Engadget HD's top posts, 2008

Well, the year has come and gone, and with it, our 365 — or in this case, 366 — days of posting. We've seen some pretty amazing stuff, gotten to play with a stack of awesome gear, and watched the site grow by leaps and bounds. We thought we'd cap the year off with a look back at the posts that got the most heat. Check out the top 20 of the year below, and be sure to truck over to Engadget and Engadget Mobile for their year-end round-ups!

Top 20 most trafficked posts of 2008 (in order)

1. Hands-on with the Vista Media Center TV Pack
2. The Media Center Extender shootout
3. Ask Engadget HD: Does cable, satellite, or fiber provide more HD?
4. Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV!
5. The real reason why Warner went Blu?
6. T-minus one year till the US analog shutoff: are you ready?
7. Poll: So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do?
8. Samsung LN52A650 review
9. Did you apply for your TV converter box coupons yet?
10. Apple's Steve Jobs calls Blu-ray "a bag of hurt"
11. Samsung SC-HMX20C HD camcorder review
12. Zenith's ATSC Digital to Analog Converter Box gets priced
13. Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice
14. No DirecTV HD for Vista Media Center until 2010?
15. DirecTV's PC tuner (HDPC-20) is real!
16. EchoStar's TR-40 DTV converter box not available 'til June / July
17. Forget Black Friday — $175 Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player here now
18. Why the PS3 isn't the best Blu-ray player
19. The full list of coupon-eligible DTV converter boxes
20. Popcorn Hour's Networked Media Tank gets reviewed

Top 20 most trafficked posts during 2008 (in order; non-2008 posts in bold)

1. How to connect your PC to your HDTV
2. Hands-on with the Vista Media Center TV Pack
3. The Media Center Extender shootout
4. 1080p charted: Viewing distance to screen size
5. Ask Engadget HD: Does cable, satellite, or fiber provide more HD?
6. OTA HD demystified
7. HDMI cable scam used to fool in-store customers?
8. Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV!
9. The real reason why Warner went Blu?
10. T-minus one year till the US analog shutoff: are you ready?
11. Poll: So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do?
12. Samsung LN52A650 review
13. Did you apply for your TV converter box coupons yet?
14. Apple's Steve Jobs calls Blu-ray "a bag of hurt"
15. Samsung SC-HMX20C HD camcorder review
16. Zenith's ATSC Digital to Analog Converter Box gets priced
17. Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice
18. No DirecTV HD for Vista Media Center until 2010?
19. DirecTV's PC tuner (HDPC-20) is real!
20. EchoStar's TR-40 DTV converter box not available 'til June / July

A few other interesting numbers for you:

Total posts on Engadget HD in 2008: 5,815
Total number of comments: 106,755 (and counting)
Average comments per post: 18.4