New Delhi : Digit, India’s most read technology magazine and rated among the top 10 English monthly magazines in India, has announced winners of the coveted Zero1 Awards 2010 in their December Collector’s Edition that released on December 01, 2010.

Since its inception in 2001, Digit’s Zero 1 Awards have recognised the best products cutting across various products categories based on rigorous lab tests conducted throughout the year across its exclusive Test Centres based out of Mumbai and Delhi. Hundreds of tech products that are launched throughout the year vie for the top spot.

This year, with the product count exceeding 200 across 20 categories, Digit has published these results in a unique pocket book called the 2010 A-List Pocket Book. Each category also has a Best Buy Award that recognises only the products with the best price point across categories.

The products that won the coveted awards are as follows:

HDTVs

Sony 40NX500 (Zero1 Award), Moserbaer MBIK32HD (Best Buy)

DVD/Blu-Ray Players

Philips BDP7500 (Zero1 Award), Philips BDP 3000 (Best Buy)

HD Media Players

Xtreamer Pro (Zero1 Award), Compro Video Mate NMC 950 (Best Buy)

Laptops

ASUS NX90Jq (Zero1 Award), Acer Aspire 4820T (Best Buy)

Netbooks

ASUS Lamborghini VX6 (Zero1 Award), MSI Wind U130 (Best Buy)

Cellphones

HTC Desire and Nokia N8 (Zero1 Award), Fly MV 135 (Best Buy, up to Rs. 6,000), HTC Smart (

Best Buy, Rs. 6,001 to Rs. 16,000), Sony Ericsson Aino (Best Buy (Rs. 16,001 and above)

DSLRs

Nikon D3s (Zero1 Award), Canon EOS 550D (Best Buy)

Digital Cameras

Samsung ST5500 (Zero1 Award), FujiFilm Finepix AV100 (Best Buy)

Speakers

Logitech Z-5500 (Zero1 Award), JBL Creature III (Best Buy, 2.0/2.1 speakers), Zebronics ZEB-SW7000R (Best Buy, 4.1/5.1 speakers)

Earphones

Creative Aurvana InEar2 (Zero1 Award), Philips SHQ1000 (Best Buy)

PMPs

Apple iPod Touch 4G (Zero1 Award), Creative Zen X-Fi Style (Best Buy)

Processors

Intel Core i7 980X (Zero1 Award), AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (Best Buy)

Motherboards

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Zero 1 Awards, Intel motherboards), ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (Zero1 Awards, AMD motherboards)

Graphics Cards

ASUS ARES (Zero1 Award), Big GeForce 9500GT (Best Buy, up to Rs. 6,000), Zotac GeForce GTS250 (Best Buy, between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 10,000), Galaxy GTX 460 GC Version 768MB/MO (Best Buy, between Rs. 10,001 to Rs. 18,000), NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 (Best Buy, Rs. 18,000 and above)

Internal Storage

Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 (Zero1 Award), Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (Best Buy, Internal HDD), Kingston SSD Now 64 GB V+ Series (Best Buy, SSD); WD Scorpio Black 500 GB (Best Buy, Laptop HDD)

LCD Monitors

Samsung SyncMaster P2370MS (Zero1 Award), BenQ G920WL (Best Buy, under 21-inch), BenQ G2220HD (Best Buy, above 21-inch)

WiFi Routers

SMC SMCWBR14S-N4 (Zero1 Award), SMC SMCWBR14S-N4 (Best Buy, under Rs. 5,000), Netgear WNR3500 (Best Buy, above Rs. 5,000)

External Storage

Buffalo Drive Station (Zero1 Award), A-DATA Nobility 320 GB (Best Buy, Portable), Seagate FreeAgent Desk ST310005FDA2E1-RK (Best Buy, Desktop)

Mice

Razer Imperator (Zero1 Award), Logitech MX518 (Best Buy)

Printers

Epson Office TX600FW (Zero1 Award), Canon PIXMA iP 3680 (Best Buy, Inkjet Printer), Ricoh SP 4100NL (Best Buy, Colour Laser Printer), HP Photosmart C4788 (Best Buy, Inkjet Colour MFD), Canon imageCLASS MF 4680 (Best Buy, Monochrome LASER MFD)

The awards are keenly awaited by both manufacturers and customers as it is the only ‘test based’ awards in Indian tech industry.