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TechTV's Best of CES Awards
TechTV is excited to announce the third annual Best of CES awards. We will select the ten best new products making their debut at CES 2003. The contest is open only to exhibitors at CES 2003 and only to those products that are introduced at CES 2003 or available for sale after December 1, 2002.
There are two ways for your product to be evaluated for TechTV's Best of CES:
Hands-on judging at CES conducted by TechTV judges.
Direct product submissions to TechTV prior to CES.
TechTV's 2003 Best of CES entry form
Participate
Being a finalist in TechTV's Best of CES awards is a clear indication that your product is one of the top new consumer electronic products to be released in 2003. Winning a category award automatically brands your product as one of the hottest new products to be available in 2003. Both finalists and winners will be able to promote their product's status on the show floor with appropriate signage provided by TechTV.
Worldwide coverage
In addition, finalists and winners will receive unprecedented exposure on TechTV, the only nationwide and international 24-hour cable TV network devoted to covering the digital lifestyle. Our network will provide significant coverage of finalists and award winners in live programming originating from the show floor and broadcast around the world on TechTV.
Finalists and winners will receive digital artwork for inclusion in their ads and product packaging material. The TechTV and CES awards logo will be an instant brand of quality and capability for consumers.
Winners will also receive a trophy award for display in their offices, reception areas, or other locations.
Finally, the media relations departments at both TechTV and CES will ensure that all media covering CES 2003 have complete knowledge and understanding of winners and finalists. It's likely that many of those journalists will focus on Best of CES products in their own show coverage.
How TechTV's 'Best of CES' differs from Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards focus on the design of the most innovative products of 2003, including products already on the market. Judges look at pictures, video, and text descriptions of products but do not conduct any hands-on evaluation.
TechTV's Best of CES focuses on the best new products that are exhibited at CES 2003 and considers only products that have not yet shipped or are just starting to ship. The products that are selected are those most likely to be coveted by consumers in the coming year. In addition to reviewing product information, pictures, and video, the judges will test each product hands on.
Categories
TechTV's Best of CES awards are handed out to the top products in each of the following ten categories:
Portable Audio: For carrying tunes. Includes portable digital music players, CD players, and headphones.
Portable Video: Digital and analog camcorders, portable DVD players, and portable displays.
High-End Audio: For the real audiophile. Includes tube amps, high-end speaker systems, external digital to audio decoders, ultra-high quality CD players, and DVD-Audio players.
Home Theater and Home Video: All parts of a home theater setup. Also includes devices used to record and play back video at home such as PVRs, VCRs, DVD players, and TVs.
Home Audio: Consumer stereo and surround-sound systems for the home. Includes speakers, receivers, amplifiers, tape, and CD players.
Photography and Imaging: Anything that helps you take or print better pictures. Includes digital and analog still cameras, photo printers, scanners, photo-finishing services, ink, and paper.
Auto, Marine, and RV: Anything that goes in your car, boat, or RV. Includes car stereo systems, car alarms, mobile satellite antennas, fixed navigation devices, and other in-dash systems.
Home Automation and Networking: Everything for wiring up your home. Includes Ethernet and wireless networking cards, hubs and routers, DSL and cable modem gateways, and kits to automate your home appliances, lights, and garage. Also includes electronic and computerized sprinkler systems, home gateways, and cable management systems.
PDA, Handheld, and Mobile Wireless: Handheld computers and mobile wireless devices. This category includes PDAs, handheld GPS systems, handheld computers, calculators, pagers, wireless add-ons, analog cellular and digital cellular phones, PCS, 2.5G and 3G handsets, and other portable data devices.
Gaming: Includes gaming consoles, network adapters, 5.1 surround sound gaming systems, wireless controllers, gaming displays, and peripherals.
Best of the best
Best of Show: One overall Best of Show award will be given out. The winner from each category is eligible for this award.
Product evaluation criteria
Our judges will only evaluate products and prototypes that are being exhibited on the show floor of CES 2003. Products will be evaluated based on the following criteria.
Wow factor: Does the product create an entirely new market or category, or does it completely change the economics or capability of an existing category?
Usability and usefulness: Does the product solve a real problem or address a real need? Will customers purchase it? If they do, will they be ecstatic about their new device?
Value: Is it affordable within the constraints of the category, or is it just so expensive that no one will ever buy one?
Judging process
Judging will take place at CES 2003, but products submitted directly to TechTV prior to CES will also be evaluated. A team of two judges will be assigned to each category. During the first two days of CES, our judging teams will personally inspect each product by meeting with the manufacturers.
Friday evening, our judges will select three finalists in each category.
On the morning of Saturday, January 11, finalist awards suitable for placing in show booths will be handed out. During the day Saturday, the judges will revisit all the finalists.
Judges will make the final determination for the winning product in each category on Saturday, January 11th. The judges will also pick one product from among the winners to receive the Best of Show award.
Who are the judges?
Our judges are culled from the ranks of professional product reviewers. In some cases, our team of two professional judges will be augmented by a knowledgeable end-user. Our product reviewers come from TechTV and other well-known media organizations. Our users come primarily from TechTV viewers. All judges have extensive experience evaluating, purchasing, and using products in the category they are judging.
Non-disclosures
The judging panel and TechTV will sign and be bound by non-disclosure statements. All non-disclosure statements expire January 9, 2003, when CES 2003 begins. To get your NDA signed and returned before submitting your entry, contact TechTV's Best of CES contest coordinator at 415-355-4101.
How to enter
Download the entry form
The entry form is a PDF file. Download Adobe's free Acrobat reader to view and print PDF files.
Mail all entries to the following address:
Iliana Tandler
TechTV
650 Townsend Street
San Francisco, California
94103
You can email questions only to bestofces@techtvcorp.com. Again, all entries must be mailed.
All entries must be received by Tuesday 5 p.m. Pacific, December 31, 2002. Entries must be received by mail. No online or fax-based entries will be accepted. We encourage the use of overnight mail services to ensure that entries are received. There is no fee to enter TechTV's Best of CES awards. To submit your product, you must submit an entry form, two complete press kits, along with product photos and Betacam video to TechTV.
Eligibility and rules
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