The CEDIA Awards 2009 took place on Friday the 3rd of April at the Brewery in London. Martin Stanford hosted the event at the biggest CEDIA Awards so far.
Cinenow were at the event and filmed the entire night, so look out for the winners collecting their awards and exclusive interviews with the winners with Martin Stanford doing the interviews for the night.
The CEDIA Awards 2009, sponsored by Dymo, Dynalite and Sky News certainly proved to be an international affair having received a record amount of entries from outside of the UK. Companies from India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, France, Italy, Greece and Spain were all competing for the coveted trophies.
CEDIA Award Winners 2009 Video
The full list of winners, highly commended entries and finalists is:
Best home cinema installation under £40,000 (70,000 Euros)
Winner: Finite Solutions, Hidden Cinema
Finalists: The Big Picture, The Ivy Cottage
The Big Picture, Beacon Road Cinema
Prestige Audio, Reigate Cinema
Best home cinema installation from £40K-£100,000 (70,000-150,000 Euros)
Winner: Sound Decisions Consultancy & Services, Chatwal Residence
Finalists: Dark Side of the Room, Chalon
Finite Solutions, McLaren Cinema
Best home cinema installation over £100,000 (150,000 Euros)
Winner : Synergy Technologies, Saleem Residence
Finalists: Audio Video Design, Tradate
Projecting & Sounding ART, Aegean Sunset
Best integrated home under £100,000 (150,000 Euros)
Winner: Grahams Hi-Fi, London Penthouse
Highly commended: Prestige Audio, Swiss Chalet
Finalists: ISIS Integrated Systems, Gledhow
Olive, Park Mews
Best integrated home from £100,000 – £250,000 (150,000 – 370,000 Euros)
Winner: MR Domotica, Passion for Home Automation
Highly commended: Finite Solutions, Uffuzi
Finalists: Finite Solutions, Showhouse
Smartbusiness, Madrid Smart House
Best integrated home over £250,000 (370,000 Euros)
Winner: Censys Residential Control, Landhuis
Highly commended: Synergy Technologies, Saleem Residence
Finalist: Creative Home Cinema, Kent Family Home
Best dressed installation
Winner: Imagine This, Forest Drive
Finalist: ANT (Advanced New Technologies), Courchevel
Best marine installation
Winner: Icon Connect, Lazy Me
Finalist: Dawsons, JackLo
Best multi dwelling
Winner: SmartComm, Charters
Finalists: Hometech Integration, Altitude 25
CEDIA Awards were also presented in two trade supplier categories; Best Trade Supplier and Best Training Initiative by a Trade Supplier. All ESP members were entitled to vote on both categories, via an online poll. This year, the accolade for Best Trade Supplier went to Crestron. The winner of the Best Training Initiative was AWE Europe.