he Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) has announced the finalists in its Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards competition. The finalists include 30 products in the Best New Product category and two products for the Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation category, which recognizes products with an eco-conscious focus. The winners will be announced at the Electronic Lifestyles® Awards Banquet Sat., Sept. 10 during CEDIA EXPO 2011. The banquet will also include the announcement of the 2011 inductees into CEDIA’s Product Hall of Fame as well as the winners of the Designer Awards competition, which honors the best projects completed by CEDIA electronic systems contractor members. Best New Product Finalists Atlona Technologies Atlona KIT-PROHD3 Custom Installation Testing Kit Media Décor Allure Moving Art Audio Design Associates, Inc. ~FM~ TEQ Room Correction EQ Featuring Trinnov Optimization Middle Atlantic Products, Inc. BGR Series Breakthrough Next-Generation Rack Control4 Control4 OS 2.1 NuVo Technologies NuVo Crestron Electronics, Inc. Sonnex™ Multiroom Audio System (SWAMP-24X8) Paradigm Electronics Paradigm MilleniaOne Subwoofer Crestron Electronics, Inc. DM-MD6X6 6x6 DigitalMedia™ Distribution Center Rainbow Fish Fiber Optic, Inc. Rainbow Fish Fiber Optic HDMI Digital Projection dVision 35-1080p 3D Remote Technologies, Inc. RTiPanel Application Future Automation Sliding Panel System (SPS) Samsung Electronics America Samsung LED D8000 Smart TV Harman International ~FM~ Lexicon DD-8 Multi-room Power Amplifier Savant Systems, LLC Savant Telephony James Loudspeaker LLC 63SA-7 Seamless Small-Aperture in-ceiling Loudspeaker Savant Systems, LLC Savant Select™ Kaleidescape, Inc. Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault Stewart Filmscreen Corporation Silver 5D Kordz Pty Ltd Kordz HDBaseT Extender Trak-kit LLC Super Trak Turns Leon Speakers Horizon Ultra-Thin-X-A (Extreme Audiophile) TRUFIG TRUFIG HVAC Solution Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. HomeWorks QS total home control system TRUFIG TRUFIG Touch Panel Mounts Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Sivoia QS Venetian Blinds with Intelligent Tilt Alignment Wi3 Inc. WiPNET Port Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. phase-adaptive dimmer Wisdom Audio Wisdom Series LS4 Reference Line Source Loudspeaker Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation Finalists Savant Systems, LLC Savant SmartEnergy Monitor Harman International ~FM~ Lexicon DD-8 Multi-room Power Amplifier Additional product details can be found here. CEDIA’s Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards are sponsored by CustomRetailer magazine. CEDIA EXPO 2011 will be held Sept. 7-10 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Registration is now open at www.cedia.org/expo. Tickets to attend the Electronic Lifestyles® Awards Banquet can be purchased through the online CEDIA EXPO registration system.