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every year here at CNET we compile a giant list of holiday tech gifts for every personality in every budget but we wouldn't be telling the whole story if we didn't also point out a few tech gifts you should absolutely avoid I'm Donnell Bell and in today's top five I'll be counting down the worst tech gifts of 2013 starting things off at number five a DVD player for the non techie it's understandable why it would be perplexed that the nerd in your life owns a hundred DVDs and yet no DVD player the truth is they own actually at least two DVD players that they never use one in their laptop and one of their game console either way that DVD collection is really just for show what they haven't already ripped they can probably stream or download a dozen different ways maybe you need a DVD player but believe me they don't go blu-ray if you have to at number four the Nintendo Wii U we waited a long time for this dud Nintendo has already slashed the price down to three hundred dollars and I'm willing to bet it'll be on fire sale by the time the holidays roll around but trust me there are only two game consoles anyone wants this year and the Wii U isn't one of them sorry guys coming in at number three fitness trackers this is a controversial one because I'm sure our buying guide includes at least a few of these from the fuel band to the Fitbit there are tons of great new ways to measure and motivate your body my point is you should buy them only for yourself you send a message when you buy one of these for someone else and it can easily sound like hey tubs how about you take a minute to walk off that eggnog even if they ask for one they're not thinking of the guilt they're gonna feel when they hide that thing in the sock drawer after a few months just avoid that whole situation number two should also be avoided the Chromebook pixel I don't care how much you love Google 13 hundred dollars for a glorified web browser makes no sense seriously what were they thinking you can get a MacBook Air for less than this and what's worse the handful of people who really did pay for these presuming they actually exist had to just watch Samsung and HP released Chrome books for around 250 dollars the good news is I don't think anyone's buying those either and now my pick for the number one worst holiday tech gift blackberry anything blackberry the Z 30 the q5 the q10 they're all attached to a company that is collapsing and being sold for parts maybe buy them a blackberry t-shirt if they're feeling sentimental but buying blackberry hardware at this point isn't really a gift it's like a small corporate bailout alright hopefully I've steered some of you in the right direction when it comes to holiday tech shopping or at least pointed out the roadkill more top fives like this including the best phones the best TVs and the best tablets head over to top-5 cnet.com Donald Bell thanks for watching