Anchor>> Alright, you are buried back there!
You look like "ET" in middle of all the stuffed animals in the movie!
Katie>> I know! And I've been telling all the crew that this is
nothing compared to my apartment right now! It's like
"Best Buy Central"! You can't walk anywhere!
I'm just testing all these technologies
Anchor>. Let's start with laptops. For example my co-anchor Norma
I think wants you get one for her parents but of course you want to give them a good
gift, but you don't wanna break the bank either. Any good suggestions?
Katie>> Yeah and typically in the laptop range we look at thousands of
dollars for a new laptop.
Well this is kinda awesome. This is from HP this is a Chromebook and... $299...
I mean you cannot beat that in terms of value What you see here: 14-inch diagonal
display and nine hours of battery life
only 4.1 pounds and as an "RIT Nerd" I gotta tell you Intel graphics behind-the-scenes
gotta love that!
also a webcam on board and free 100 gigs of Googledrive drive cloud storage so
for $299 it is an amazing value.
Anchor>> RIT nerds unite! Katie>> I realize you you gave me an
opportunity for a "shoutout" and
I thought... I don't know what I was thinking. Yes I'd like to shout out RIT SportsZone
specifically. That is not only my alma mater but where I got my start
in television so shot out to them over there!
Anchor>> Maybe you want to get them all stocking stuffers? I don't know maybe you can't afford a laptop for all of them but
a stocking stuffer... what are some good ideas?
Katie>> I love these. These are practical and portable from
Energizer and I know this is super nerdy but you've got to cut me some slack here
This is using new light fusion technology
portable folding LED lantern but also pop-up LED lantern
3 in 1 flashlight. I gotta tell you I took this camping I used this around Halloween it's
great all year round. You can control the brightness, 100 hours a runtime,
works off of AA batteries and starts at $19.99. Can't beat that.
Anchor>> This says David Johnson all over it. My dad. He'd love it.
Home security I don't necessarily think of that as like a holiday gift but, hey, security
is a nice gift to say to your loved one "hey... I wanna keep you safe"
You have some ideas too. Katie>> Yeah and smarthomes in general, I
think we're hearing that buzzword a lot these days. I've tested everything from smart
fridges too smart forks.
This is a little bit more of a practical option. This is a Drop Cam.
A lot oft people always ask me how in the world can Iactually monitor my home
when I'm away on vacation?
Or, if I have a babysitter over for the night, how do I pop in and check that feed?
This little guy is an easy to set up wifi camera
It allows you to check in 24/7 you can actually set up a monitoring schedule and
share that link with friends and family
and you can actually talk to the camera anywhere bonus
Bonus: text & email notifications when there's any sound or motion going on.
So you can't beat this when it comes to the Smart Home. Drop Cam starting at $149
Anchor>> Drop Cam we've been doing a lot of stories lately about home security and how
they've really paid off in terms of solving crimes and Drop Cam... I like the
text feature that's cool!
Of course thinking about games because everyone likes to have fun
what's cool on the the game front?
Katie>> Of course XBox 1 and the PS4 launching this
holiday season. We're all as
gamers very excited. No matter what your gaming console choice: whether it's the Wii
XBox PlayStation or 3DS...
Parents love Skylanders. If you are a parent, you know that word
Skylanders Swap force is actually a Toys R Us Hot holiday Toy List.
What's cool is 250 now buildable combos you can actually
mix and match the top and bottom on the characters and create all-new characters.
Of course, if you're a parent you know what Portal Power is - I don't need to explain that
to you.
Skylanders Swap Force - awesome game for the holidays.
And of course music lovers - I have to switch to this baby because I'm excited
about this bluetooth speaker.
Every holiday season I try to find new Bluetooth speakers... never seen anything
like this! This is the JBL Pulse.
It kinda has a full-on LED light show with it.
10 hours of battery life. You can change the affects the colors right from the
speaker itself.
And of course Wireless so it makes for an awesome gift that you can take all
around the home or apartment.
And last but not least, JBL too... we know a name in sound quality.
This is JBL - these are DJ style over-ear headphones. They have dual rotating
ear cups and great sound quality portable and only $99.95.
You know nowadays you can spend $300 or
$400 bucks on a great pair headphones These are only $100 bucks and
really good quality. Anchor>>That speaker is that like
a big Jambox product is? Kinda in the same family?
Katie>> Exactly, yeah $199.95 so a really good
big sound quality and yeah, comparable to the Jambox in terms of
really filling that room with sound. But I've never seen anything like this when
it comes to an LED light show. Jambox doesn't have that.
Anchor>> But it does say "Big Jambox" when you turn it on. Which is a lot of fun
Katie>> That is a true statement. Yes.
Anchor>> Alright! Cool stuff! We appreciate your time. It's always fun to have
an RIT alum joining us with such good stuff. We appreciate it hope we will see you soon.
Katie>> I'd love that! Thank you.