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 rather tight results, on which companies and which products will be honored onsite at WFX at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Wednesday.
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