With winners to be rolled out for the 2019 New Product Awards to happen on Wednesday, September 18 at the WFX Conference & Expo, it must be worth looking at all the entrants who are eligible for awards this year. They include a 30 percent increase of the number of entrants over last year, with 34 notable nominees this year, reviewed by a group of 20 judges, with a minimum of seven judging each and every eligible product for this year.
Among the group of judges, each currently works as a part of a church tech team. In all, the judges offered their input on products in the following six major categories: Audio, Video, Lighting, Media & Communications, Building Materials, and Building Systems. Upon completing all the tabulation of the judging scores, there were some incredibly tight results, with the winners to be honored onsite at WFX at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
If you are interested in seeing the products that were designated as the New Product Award winners for 2018, check it out here.
In the meantime, while waiting to hear about which products will be named winners for 2019, this is an opportunity to read about each of the entrants and their interesting products that were nominated this year:
New Product Awards 2019: Audio [9]
DIGITAL MIXING CONSOLE ($1,001+) [1]: Allen & Heath Custom Control
IN-EAR MONITORING SYSTEM [1]: InEarz Audio Zen4 Universal IEM with ADEL
WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM [1]: Lectrosonics, Inc. D Squared Digital Wireless Microphone System
MICROPHONE [2]: DPA 4097 Choir Microphone; Shure Incorporated TwinPlex™
SMALL-FORMAT LOUDSPEAKER [2]: L-Acoustics X4i; Yamaha STAGEPAS 1K portable PA system
LARGE-FORMAT LOUDSPEAKER [2]: Martin Audio WPS; Yamaha NEXO P12 Loudspeaker and L15 Subwoofer
New Product Awards 2019: Video [10]
FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY [1]: NEC Display Solutions of America FA Series dvLED
PROJECTOR [2]: Epson Pro L 10 Series; NEC Display Solutions of America NP-P605UL
VIDEO SWITCHER OR SCALER OR MIXER [2]: Extron ISS 608; Ross Video Ross Carbonite Ultra UHD Production Switcher
OTHER VIDEO PRODUCTS [5]: AJA Video Systems Ki Pro GO; Datavideo PTR-10 Robotic Pan Tilt Head; Lumens Integration VS-LC200 CaptureVision System; Ross Furio SkyDolly Ceiling-Mounted Motion Camera System; Theatrixx Technologies 8-Bay Reversible Rackmount Converter
New Product Awards 2019: Lighting [8]
LED FIXTURE ($1-$1,250) [2]: CHAUVET Professional Ovation P-56FC; PRG ReNew-LD 2.0 LED Retrofit Assembly
LED FIXTURE ($1,251+) [3]: Aquarii Rheos; Chroma-Q Inspire MD™; ProLights ECLIPSEFS
MOVING LIGHT [1]: Elation Professional Fuze Profile
LIGHTING AND CONTROLS (NON-STAGE PRODUCTS) [1]: ChamSys QuickQ Rack
OTHER LIGHTING PRODUCTS [1]: Mod Scenes DMX Hoist
New Product Awards 2019: Media and Communications [3]
PODCASTING, WEBCASTING OR STREAMING ($1,-$2,500) [1]: Shure Incorporated MV88+ Video Kit
PODCASTING, WEBCASTING OR STREAMING ($2,501+) [1]: Haivision Makito X4 Video Encoder
OTHER MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT [1]: Living As One RAY Encoder
New Product Awards 2019: Building Materials [1]
SEATING [1]: SERIES Worship Seating Model h Stacking Chair
New Product Awards 2019: Building Systems [3]
BUILDING AUTOMATION OR SYSTEM [2]: AkitaBox Facility Management Software and Data Collection Services; SenSource, Inc. Automated Attendance Collection System with AI
OTHER BUILDING SYSTEM OR PRODUCT [1]: SureCall Fusion5x 2.0 with SureCall Cloud