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Here's a list of the very best gear we've seen this year. It's more bragger's guide than buyer's guide—if you have any of this, you can officially tell your friends to suck on it.
The year winds to an end and every product worth a damn has already hit store shelves—there's not going to be any new shiny coolness until next month's CES. We were lucky enough to have a look at most of the best gear out there, and we've passed judgment on all that we saw. Here's a complete list of great products, yanked from our first looks, reviews, and epic Battlemodos:
TV & HOME THEATER
TVs:
Panasonic 65VX100U Plasma
Pioneer Kuro Elite PRO-111FD Plasma
Sony Bravia XBR8 LCD
Panasonic PZ850 Series Plasma
Samsung 650 and 750 Series LCD
Honorable mention for value: Toshiba Regza RV535 Series LCD
Surround Bar:
Yamaha YSP-3050 Sound Bar
Blu-ray Player:
Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD
Samsung Netflix BD-P2500
Sony PlayStation 3
Blu-ray Movies (with iTunes/WMV Digital Copy):
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
CAMERAS & CAMCORDERS
DSLR Cameras:
Nikon D300 and D700
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with HD video
Nikon D90 with HD video
Canon Rebel XSi and Rebel XS
Honorable mention for value: Sony Alpha A900 and Alpha A300
Point and Shoot Camera:
Canon SD790
Crazy Hybrid Camera/Camcorder:
Casio Exilim EX-F1
Mini Camcorders:
Kodak Zi6 HD
Pure Digital Flip Ultra
COMPUTERS & ACCESSORIES
Laptops:
MacBook/MacBook Pro
Lenovo X300
MSI Wind
All-In-One PC:
Vaio LV
Routers:
Linksys WRT610N Dual N-Band Wireless Router
Router/NAS:
Apple Time Capsule
NAS:
HP MediaVault mv2120
Mouse:
Logitech MX 1100 Mouse
Keyboard:
SteelSeries 7G Pro Gaming Keyboard
iPod/iPhone USB Dock:
Griffin Simplifi iPod-iPhone Dock/Card Reader/USB Hub
PHONES & PORTABLE DEVICES
Phones:
Apple iPhone 3G @ AT&T
Sidekick 2008 @ T-Mobile
Samsung Instinct @ Sprint (after firmware update, it's officially better than Verizon's LG Dare)
LG Decoy with docking Bluetooth earpiece @ Verizon
Sony Ericsson W890i @ Europe only; unlocked may be available
Phone Stereo Headsets:
Maximo iMetal iP-HS2 Isolators
Shure Music Phone Adapter to use with your current earphones
In-Ear Headphones:
Etymotics hf5
Shure SE110
Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2
Pico Projector:
Aiptek PocketCinema V10
GPS:
Garmin Nuvi 785T with lane guidance
Garmin Nuvi 880 with speech recognition
ASSORTED CRAZY STUFF
Flashlights:
Wicked Lasers Torch Flashlight
Duracell Daylite CR123
Toy Robot:
U-Command Wall-E
Cheap Night Vision Goggles:
Jakks Pacific EyeClops
Unmanned Vehicle:
Draganfly X6 UAV
Spy Gadget Book:
Spycraft by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton
Water Guns:
Super Soaker Sneak Attack 4-Way
—With reporting by Erica Ho
