series Rack. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New GreenAV Product: SurgeX’s Cervella Remote Monitoring. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Digital Signage Display (tie):
- Nanolumens’ NanoSlim Portrait Display. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- NEC SuperSlim OPS LED 24/7 Display. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best New Display for Retail Applications: Planar Ultra Lux Series. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of them. |
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Best New Digital Signage Hardware Product: Evoko Room Manager. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Digital Signage Software Product: VISIX’s Appoint. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Overall Digital Signage Product: Hiperwall 3.0. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Technology: HDBaseT. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Projection Technology: LED-Laser Hybrid Projectors. Thanks to Casio for inventing this hybrid LED/Laser-based technology (receiving a patent as of May). This is an emerging technology that’s lamp-free, reliable, bright (so far reaching nearly 3,000 lumens), lasts for 30K to 40K hours of use and makes blacks look as black as anything we’ve seen using any projection technology. |
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Best New Wireless Technology: Barco ClickShare. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best New Wireless System: Peerless-AV’s Wireless Short Throw Projector AV System Using HD Flow. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best Show Live Presenter: Crestron’s Jeff Singer |
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Coolest InfoComm Demo (tie):
- Christie’s projection-mapping pyramid. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- CAVI’s Interactive Table. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best In-Booth Entertainment: NEC’s Dancing Avatar Wall. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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Best Party: projectiondesign’s In-Booth Party |
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Best ProAV Mobile Device App (tie):
- Cisco’s Jabber Telepresence App. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
- VISIX’s Mobile App. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best Concept Product: Pointmaker by Boeckeler did a private demo for rAVe of a concept product that they plan to debut this fall. It allows for real-time integration of an Apple iPad using its annotation system. It’s truly real-time and impressive. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video of the Pointmaker software without the iPad integration. |
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Kudos Award (tie):
- Listen Technologies for loaning us a 30-Person Portable FM Audio Tour Guide System. Click here for more info on the Audio Tour Guide System.
- Christie’s Command and Control Video Wall. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it.
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Best Service/Product You Probably Didn’t See: AVForSale. Click here to see a rAVe NOW video we shot of it. |
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