The Worship Tech Director website is naming the 27 category winners for the 2016 New Product Awards, recognizing the best new products developed for the church market over the past year.
As part of an integrated campaign for the readers of the Worship Tech Director website, the Worship Facilities Magazine and its website, along with Church Production Magazine, the New Product Awards offers an opportunity to learn a great deal about each of the these new products and what makes each of them potentially a special offering for growing and expanding churches across the country. In all, 62 products were judged by a panel of 13 individuals currently serving as a church tech leader, along with Worship Tech Director site editor Andres Caamano.
“The entries this year in the New Product Awards represent a wide array of quality, new products that have recently become available to the church market,” said Caamano. “They serve as a strong basis of where to look for some of the best products in the industry ideally suited to serve churches, ranging from the smallest portable churches up to megachurches.”
Each of the 27 category winners are spread out among six areas, with one entrant across each of the six areas also being deemed the “Best Overall.”
The 27 category winners for the 2016 New Product Awards include:
Audio Products
SMALL FORMAT LOUDSPEAKER: Turbosound iX Series
LARGE FORMAT LOUDSPEAKER: L-Acoustics Kiva II
AMPLIFIER: Lab.gruppen Lucia 60W
MICROPHONE: Shure KSM8 Dualdyne Vocal Microphone
WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM: Audio Everywhere MX 3-1 ExXtractor
IN-EAR MONITORING SYSTEM: Westone AM Pro
DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG AUDIO ADAPTERS: Amphenol Sine Systems Amphe-Dante
Video Products
PROJECTOR: Epson Pro L1500U/L1505U
PROJECTION SCREEN: Grandview SkyShow
VIDEO SWITCHER/SCALER/MIXER: Ross Video Carbonite Black Solo
FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY: ROE Visual CB-8
OTHER VIDEO PRODUCT: TelVue GoToAir
Lighting Products
LED FIXTURE ($1-$1,250): Mega-Lite Nova-Lite Q200
LED FIXTURE ($1,251+): CHAUVET Ovation E260WW
LIGHTING CONSOLE: Mega-Lite Lumen8 Surface
LED VIDEO DISPLAY (INTERIOR): Unilumin Upad III 2.6mm
OTHER LIGHTING PRODUCT: Mod Scenes Agon Panel
Media Communication Products
GRAPHICS PRESENTATION SOFTWARE: MediaShout 6
PODCASTING/STREAMING PRODUCT: DVEO Spark E-II
OTHER MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION PRODUCT: Visualz
Building System Products
HVAC PRODUCT OR SYSTEM: InThrMa EMS
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION: Eilon Engineering Ron StageMaster
ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS: CyberLock FlashLock
Building Material Products
STAGING PRODUCT: Atomic FABlok
And among the 27 winners listed above, six of them are also being recognized as the “Best Overall” product within a certain master designations, and are listed as follows:
BEST OVERALL AUDIO PRODUCT: Shure KSM8 Dualdyne Vocal Microphone
BEST OVERALL VIDEO PRODUCT: Epson Pro L1500U/L1505U
BEST OVERALL LIGHTING PRODUCT: CHAUVET Ovation E260WW
BEST OVERALL MEDIA COMMUNICATION PRODUCT: MediaShout 6
