Gadgetory

if your family is a lot of tech fanatics shopping for the holidays can get expensive very quickly fortunately cnet is here to help i'm donna bell and this top 5 i'll be cutting down some of our favorite tech gifts under fifty dollars pulled from the cnet holiday gift guide and arranged really in no particular order cuz they're all great gift ideas starting off at number five a new Wi-Fi router around $35 the tiny yet mighty d-link dir-655 end your home Wi-Fi woes it supports up to 80 22 levin n you can remotely manage the whole thing using a smartphone app and it may not be the sexiest gift in the world but if it means one less reset of your old dusty router they'll be grateful at number four headphones i can't stress this one enough whether it's for a little extra base or a little extra style twenty to fifty dollars can go a long way when it comes to headphones and over the ears set like the panasonic rph TX seven gets you a little bit of both for thirty dollars more for the same amount there's the understated motion myth row headphones are also a subtle encouragement for your loved ones to stop blasting those ipad games over the built-in speaker that said for those who appreciate a little extra noise there's number 3 bluetooth speakers now the speaker dock is dead if it a lot of people are still mystified about how to get big sound from their smartphone or tablet fortunately there are some great affordable portable bluetooth speakers out there such as the philip sound shooter and the cambridge soundworks boots the names may be silly but a bluetooth speaker makes a great gift another wireless wonder comes in at number two the chromecast Google's $35 hdmi dongle lets you wirelessly beam your digital media over to your TV it's a great gift especially for android fans who already like tinkering with the latest Google stuff it's also one of the least expensive options out there to get your older TV a little bit smarter that said for an extra fifteen dollars why not go all out at number one the roku LT this guy's been around since 2011 but a steady pace of software updates have kept it very current $49 this is the appletv killer that started it all and it's still a critical weapon for any aspiring cord cutters comes with nearly endless amount of apps and contents and channels but you can also just skip all that and hit the netflix button right on the remote and be done with it so there you go five tech gifts for under fifty dollars for more great ideas check out our full holiday gift guide at cnet as well as videos for the top five gifts under a hundred dollars and the best of the best the editors picks from our top five product categories including phones laptops tablets TVs all the good stuff until next time I'm Donald Bell have a happy holiday