Gadgetory

dads are notoriously hard to shop for but I Z bottom basically live in a time museum in the back of his closet along with the slippers in the monogram bathrobe he never wears this year surprised the guy was something different gadgets I'm Donald Bell and this top 5 i'm counting down some of the top gift picks for dads selected by cnet's team of experts starting off in number 5 get him a new car it's wishful thinking I know but since we review a lot of cars here at cnet I figured we'd throw one in this year the cure to dad's midlife crisis is a 2014 chevy corvette stingray fifty two thousand dollars get some a smoking car with a lot of tech to fiddle with now unless you won the lottery you're probably not getting him this but I had to mention it just for his sake with something a little more practical try number for a new phone if the old guys still walking around as antique blackberry on his hip show them what real phones are like these days samsung galaxy s5 for the maximum bells and whistles HTC One m8 for style or galaxy note 3 if he has an inferiority complex or reads books and large print coming in at number three a tablet you're tired of him taking your tablet into the bathroom get him his own tablet the ipad air is gonna have the most show off power whether he uses it or not if he's more of an android guy go with the nexus 10 if he's 90 give him a slab of granite and chisel seriously he'll probably get a kick out of that and number two upgrade his home theater tech he's more of a couch potato you can go with a roku 3 or a roku stick if he fancies himself more of a music snob you could try the sonos play one AKA that some of those people can actually afford two hundred dollars and it comes fully compatible with your dad's weird taste in music finally a slam-dunk pick for the number one gift for dad bigger TV if he's a stickler for picture quality go with the Samsung pmf 8500 series the last of the great plasmas or for extra big screen bang for your buck try the sharp le 650 you series both aren't an investment but as you already know once dad falls asleep on the couch you can change the channel and pretend it's yours so there you go five solid tech gifts for dad that will leave the old guy feeling appreciated for more ideas including the best games for dad computers cameras and more head over to Dad's cnet com Donald Bell thanks for watching