2023 CEDIA Awards Best Hardware finalists revealed

CEDIA has announced the Best Hardware and Best Software finalists for the 2023 CEDIA Smart Home Awards, and it's quite a list. Judged by a group of industry professionals, the programme recognises exceptional novel hardware and software products from CEDIA member manufacturing companies and trade suppliers.

We’re told the judges will conduct a thorough review process in person at CEDIA Expo to determine the winners. All award categories, including Best Hardware, Best Software, and Product Hall of Fame, will be announced at the 2023 CEDIA Smart Home Award ceremonies across CEDIA’s three regions.

The finalists for Best Hardware are:
2N IP Verso 2.0
Barco Nerthus
C-SEED N1 Indoor TV
Coastal Source Razor
DMF luxury exclusive portfolio line of lighting products
Draper FlexShade Tension ZIP
Draper Gabled Bottom-Up FlexShade
IFP Connect
Lutron Lightbar Slim Uniform Lens
Lutron LiteTouch to DIN Retrofit Subplate
madVR Envy Extreme MK2
Meridian DSP9 Loudspeaker
Panamorph Short Throw Cinema Format Conversion Lens
Planar Luminate Ultra Series LED Video Wall
RoseWater Energy Hub40 Energy Management and Storage System
Samsung The Terrace Full Sun 85-inch Outdoor QLED 4K Smart TV
Savant Power Storage
SnapOne Luma X20 Family
SnapOne Multi-Gig Routers & Switches: AN-920-SW-F-12/24-POE
Somfy Sonesse 30 PoE Motor
Sony BRAVIA XR 65-inch Class A95L QD-OLED 4K HDR Google TV (pictured)
StormAudio ISP Evo
StormAudio ISR Fusion

The finalists for Best Software are:
Blackwire Designs Blacklight
Dirac Live Active Room Treatment
Janus Technology BMS Monitor
Legrand LHUMAN Tunable Profiles for Vantage’s Design Center
SnapOne OvrC Operational Tool Features
Sonance Design Gallery
Trinnov Audio WaveForming