CNET has bestowed its annual Best of CES Awards for the top products debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show. The winner of best in show went to Philips’ Eco TV, a flat-panel LCD display that conserves energy by adjusting the brightness in response to program content. A benefit of the HDTV, which also won CNET’s TV category, is that dimming the display for, say, a night scene not only saves energy but provides deeper blacks.

Other winners of CNET’s Best of CES Awards are:

Car tech and GPS: Azentek’s in-dash PCs, which offer traditional Windows functions along with GPS, stereo and cell-phone integration.  

Cell phones: Motorola’s Rokr E8, which seamlessly integrates music playback and has a nifty “morphing” touch-pad interface. It also won the People’s Voice Award, based on votes from CNET readers.

Computers: Lenovo’s IdeaPad and IdeaCentre laptops, which are entertainment-oriented and feature nice design touches, such as a “frameless” screen and textured finish.

Digital photography: Sony’s Alpha DSLR-A100, a 10-megapixel dSLR for $700.

Emerging technologies: Bug Labs’ Bug Base and Bug Modules, a wildly configurable geek toy that allows users to create all kinds of gadgets with open-source software.

Gaming: Nyko’s wireless Nunchuk contoller for the Nintendo Wii, which gets rid of the bothersome cord that typically connects the secondary controller to the main Wiimote. 

Home audio: Logitech’s Squeezebox Duet, a $400 network digital audio streamer that allows users to better manage their digital music collection.

Home video: EchoStar’s TR-50, a high-def DVR that allows people to record HD programs that they receive via over-the-air antennas. (I could actually use this, but CNET gives no price.)

Portable audio and video: iRiver’s W7, an MP3 player that offers GPS capabilities through an optional car mount.

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