The 100 Best IT Products of 2006 – Part 9

Let’s continue our journey of the top 100 best products of 2006. (Data Source: PC World)

# 20 Yamaha RX-V4600

This 7.1 channel digital home theatre receiver is the first receiver to deliver high-definition radio – which definitely sounds better than the regular old AM and FM signals. It costs US$1,899.95 (NZ$2,867).

# 19 RedOctane’s Guitar Hero

Like SingStar, this PlayStation 2 game can help you realize your dream of being a pop star. Sells for $149.95 and it is available in New Zealand.

# 18 Sonos ZonePlayer 80

The ZonePlayer offers you the opportunity to play your favourite digital music, all over your house, on all your favourite audio equipment – your home theatre receiver, stereo system, powered speakers and more. It costs US$349 (NZ$527). Too costly? Consider the Logitech Wireless Music System for PC, which does the similar job but costs much less.

# 17 Google

What can one say about Google…it remains the most-used and best-loved search engine on the internet.

# 16 nVidia GeForce 7600 GT

How can we forget this high performance but low priced graphic card from nVidia? Click the link for more information and pricing of a Gigabyte GeForce 7600 GT video card.

# 15 Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600

This is one of the best media centre desktop replacement notebook PC. It has a 17” TrueBrite display, premium sound, Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz processor, Windows XP Media Centre Edition, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 graphics card with 256MB video memory. Costing US$2,399.99 (NZ$3,621) - check out www.mytoshiba.co.nz for all other Toshiba notebooks.

# 14 Toshiba HD-A1

Another Toshiba!! This is the first high-definition optical disc player on the market. Want to say good-bye to your current DVD player? You need to spend US$499.99 (NZ$755).

# 13 Engadget.com

It’s a gadget blog.

# 12 Mozilla Firefox 1.5

This free web browser was the best product of 2005 and continues to offer a better set of features and stronger security than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

# 11 Adobe Photoshop Elements 4

This is the most elegant and powerful image-editing application for entry-level users. Click the link for more information and pricing. Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 is coming soon.