CR's top electronics products of 2011

Consumer Reports tests thousands of products every year—and quite a lot of those are electronics products. In our brand-new November issue, just in time for the start of holiday shopping, we tell you which products did the best in our Ratings (available to subscribers) in 2011.

Here are just a few of the electronics categories included in our story, "500+ Top Products."

3D TVs: Prices have dropped for TVs with this feature in the last year—and our lab testers have seen significant improvement in 3D performance.

Tablets: They're great for multimedia entertainment, but we are finding that they can be useful as mobile productivity devices too.

Basic and Advanced Cameras: From superlight subcompact point-and-shoots to superzooms to feature-rich SLRs, we've tested cameras for every kind of photographer out there.

Smart Phones: Models with large, responsive displays, super-fast 4G network access, and front-facing cameras that facilitate video chatting dominate our Ratings this year.

—Carol Mangis