After voting by 25,000 video production professionals Event DV (formerly EMedia Magazine) posted their Reader's Choice Awards for 2005.
Dedicated Video Workstation:
1st place - Avid Media Composer
2nd place - Alienware MJ-12
3rd place - Tantus Rendition
4th place - Canopus EDUS SP
Also Tied for 4th - BOXX 3200

Digital Audio Editing Software
1st place - Sony Pictures Sound Forge
2nd place - Adobe Audition
3rd place - Apple Logic Pro
4th place - DigiDesign ProTools
5th place - SmartSound Sonicfire Pro

DV Camcorders
1st place - Sony HDR-FX1
2nd place - Canon XL2
3rd place - Panasonic AG-DVX100A
4th place - Sony DSR-PD170
5th place - Sony DCR-VX2100

DVD Authoring Tools
1st place - Apple DVD Studio Pro 3
2nd place - Adobe Encore DVD
3rd place - Sony Pictures DVD Archirect
4th place - Ulead DVD Workshop 2
5th place Nero 6 Ultra Edition

Effects/Compositing Software
1st place - Adobe After Effects
2nd place - Apple Motion
3rd place - Bauhaus Mirage FX
4th place - Pinnacle Hollywood FX Pro
5th place Apple Shake

Non-Linear Editing Software
1st place - Apple Final Cut ProHD
2nd place - Adobe Premiere Pro
3rd place - New Tek VT(4)
4th place - Sony Pictures Vegas 5
5th place - Avid Xpress Pro

Writable DVD Media (hotly contested)
1st place - Ridata DVD-R and DVD-RW
2nd place - Verbatim White Inkjet Printable
3rd place - Taiyo Yuden Silver DVD-R
4th place - Maxell DVD-R/RW
5th place - Sony DVD+R/RW
Media ID was not considered and top three were almost tied.

Others included microphones, tripods, etc

John