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Top 100 Products of 2008

Nos 51 - 60

BlueAnt Z9i Bluetooth headset

While mobile phones keep making headlines, mobile accessories on the other hand always take a backseat to their more lust-worthy counterparts. But things are set to change with the BlueAnt Z9i. Possibly the only Bluetooth headset to beat the much-applauded Alphine Jawbone, this baby delivers good audio quality even when you are passing through the drones of the subway deep underground.

Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P60

Aluminum fans will love this behemoth casing from Lian Li which sports excellent features and design aesthetics that could have melted the coldest of wallets (which it did with its expensive price tag).

Canon SELPHY CP770

It's hard not to smile when you unpack the newest SELPHY. Canon's been pushing the edge of portable, user-friendly photo printers with its SELPHY line, but with the CP770 they've taken user-friendliness to the next level. Printing with the CP770 is fast and consistent and photos print beautifully. It's the closest we've seen so far to a lifestyle product that a photo printer has come to, with plenty of heart built in.

Panasonic PT-AE3000 Home Theater Projector

The Panasonic PT-AE3000 Home Theater Projector is a 1080p projector with a brightness level of 1600 ANSI lumens and 60000:1 contrast. It combines great image quality with interesting extras like split-screen calibration, frame creation for smoother playback and frame response for faster playback. It's a definite successor to the already highly capable and award winning AE2000 model from last year.

Canon EOS 50D The 50D is the first APS-C DSLR whose ISO can reach a maximum of 12800, with usable photos at ISO6400. This is due to the smaller gaps in between the microlenses, allowing more light to reach the sensor. While Canon has told us that this isn't exactly an upgrade to the 40D, we'd prefer to see it otherwise.
ASUS Eee PC 901

In a netbook race to the finish for the best battery life, the Eee PC 901 beats the rest of the 8.9-inchers for its brethren like a Duracell bunny on steroids thanks to its excellent 6-cell battery. None has bested its record and we think it would be that way for a long while to come.

HP TouchSmart IQ500

HP's latest incarnation of its TouchSmart series, the IQ500, improves greatly upon its older processor with a much better design, performance and price point, while still keeping its great interface and usability intact.

Panasonic LUMIX G1

The possibility for digital SLR-quality images without the bulk of an optical mirror and viewfinder assembly could appeal to many, and the Panasonic G1 is a pretty good proof of this concept.

Cooler Master UCP Series PSU

As one of the first PSUs to be awarded with the 80 PLUS Silver certification, there's no doubting that the Cooler Master Ultimate Circuit Protection (UCP) series of high wattage PSUs have one of the highest power efficiency numbers for its class. Add to that its support for multi-GPU configurations and high quality components and you'll find a solid PSU that will last for a while.

 ASUS P5N7A-VM As one of the first vendors to offer NVIDIA's impressive GeForce 9300 mGPU chipset, ASUS has done its usual fine job of producing a working retail board with the P5N7A-VM that lives up to the expectations. With no close contenders currently, it's probably the motherboard to get if you're looking for integrated graphics on the Intel platform.

 

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