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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by Linda calm what's going on guys a märklin sanger from TechnoBuffalo and today we'll be giving you guys a bunch of last minute gift ideas for friends loved ones and even yourself christmas is just a few days away so we hope this little video could help you out now before we begin we're gonna have a few different categories to choose from we're going to talk about streaming sticks headphones battery packs wearables cameras subscription services and phone cases most of these gifts are fairly affordable and will make great last minute stocking stuffers so let's start off with streaming stick store a bunch of notable ones on the market right now including the google chromecast Roku streaming stick and fire TV stick these streaming sticks are the easiest quickest ways to get into the world of content streaming and require very little setup if any each stick has its own perks if your begin to Amazon and you have prime membership and with the fire TV stick you'll get access to Amazon's awesome instant video service but if you're more into Google's library of content and won a mirror stuff from your computer screen or smartphone to your TV the chromecast is the way to go if you want a powerhouse streaming stick with access to more than 1000 channels then the roku stick is an awesome choice all three are priced between thirty to fifty dollars and you can't go wrong with either one moving on to headphones now I'm not an audiophile whatsoever but we can recommend some great headphones that we enjoy using there's a jaybird jf three monster DNA's the Bose QuietComfort 25s and the JVC HAF x 1 x now these headphones vary in prices and also vary in sound quality if you're on a budget you can't go wrong with the JVC HAF x 1 x there are only thirty dollars in the sound quality and bill quality is amazing now if you don't want to deal with tangled wires and want something wireless that jaybird jf three is an awesome choice it features the Bluetooth connection for music and calls it provides about five to six hours of battery life depending on how you use it and sound quality is solid for sixty dollars now if you're not so much on the budget take a look at the monster DNA on your headphones for a hundred fifty dollars you're not only getting some really stylish headphones but you get to choose from a variety of bright colors Ron uses them on a daily basis and he absolutely loves them they're both comfortable and the sound is incredible offering good base with good highs and mids as well now if you want something that will sit comfortably for hours I mean plane rides the bose qc25 s are the way to go they're a bit pricey at three hundred dollars but you have an awesome rechargeable battery that it lasts for days again depending on how you use them and they also come with noise cancellation which is incredible I'm still using the older QC 15 s from Bose and I love them they're not overly big where they look silly using them in public but the sound and comfortability you get from them is top-notch battery packs are getting more and more popular these days and it's because their smartphones don't last as long as we need them to luckily there are some really affordable options out there anchor offers a bunch of options that vary in different battery sizes and prices and we think the anchor efore which only costs thirty dollars in the e6 which costs sixty dollars are the best bang for the buck from anchor it'll be able to charge your device for days and that's really awesome to have it's only as big as the note 4 or 6 plus maybe just a tiny bit longer but the e4 offers a 13,000 milliamp battery while the e6 offers a bigger twenty thousand eight hundred million battery now if you don't mind spending that extra thirty dollars to get a bigger battery then go for the e6 bill quality may not be the best feature its glossy plastic but if you want something higher quality yet one a good amount of juice the mophie power station XL which comes with a twelve thousand million battery is going for a hundred thirty dollars if battery life means more to you than bill quality then you've already made up your mind 2014 was a year wearables really made an impact on the market and there are a bunch of there you can choose from from fitness gadgets to smart watches and if you're into tracking your activity the jawbone up24 is an awesome device that will count your steps track your sleep and also act as a reminder or alarm if you've been sitting down for too long it's a great device if you want to improve your health and be more active and it's only going for a hundred twenty dollars you can download the up 24 epes and see how many steps you've taken or how many hours of sleep you got last night and so forth but if you don't care about all of that and want more of a timepiece and something that will feed you notifications we recommend a pebble and or any of the Android wear devices if you're using iOS the only SmartWatch that's available right now that'll feed you notifications and such is pebble there are a few different colors and options to choose from there's the pebble steel and a regular pebble and the price difference is about a hundred dollars so it just depends on your preference in style and budget you'll be able to view notifications see who's calling control your music and in both this year's model and last year's model will last about a week without charging now Android wear on the other hand only works for Android devices running Android 4.3 or higher and you'll be able to receive notifications just like the pebble though integration with android devices is tighter and more powerful using place or apps and Google now you have a color display on any Android wear device compared to the e ink on a pebble though battery life isn't as good as the pebble while the price difference is also pretty big the regular pebble starts at just a hundred dollars while the cheapest Android wear device starts at one hundred ninety nine dollars for the Samsung here at live however the Moto 360 starts at 249 while the pebble steel starts at one hundred ninety nine dollars which is just fifty dollars cheaper it just depends if you want a watch that you can control with your voice or one that has a battery that our last for a few days moving on to camera there are a lot of awesome pointed shoes out there on the market but i finded the gopro hero the latest one that retails for 129 dollars is an awesome buy for those who are looking to get a starter camera and a go pro series you'll be able to shoot 1080p at 30 frames per second and 720p at 60 frames for a second it's also waterproof up to 131 feet so you don't have to worry about breaking your camera underwater and GoPros are usually used for video and not photo but you'll still be able to take 5 megapixel shots with the GoPro which isn't too bad and you'll get an ultra wide field of view compared to other cameras in its price range now for photos i think the sony rx100 mark 2 or mark through you are great choices both cameras will be able to provide you with DSLR like quality videos and photos and will sport medium the telephoto lenses with great optics from Zeiss the rx100 mark 2 or mark 3 will retail for about six hundred fifty dollars to eight hundred dollars respectively and if that's out of your price range check out the samsung nx300 if you choose an aps-c crop sensor an interchangeable lens system Wi-Fi and a touch screen display the nx300 as of now is only going for four hundred dollars within 18 to 50 50 is lens and it's probably one of the best portable DSLR cameras you can get right now let's stop the video for just a quick second and thank our friends over at lynda.com lynda.com offers thousands of engaging easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts to help you learn software creative and business skills membership starts in just 25 dollars per month and provides unlimited 24-7 access learn at your own pace from tutorials and web design programming audio and video and many more try lynda.com free for 7 days by visiting lynda.com / TechnoBuffalo and again that's el y and the a.com slash TechnoBuffalo now if you still can't think of anything to buy think about checking out a subscription for services like Spotify and Netflix Hulu or Amazon Prime these four we believe are the ones that are worth it I personally use spotify premium in amazon prime and they've been great for me i listen to a lot of music especially if i'm driving or when I'm editing and I use amazon prime so i can give two days shipping for free for an item that's eligible for prime shipping you also have amazon instant video and music which don't really use all that often but the options are there if you want netflix and hulu are awesome services as well and if you're more into watching movies rather than the latest TV shows go with netflix but if you're more into watching TV shows and want to see the latest episodes right away go at hulu spotify is going for around ten dollars a month for a premium service and netflix and hulu are going for eight dollars a month amazon prime on the other hand is going for a hundred dollars per year last but not least let's not forget about the cases of course not everyone's going to be using an iphone or a note for or a nexus 6 but companies like spigen provides a variety of cases for a variety of devices not just the ones I mentioned now these cases in screen protectors range from fifteen dollars to sixty dollars and you can also check out case-mate they offer a bunch of iphone cases and some other Android devices and so does incipio that relatively well made cases and offer some of the best protection on the market now cases typically aren't very expensive so price shouldn't be much of an issue especially if you're on a budget now of course anything that I talked about in this video will be linked at TechnoBuffalo calm so make sure to check that out we also have some recommendations for tablets smartphones so don't forget to check those out as well you can check out the link down below if you procrastinated and need to make some last-minute purchase there are a lot of great products to choose from if you have any last minute recommendations for us didn't just leave them in a comment section down below and that's it for this video guys and as always I'm marking the sanger from TechnoBuffalo I'll see you guys in the next one thank you guys so much for watching this video and if you guys would like to see more tech related videos make sure to hit that subscribe button down below and we're also on twitch so make sure to check us out at twitch TV / technobuffalo