WFX 2007 New Product Awards

Worship Facilities Conference & Expo announces the 2nd Annual WFX New Product Awards, recognizing the most innovative new products to hit the house of worship market.

All products were or are scheduled to be introduced to market between October 1, 2006 and October 24, 2007

2007 Program Entrants

A.C. Lighting

Booth #: 1413

Chroma-Q Color Split The new Chroma-Q™ Color Split from A.C. Lighting is a compact, high-output, color changing LED fixture which provides designers with twice the possibilities. This ingenious configuration provides designers with the flexibility to light with a bold single color or project a wide range of dramatic split color effects from a single LED fixture. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Color changer

Adamson

Booth #: N/A

Metrix Adamson’s Metrix is an effective and economical choice for installations in venues such as theatres, houses of worship or congress centers or for use as the main P.A system for smaller touring applications; where superior speech reinforcement, medium sound pressure levels, and exceptional clarity are a must. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Small-format loudspeaker

A-Line Acoustics

Booth #: 1621

EMMA Solutions-1 Spread the Word with highly intelligible EMMA line-source speakers from A-Line. Premium ribbons and low frequency drivers in powered and hybrid-active formats achieve optimum audio performance from sanctuary to social hall. Made in the USA systems are available in custom finishes to meet aesthetic and structural needs. Make your message clear with A-Line. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Small-format loudspeaker

Apollo Design Technology, Inc.

Booth #: 535

Right Arm(TM) The functional design of Apollo's Right Arm(TM) makes it easy to add pan and tilt movement to a wide variety of lighting, video, and projection devices. Repositioning static gear from a console reduces equipment and labor costs, as well as safety hazards, making the Right Arm(TM) the right choice. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Other theatrical lighting product

Aviom

Booth #: 628

6416Y2 A-Net Interface Card Providing inputs, outputs and control on a single card, Aviom's new 6416Y2 interfaces between Yamaha® consoles and mix engines and the popular Aviom Pro16 personal monitor mixing system. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: other audio product

Barco

Booth #: 1016

CLM R10+ The compact, 10,000 lumens CLM R10+ is the latest in Barco’s line of high-brightness projectors. It is the most cost-effective projector on the Market with this magnitude of light output. Its outstanding durability, single-chip DLP technology, and liquid-cooled engine make the CLM R10+ an ideal solution for intensive-use, houses of worship applications. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Video screen

Bertolini, Inc.

Booth #: 608

Impressions(TM) 7 Series Pew Stacker Introducing the all new Impressions(TM) 7 Series pew stacker featuring the new Flex-Fit(TM) seat, the Fit-Tight(TM) fastening system with BosScrew(TM) technology and the award winning Ergo-V back. Combined they provide the ultimate in innovation, unmatched comfort, enduring elegance, and rock-solid durability. Category Entered - Best Building Material Products: Church seating

Church Chair Industries

Booth #: 1409

Pulpit Chair I The Pulpit Chair I implements handcrafted colonial styling in a solid oak frame, high upholstered back with side cutouts while incorporating a beautifully sculptured top enveloping a cross. The built-in lumbar support and upholstered seat provides true seating comfort, elegance and durability. Category Entered - Best Building Material Products: Church seating

Corevalus System, LLC

Booth #: 435

SamePage Music System SamePage is a digitial music management system. Music is stored in a data base that automates retrieval and transposing of music and provides immediate digital communication between leader and worship team. This product brings order and clarity and it adds spontaneity back into worship. Category Entered - Best Digital Church Products: Church Management Software

DPA Microphones

Booth #: 1144

4080 DPA Microphones manufactures the finest microphones in the world. We provide the highest level of sonic quality in every product we produce through our legacy of superior design, materials and quality manufacturing. Products include Large Diaphragm, Standards, Compacts, Miniatures, Headworns, Hydrophones, Shotgun, Surround Systems, the WINDPAC and accessories that complement each. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Microphone

Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC)

Booth #: 208

SmartFade ML No production is too small to have great moving-light control. SmartFade ML, the newest member of ETC’s Smart Solutions™ family, gives you the power you need in the most compact lighting control board available. Super-affordable, versatile and simple to use, SmartFade ML’s 24 hands-on faders make moving lights accessible to anyone. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Automated lighting controller

Ensemble Designs

Booth #: 1453

BrightEye 90 Whether you’re upconverting analog video to HD for a projection system, converting a camera feed to digital video in a church, or feeding HD video to a production switcher, BrightEye 90 has you covered. The BrightEye 90 automatically upconverts, downconverts or cross converts video as needed. Guaranteed easy to use! Category Entered - Best Video Products: Other video product

Hitachi America

Booth #: N/A

CPX2 With the Hitachi CPX2 portable 3LCD projector, professional-grade video technology for houses of worship is more accessible than ever. The CPX2 offers high brightness, light weight, and a wealth of connectivity options including wireless capabilities and PC-less presentation. You can also control and monitor multiple projectors from a remote location! Category Entered - Best Video Products: Portable projector

Irwin Seating Company

Booth #: 847

Fellowship Family Grand Rapids, Michigan based Irwin Seating Company has developed the Fellowship chair for your church. It is rich with design flexibility, quality and comfort. Allow our team to guide you in creating a beautiful, functional and long lasting seating package at an affordable price! Category Entered - Best Building Material Products: Church seating

Lehigh Electric Products Co.

Booth #: 936

Rendition The Rendition is a sophisticated and versatile range of consoles that meet the lighting control needs of any House of Worship from minimal production values to the highest technical requirements. Rendition is designed for a new generation of light board operators that appreciate the possibilites today's technology. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Automated lighting controller

SlimDim SD2 Lehigh's SlimDim is the ideal distributed dimming system for any venue. Designed for portable or permanent installation, SlimDims are an affordable and flexible dimming system for schools, houses of worship, retail applications, restaurants, conference rooms, TV studios, and rental programs. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Theatrical dimmer

Leprecon

Booth #: 422

LDS-610 Stick Dimmer LDS-610 dimmer stick is ideal for retro-fits or where space and power are an issue. Each dimmer can be discretely located throughout the worship space and easily powered by as little as a 20 amp 3-phase circuit. DMX control, terminal power connections. Edison, stage pin or twist lock load connections. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Theatrical dimmer

Martin Professional

Booth #: 1400

Stagebar 54S Stagebar 54 is a bright LED pixel bar with RGB, Amber and White color mixing for a broader color spectrum and greater range of pastels. It functions as a pixel bar for displaying imagery and video or as a wash luminaire. Each pixel is color calibrated to guarantee color consistency. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Theatrical fixture

Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.

Booth #: 810

UPJunior Meyer Sound’s UPJunior ultracompact VariO™ loudspeaker brings the sonic signature, versatile rigging, and extraordinary power-to-size ratio of the UPJ-1P to a smaller package, and combines the advantages of a self-powered system with the placement and arraying flexibility afforded by a VariO rotatable horn. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Large-format loudspeaker

Constellation electroacoustic architecture Constellation™ electroacoustic architecture is a system combining the physical acoustics of a space with powerful technology and a package of expert services to create a system that gives venues the ability to supply appropriate acoustics for each kind of performance they host, all accessible with a single button press. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: other audio product

MULTICAST MEDIA

Booth #: 1533

Vidego Vidego(TM) is the premier online self-service application enabling anyone to effortlessly publish video to the Web. From capture to delivery, Vidego(TM) streamlines the time and effort needed to create interactive web based video. For content creators, Vidego(TM) provides valuable insight to audiences’ behavior & consumption through a detailed reporting Dashboard. Category Entered - Best Digital Church Products: Podcasting, webcasting and website streaming media solutions

National Interior Furnishings, Inc & Virginia Church Furn.

Booth #: 737

Triple Lumbar Spring Loaded Seat We are featuring our patented Triple Lumbar 23 1/2" high Back with our 17 1/2" deep Spring Loaded Seat. Appalachian hardwoods make for a beautiful wood finish. Designer fabrics. No veneers, or Chipcore Particleboard. 100% more screws than competitors. The "Best Seat In The House." A written Limited Lifetime Warranty provided. Category Entered - Best Building Material Products: Church seating

Northstar Lighting and Lowering

Booth #: N/A

MLS1100 Northstar Lighting and Lowering has been a leading manufacturer of high quality raising and lowering systems since 1967. We started developing our systems after asking the question, “What is the fastest, most reliable and cost effective way to maintain hard to access light fixtures?” The solution is simple, lower it! Category Entered - Best Building System Products: Electrical product/system

Peerless Industries, Inc.

Booth #: 934

PRG Precision Projector Mount (PRG-UNV) Peerless’ PRG Precision Gear Projector Mount is easy to install and intuitive to use. Its patent-pending precision gear design allows exact tilt and roll image positioning with a Phillips screw driver, or by hand by simply turning two knobs. Its unique design reduces the number of steps traditionally required for installation. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Other video product

Pro Co Sound, Inc.

Booth #: 1433

Momentum Digital Snake System Pro Co Sound, Inc. has been a plumber to the audio industry for nearly 33 years. After finding niches in the industry, Pro Co is changing the game with Momentum-The second generation Digital Snake System that creates possibilities not problems. Come see tomorrow's technology today at booth 1433. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: other audio product

Renewed Vision

Booth #: 1338

ProPresenter 3 ProPresenter 3 continues the legacy of Renewed Vision's powerful lyric and media presentation software with the introduction of an entirely new volunteer-friendly interface, enhanced video effects, professional-standard video output support, and automated song sequencing... all in a rock-solid package that enhances worship environments of all sizes. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Other video product

Renkus-Heinz, Inc.

Booth #: 1216

SG121 Series Loudspeakers Available for immediate shipment, the new Sygma Line combines renowned Renkus-Heinz audio quality, engineering values and long-term reliability with market-leading RHAON (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network) technology at exceptionalally competitive price points. Unique Renkus-HeinzTechnologies include Complex Conic constant-directivity horns, along with a choice of three integral amplification modules. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Large-format loudspeaker

Rosco Laboratories

Booth #: 739

Rosco LitePad (TM) LitePad offers a easy solution to lighting almost any area. With it's soft beam of light, it is the perfect fixture to add that little bit of light that we always seem to need. Applications range from television lighting to architectural lighting. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Theatrical fixture

SELECON

Booth #: 547

Acclaim Fresnel An affordable, user-friendly theatrical fixture delivering a soft-edged beam which is easily blended for seamless and effective lighting. Several unique safety features, such as automatic mains power disconnection, large heat-insulated handles and focus knobs together with tool-free adjustment and operation guarantee worry-free use for all users, regardless of their experience. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Theatrical fixture

Sennheiser Electronic Corporation

Booth #: 700

Installed Sound Series Microphones in Nextel Finish The Sennheiser Installed Sound microphone series is a fully modular series designed for use in conferences or meetings, podiums or pulpits, and more. These microphones offer exceptional audio quality and were engineered to perform extremely well in harsh RF environments. Now available in Nextel® finish, these microphones are an ideal choice for television and image magnification applications. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Microphone

SDC 8200 Conference System The SDC8200 conference system offers intuitive operation and easy set-up for use in board meetings, synods, and general sessions. With a variety of components available, the SDC8200 is designed for virtually any conference or meeting application. Integrated voting, language interpretation, and even software control makes the SDC8200 the ideal conference solution. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Other audio product

Sony Electronics Inc.

Booth #: 708

Sony UWPX5 Wireless Microphone System Packaged for convenience and value, the UWP-X5 wireless package is ideal for worship leaders that need state-of-the-art hands-free capability. The package includes the ECM-322BMP headset microphone, bodypack transmitter and tuner module. The wireless tuner modules can be plugged into Sony’s digital powered mixer/amplifiers and MB-X6 tuner base. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Wireless microphone system

Sony HDC1400 High-Definition Camera System Sony’s new, cost-effective hi-def HDC-1400 camera system is perfect for houses of worship expanding or upgrading their HD broadcast ministry. It can be configured for portable or full studio applications, can utilize triax or fiber cables (adapter required for triax) and can output 720P, 1080i and standard definition at the highest quality level. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Video camera/camcorder

Stewart Filmscreen Corporation

Booth #: 411

StarGlas Up until now, projection screens have been considered only as a technology product. Stewart Filmscreen has crossed that barrier with StarGlas. Leading architects have identified StarGlas as a genuine building material. Glass stairways, storefronts, sitting-rooms and tabletops are a few examples of where this ground-breaking screen technology can be utilized. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Video screen

TV One

Booth #: 1010

C2-7260 TV One’s new CORIO2® based C2-7260 Dual Channel HD Video Processor combats the ever growing need for additional HD-SDI inputs in the church market. The C2-7260 features an impressive 17 inputs: eight HD-SDI or SD-SDI, three DVI-I (which also handle RGB, YUV or YPbPr), three Composite Video and three S-Video. Category Entered - Best Video Products: Video switcher/scaler/mixer

WTS Media

Booth #: 1229

WTS Raq Max The New Raq Maxx Duplicator by WTS Media takes CD, DVD, and Blu-ray duplication to the next level. The Raq Maxx's combination USB/Firewire, 250GB Hard drive, and Daisy Chain options make it the most versatile, highest capacity duplicator to ever grace a 19" rackspace! Category Entered - Best Video Products: Other video product

Wybron, Inc.

Booth #: 510

Standalone Nexera with Dimmer The Standalone Nexera and Dimmer offers color changing, dimming and control all in one feature. Intalling the Standalone Nexera with Dimmer in various places in your worship space offers distributed dimming integrated with lighting color changes along with easier control, maintenance and troubleshooting capabilities. Category Entered - Best Lighting Equipment: Other theatrical lighting product

XCI Network Thermostats

Booth #: 828

XCI Wireless Thermostat Modules The new XCI network thermostat wireless communication modules make installation of XCI’s network thermostats easier than ever. With the new modules, houses of worship can now enjoy the HVAC control and energy savings of network thermostats without the complications and expense of pulling additional communications cable to hard-to-reach thermostat locations. Category Entered - Best Building System Products: HVAC product/system

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.

Booth #: 1200

LS9 Digital Console The LS9 digital console is perfect to meet the sound reinforcement requirements of small to mid-sized houses of worship. Offered in two models, LS9-16 and LS9-32, this board is easy to learn and operate, yet offers a full feature set with phenomenal mixing power at an affordable price. Category Entered - Best Audio Products: Digital mixing console