Thanks in large part to a group of 15 judges working with Worship Tech Director site editor Andres Caamano (each of whom currently works as part of a church tech team), the judges recently reviewed a total of 49 entrants in the 2017 New Product Awards. In all, the judges offered their input on products in the following categories: Audio, Video, Lighting, Media and Communications, Building Materials, and Building Systems. When all the scores were tabulated, there were some down-to-the-wire results. On Wednesday, each of the companies that will be honored with an award this year will be honored onsite during the WFX Conference & Expo at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
To take a closer look at some of those entries, take a minute to read up on some of the latest audio and video products:
New Product Awards 2017: Audio [11]
DIGITAL MIXING CONSOLE ($1,001+) [1]: Yamaha PM10 CS-R10-S Compact Control Surface
IN-EAR MONITORING SYSTEM [1]: OTOjOY LoopBuds
WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM [2]: Shure GLX-D Advanced; Audix Performance Series Wireless
SMALL-FORMAT LOUDSPEAKER [3]: Meyer Sound LINA Very Compact Linear Line Array Loudspeaker; L-Acoustics Syva; Galaxy Audio Traveler Quest TQ8
OTHER AUDIO [3]: Bolero Wireless Intercom System; AX Mark Color Coding Sleeve System; Arria.Live Audio System
New Product Awards 2017: Video [14]
FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY [1]: NEC dvLED LX Series
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE [1]: Renewed Vision PVP3
PROJECTOR [3]: NEC NP-PX1004UL; Optoma ZU850 DLP WUXGA Professional Projector; Epson Pro L25000U
VIDEO CAMERA [3]: Ross PIVOTCam; Ikegami HDK-73; PTZOptics 20X-SDI Gen 2
VIDEO SWITCHER OR SCALER OR MIXER [2]: Kramer VP-734; Ross Graphite All-in-One Production System
OTHER VIDEO [4]: Sling Media SlingStudio; Theatrixx xVision Fiber to SDI Converter series; IMT-Vislink MicroLite 2 Video Transmission System; Extron StudioStation