2016 Best of CEDIA Awards
Welcome to the 2016 Best of CEDIA Awards! This year’s CEDIA Expo, was held in Dallas, TX and attendance topped just over 18,750 attendees this year – it beat the 2015 show by 50 attendees (a measurable feat considering the show was in the exact same place two years in a row). The show hosted over 500 exhibitors, 115 CEDIA training sessions, 13 CEDIA Talks, 6 free CEDIA Panel Sessions, and several events that provided attendees an opportunity to think big for the future of their business.
Each year after the show, our staff gets together to select what we think was the best of the best on the show floor. Here is the list of award winners from rAVe that represent the BEST of this year’s CEDIA EXPO.
Each link below is a video we shot of the product from CEDIA and you can hear each winner describing the product in their own words. If you missed anything from this year’s show, we shot over 700 product videos, over 100 photos and posted more than 110 news stories and blogs. It all lives here on the 2016 CEDIA EXPO MicroSite.
- Best New Home Cinema Projector: Sony VPL-VW675ES
- Best New Home Entertainment Projector: Epson Pro Cinema 6040UB
- Best New LCD-based HDTV: Sony 100″ Class XBR-75Z9D 4K HDR Ultra HD TV
- Best New OLED-based HDTV: LG 77″ G6 Signature OLED TV
- Best New Projection Screen: Screen Innovations Transformer
- Best New Signal Processor/Receiver: Sony STR-ZA3100ES 4K Receiver
- Best Control System Product: Pro Control ProLink.z Processor
- Best New Control/GUI Interface: RTI KX10 In-Wall Controller
- Best New Remote: URC MX-990
- Best Remote Control Software: System Design Tool for AMX Living
- Best New AV Networking Product (tie): Atlona Omnistream AND SnapAV Araknis 48-Port Network Switch
- Best New Audio Product: Integra DSX-3 Slimline Network AV Receiver
- Best New Loudspeaker: MBL 101E Mark II
- Best New In-Wall/In-Ceiling Speaker: Origin Acoustics and Bang & Olufsen Celestial
- Best Audio Demo: Alcons Audio & Barco Residential Arts District 4 Room
- Best Whole House Audio Product: KEF CI-5160 Reference THX In-Wall Speaker
- Best New Complete System: Miravue AV over IP Technology
- Best New Outdoor Audio Product: Triad Speakers OD 25 and OD 26 Outdoor Loudspeakers
- Best New Outdoor Product: Klipsch Landscape Series
- Best New Lighting Product: Legrand Radiant RF Solution
- Best New Shading Product: QMotion QAdvanced Intellignet Shading System
- Best New Mount: OmniMount Play40
- Most Creative New Mount: Helios Tailgate TV Mount
- Most Creative Home Theater Set Up: Barco Residentials’ Theater Featuring Thor
- Best Home Theater Chair (tie): Fortress Seating Bijou Smart Chair AND United Leather Chair with Smart Control
- Best CI Install Tool: Slateplan
- Best New CI Software Solution: Niles Auriel 2.0
- Best New Power Management Product: RoseWater Energy Hub
- Best New Security Product: Yale Residential Look Digital Door Viewer
- Most Ubiquitous Technology: Amazon Alexa Integration
- Coolest Thing You Probably Didn’t See: Dome by Alexa’s Smart Mouse Trap
- Best Booth to Distract Your Time (tie): Grimani Systems AND CXC Simulations
- CEDIA 2016 Up and Coming Award: Portal’s On-Line Product Catalog Web Application for CI’s
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