Broadcast Engineering's Pick Hit awards are the industry's longest-running product technology awards for broadcast and production. With a 24-year history, Pick Hits are the most prestigious technical awards given at NAB.
At the 2008 NAB Show, a panel of independent judges toured the exhibition floor for three days, looking for innovative technology. They then met to make their selections based on multiple criteria, including the technical and financial improvements the products can bring to a facility's operation. Our editors and publisher have no vote in the selection process.
Congratulations to the following 40 manufacturers for their creative technology solutions:
1. ADC ProPatch Miniature (PPM) patch bay
2. Adobe After Effects CS3
3. Archion NODE video storage
4. Avocent Emerge ECMS4000 desktop over IP
5. Barco RHDM-2301 HD monitor
6. Baron OMNI HD weather system
7. Blackmagic Design Videohub router
8. Bodelin Technologies Pro Prompter teleprompter
9. Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 broadcast switcher
10. Convergent Design Flash XDR solid-state recorder
11. EEG CB512 DTV caption legalizer
12. Evertz IntelliGain loudness processor
13. Evertz CP-2200E system control panel
14. Florical FanChat social networking/automation
15. Graham-Patten Sonarae audio monitoring
16. Hamlet Video FlexiScope Option 3 Module HD test signal generator
17. Harris X85 3G video processor
18. Harris NEXIO AMP media platform
19. Holophone PortaMic 5.1 surround microphone
20. Image Video VxV-4 HD quad split
21. iZotope ANR-B audio noise reducer
22. Linear Acoustic UPMAX:neo surround sound upmix
23. Masstech MassChannel DIY automation on a card
24. Matrox MXO2 I/O computer interface
25. Nemal DT-12 cable tester
26. NTT Electronics HVE9100/HVD9100 H.264 encoders
27. Panasonic VariCam 2700/3700 P2 camcorders
28. Pixelmetrix DVStation-Mini transport stream monitor
29. Pro-Bel Morpheus ICE automation
30. Qualstar BQ 20 video archive system
31. RME Audio HDSP MADI PCI card
32. Ross Vision Quattro production switcher
33. Signiant DMDMS media distribution
34. Sony EX3 camcorder
35. Thomson Grass Valley MediaFUSE content management
36. Troll XNG A600 diversity HD receive system
37. Utah Scientific 400-XL router
38. Vaddio WallVIEW CCU Z700 multi-camera CCU
39. Wohler Touch-It Digital HD multi-image viewer
40. Zaxcom Fusion audio mixer
* Subject to editorial verification
