Editors' Choice winners 2009
The best bits of kit our Editors have reviewed receive a coveted CNET UK Editors' Choice award, and here we've collected together all the winners. It's a best of the best listing!
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CNET UK Editors' Choice winners December 2009
December is always a lean period for new tech, but we were lucky enough to test a beastly gaming laptop and a smart new Android phone this month
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners November 2009
Another bumper month for superb tech, November surpassed our expectations even at this busy time of year. Here are the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards winners for this month
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners October 2009
Join us, friends, for another edition of CNET UK's monthly awards show -- and October saw a particularly juicy crop of tech treats
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners September 2009
September's winners are hard-working, top-quality pieces of kit, fully deserving of one of the most sought-after accolades in the industry. See what we picked
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners August 2009
August's Editors' Choice awards are rather late, we admit. We can only apologise profusely and hope the outstanding quality of this month's winners will placate you
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners July 2009
Welcome, one and all, to the neverending roadshow of electrical excellence that is the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards! Here's our picks from July
CNET UK Editors' Choice winners June 2009
Here's the best products we reviewed in June, earning our monthly awards. Kit from Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Acer feature, along with a certain Apple product. Can you guess which?
Editors' Choice May 2009 winners
CNET UK Editors' Choice awards are given to the very best gadgets we test each month, and manufacturers would sell their first-born to get one. Here's the pick of May's charming bunch
Editors' Choice April 2009 winners
There's just one winner of our Editors' Choice award this month, and it's Korean giant Samsung that takes the prize. Find out which product won the prestigious award
Editors' Choice March 2009 winners
Spring must be in the air -- March was an absolutely cracking month in reviews on CNET UK, with some of the best products we've ever seen
Editors' Choice February 2009 winners
Welcome along to our monthly get-together of the tech industry's high fliers, the great and the good, the best of the best
Editors' Choice January 2009 winners
It's back! Our pick of the creme de la creme, the top bananas, the uber-gadgets that stood head and shoulders above the rest of the dross we reviewed in December and January
Editors' Choice November 2008 winners
Only four products are deemed good enough to deserve a coveted CNET UK Editors' Choice award from November 2008. Read on to see which four they are
Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008
Find out what kit we think is the best from the past 12 months in the first of our monthly Editors' Choice awards
Reviews
Samsung BD-P3600
The fantastic BD-P3600 is the fastest-loading Blu-ray player we've seen so far. It's also easy on the eye, with a sleek, curved design and excellent image quality. Its media-playback capability is a slight letdown, but the BD-P3600 would be a worthwhile addition to your home cinema
Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR
The FinePix F200EXR is a great camera, but it's Fujifilm's new EXR sensor that's the star of the show, capturing a level of detail that can't be matched by rivals. The controls can be confusing and you might notice some barrel distortion, but overall, the F200EXR sets new standards for compact-camera performance
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ6
The 10.1-megapixel Lumix DMC-TZ6, with a super-wideangle 12x zoom, is a really rather special compact camera. Other cameras may be smaller, cheaper or offer more manual control, but excellent picture quality, a superb build and finish, and fantastic versatility mean the TZ6 is difficult to beat
Samsung UE40B7000WW
The 40-inch, 1080p UE40B7000WW with LED edge lights is a truly magnificent TV. Not only does it boast a remarkably thin design and wonderful picture quality but it's got good online functionality and impressive built-in speakers. We were also delighted to see it can play MKV files -- a real boon
HDX 1000
The HDX 1000 is a brilliant media streamer that's capable of playing 1080p video and offers support for virtually every video format under the sun. It also offers fantastic picture quality and punchy sound. If you can manage to get hold of one, we doubt you'll be disappointed
Alienware M17
With the 17-inch M17 gaming laptop, Alienware has created a gigantic, polygon-munching monster. Offering some of the best performance we've ever seen, it's insanely fast, has a multitude of high-end customisation options and is attractive to boot. Few rivals can really match it
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
The 21-megapixel EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR will prove a must-have, zippier upgrade for many users of the original 5D. Delivering the fluid shooting experience and high-quality photos you'd expect from a professional camera, the Mark II also offers excellent video-capture capabilities
Humax Foxsat-HDR
The brilliant Foxsat-HDR is certainly the best freesat personal video recorder on the market at the moment. It's as well designed as it is easy to use, sounds great and has an excellent picture quality that we can't really fault, although the built-in storage could have been bigger
Klipsch Image X5 earphones
Superbly compact, extremely comfortable and delivering excellent all-round audio quality, we prefer the sound-isolating X5s to their more costly X10 predecessors. Although rivals can offer even deeper bass, these are some of Klipsch's best earphones to date
Sony BDP-S350
Fairly priced and feature-packed, the Sony BDP-S350 has overtaken the PlayStation 3 as the cheapest and most competent Blu-ray player on the market. Besides the fact that Sony took so long to get it on the market, we don't really have any complaints about this player at all
Asus G71V
The Asus G71V is designed to be the ultimate desktop-replacement laptop. It uses the first quad-core processor designed for portable machines, has a whopping 1TB of disk space, a Blu-ray combo drive and a high-end graphics card. It's unnecessarily ugly, but brutally quick
Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A
In spite of the embarrassing acronym, the Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A is a very high-end TV, aimed squarely at the home-cinema enthusiast. With all its inputs and media gubbins in a separate box, it's incredibly thin for such a large panel -- and its picture is magnificent, as you'd expect for such a high price
Asus N10
We're quite smitten with the Asus N10. This ultraportable features an Nvidia GeForce 9300M graphics card and a healthy 2GB of RAM, as well as ample storage capacity. Yet the N10's size and price seem to indicate that it is in fact a netbook. Can this be? Read our review to see how the Asus N10 makes fusion magic
Canon HG21
Our main issue with the HG21, Canon's high-class, high-definition camcorder, is that it may be too good for its own good. Now that should tell you something. The HG21 comes with a whopping 120GB hard drive, a vast array of high-end features and produces video that is absolutely breathtaking. If you think you can make use of it all, this one's a winner
Sennheiser IE 8 sound-isolating earphones
We loved the way the Sennheiser IE 8 sound-isolating earphones added warmth and depth to our broad music collection. With the added bonus of being able to manually adjust the bass, these earphones are more than worthy competitors to the Shure SE530s. Be prepared to have your music rocked
Sony Vaio TT
Sony's T series has always represented the ultimate in ultraportable computing and its latest incarnation, the TT epitomises everything the series stands for: it's attractive, has great connectivity and is highly portable. Netbooks offer similar functionality for a fraction of the price, but the Sony Vaio TT is the best money can buy
Sony Ericsson C905
Sony Ericsson has always produced good camera phones but the C905 outdoes them all. The high-resolution camera with xenon flash produces sharp shots even in low light and we were impressed by all the extras, such as GPS and Wi-Fi. If you're looking for a serious camera phone that could replace your camera, this is it
Panasonic DMP-BD35
Quite simply, this is one of the most sensibly priced and best-performing Blu-ray players on the market. With the BD35, Panasonic is proving that stand-alone players can offer decent performance and other advantages such as lower power consumption, nearly silent operation and a much more sensible form factor
Asus Eee PC S101
This 10-inch netbook is the best-looking thing we've ever seen, with its luxuriously glossy brown lid. The current Windows XP version will ship with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 1GB of DDR2 667MHz RAM -- the staple underpinnings of most netbooks. At £449, it's not cheap, but then again it doesn't look it, either
Apple MacBook (aluminium 2008 edition)
There's a new breed of MacBook in town, and it's more attractive, more powerful and more expensive than ever before. The new design has much in common with the aluminium-swathed MacBook Pro, but sports a smaller 13.3-inch screen and less graphical power
Samsung PS50A756
Samsung has improved its plasma TV range this year -- a real achievement considering how good the previous range was. And this PS50A756 is a truly fantastic TV, with bright, beautiful colours, sharp detail and good sound quality. Then there are the infinite features, which put this TV at the top of its class
Nikon D90
The Nikon D90 is the first digital SLR camera with video recording, which is great, especially since it's shot in 1,280x720-pixel motion JPEG at 24fps, giving it a cinematic, high-definition look. You can also shoot video with any lens, which yields interesting effects
Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX5090
If you have the money to burn, this TV is as good as it gets for home entertainment -- unless you want to go the projection route. Its blacks are unparalleled, especially in HD, and Blu-ray looks just as fantastic on the 1080p screen. Watch out for Pioneer's unusual approach to inputs, though
Apple iPod touch (2nd gen)
Apple has given its second-generation iPod touch everything it's got. It's hard to imagine, but the design is even better and its features are responsive as ever -- all this despite a price cut. It's got podcast support, video playback, a Web browser, photo viewer and an email reader, to name a few
Samsung i8510
With a solid design and more features than you can shake a moose at, the i8510 genuinely took us by surprise. We knew that the Samsung mobile team had it in them to make something great, but this is definitely the company's best phone yet
Popcorn Hour A-110
We loved the Popcorn Hour A-100, because for around £150 you got a media streamer that can play virtually every video format under the Sun and has enormous flexibility. Now the company has tweaked the hardware and added some new features, including HDMI 1.3 and SATA support
Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ81 (freesat)
The Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ81 is the first TV to include a built-in freesat receiver. With Freeview and analogue tuners on board, this tri-tuner plasma is genuinely a landmark product. You'll find this well-specced screen also boasts the excellent picture quality you'd expect from a Panasonic
Apple iPhone 3G
Almost one year after the original Apple iPhone went on sale, the company has launched a 3G version of the device. The Apple iPhone 3G includes GPS and support for third-party applications and Microsoft Exchange Server. Is it now time to get off the fence and buy one?
Nokia E71
The Nokia E series continues its transformation from dreary email caterpillar into ultra-chic business-plus butterfly. If you're not bothered about your phone having a top-notch camera, the E71 does everything else brilliantly, from easy-to-use email and a fantastic Qwerty keyboard to sat-nav and YouTube
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500
You can't go wrong with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500. This excellent compact features a 25mm wide-angle lens and a 5x optical zoom. Plus, it has myriad features, including the proven Mega OIS system, and you can tweak most of them, making this an excellent shooter
Logitech Squeezebox Duet
If you can work an iPod, you can work the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. This multi-room audio streamer is easy to use and attractive, too. It supports a plethora of codecs and could be the best, most enjoyable way of setting your PC's music collection free
Sony Walkman NWZ-A828
Sony's players never fail to win style points, and we're definitely impressed by the classy look of the new Walkman NWZ-A828 music and video player. It blows us away with its stellar audio performance and vivid, bright screen quality, making it one of our favourites
Casio Exilim EX-F1
If you've ever missed a great photo waiting for automatic focus or a flash, you'll know the importance of high-speed shooting. Casio's Exilim EX-F1 takes it to the extreme, capable of capturing up to 60 full-resolution snaps -- or a mind-boggling 1,200 low-res pics -- in a single second
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