Best @ CEDIA

The doors of CEDIA 2006 are closing and vendors are packing their bags. It was a good show and now that we have seen everything CEDIA has to offer, here is the Best at CEDIA.

Best Plasma

• Fujitsu - Arguably the best picture at the show

• Runner-up - Runco Signature line

Best LCD

• Sharp's 42-inch - Bring Aquas back to the top

• Runner-up - Sony 52-inch Bravia
  

Best RP HDTV

• Sony SXRD - simply the best

• Runner up - Samsung LED DLP

Best CRT

• Maganvox 13-inch - only CRT at the show

Best Sub-5K projector

• Tie - Sony Pearl - 1080p goodness

• Tie - InFocus IN78EX - DarkChip3 goodness

Best Sub-10k projector

• InFocus 777 - Oldie but a goody

• Runner-up - Panasonic AE1000U

Best 10k+ Projector

• Marantz VP-11S1 - Breathtaking at $20,000

• Runner-up - Runco
  

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Best Blu-ray player

• Pioneer BDP-HD1 - networking wonder
  

• Runner Panasonic DMP-BD10

Best HD DVD player

• Toshiba HD-XA2 - default

• Runner-up - Toshiba HD-A2
  

Best must have HDTV accessory

• iScan VP50 - must see to believe

• Runner-up - Datacolor Spyder2PRO

Best remote

• Logitech Harmony 1000 - color touchscreen to the masses
  

• Runner-up - Monster Central AVL300

Best TV stand

• BDI - To bad we couldn't show ya

• Runner-up - Salamander Designs

Best display booth

• Sony - room after room after room after room

• Runner-up - Panasonic

Biggest surprise

• Sony Pearl's $4,999 price - wow

• Runner-up - McIntosh 1080p projector

• 2nd Runner-up - Monster Einstein

Biggest disappointment

• Lack of SED TVs - *sigh*

• Runner-up - Samsung's empty display case

Most publicized

• Sony Pearl - You have heard of it right?

• Runner-up - Logitech 1000
  

CEDIA '06 was a great show and we came to see the Sony Pearl but stayed for the Fujitsu plasmas.