The Best Tech Under $50 - December 2016 #Helpful Post

thanks buddy

yo guys johnathan here welcome back to a

special holiday edition of the best tech

under 50 so whether your need for a

super last minute gift idea or you're

watching this after the holidays and

need some ideas I want to spend those

sweet gift cards on this has you covered

now quick announcement the shirts are

finally here available to pick up huge

shout out to everyone on Twitter who's

rocking them they look amazing if you

haven't checked him out yet I will drop

a link down below so first up is the

philips hue motion sensor and huge shout

out to Philips from not only sponsoring

this gift guide but also a really sweet

giveaway so if we can hit 10000 no 20 no

5000 hundred million likes or they

delete my channel and a Ralphie goes

homeless then we can give some stuff

away or I love you guys and even if we

hit 20 likes I am giving away some stuff

now if you have Phillips you the motion

sensor is pretty much a must-have

because it gives you control of your

lighting through motion no talking no

pressing buttons simply movement what's

awesome with this though is a it's

battery-powered so there's no wires and

B it can also attach magnetically which

allows you to places pretty much

anywhere the ability to adjust it and

place it in the optimal field of view

for motion is a nice touch but what I

love most about this is how responsive

it is with this you're not only able to

simply turn on lights but you can also

trigger entire scenes with motions so in

this case if I want something colorful

when I walk by BAM but more

realistically if it were in the middle

of the night you want something dim

relaxed with no blue tone so it didn't

wake you up you can do that as well

and then conversely you can set it up to

where it will automatically turn off the

lights once you leave the room which is

perfect for those who tend to lead those

on and drive up that electricity bill so

next up is the Amazon echo dot the tiny

baby brother to the Amazon echo and this

is a great option to either extend Alexa

into various rooms in your household or

in this case if you already have a

Bluetooth speaker you can pair it with

that and save some money if you have a

jump on the echo train yet it is kind of

awesome Alexa turn off all the lights

okay LexA turn on the lights downstairs

 

you could also use it to play music

Alexa play some Christmas music

damn evans Alexis stop for love of God

stop thank you broke is it so really not

much more needs to be said it is pretty

awesome whether it's for yourself or

someone else and you've been looking to

get into the smart home game this is a

fairly inexpensive and also really great

way to do so now following that we got a

couple inexpensive headphone options

both of the wired and wireless nature

the first of which are the status BT one

which are a simple clean lightweight

pair of wireless headphones that right

now are only about 40 bucks now these

are on your headphones not over at your

headphones so that combined with the

fact they are lightweight like I talked

about means they're not going to be

cumbersome or feel like they're weighed

down after longer periods of listening

what really stands out to me with these

though is the sound quality they're not

gonna beat out Bose or Sony and at two

three hundred dollar range but they are

definitely gonna give headphones at

least twice the price run for its money

which is really surprising on the flip

side in the wired world the super luxe

HD 668 B's might be my new favorite

headphones under 50 bucks right now

these are around 40 they're not the

flashiest they're not the prettiest they

get a little bit bulky with the cabling

and everything but good god these things

sound really good for the price the

build quality isn't phenomenal but there

is a pretty substantial amount of

padding which makes these really

comfortable for long periods of time now

obviously if you're on Team iPhone 7 or

any other phone without a headphone jack

you're gonna need to download up and

take advantage of these but if you do

have a headphone jack you don't have a

ton of cash to spend these are a

fantastic pick up now next I'm gonna

hand this one off to miss crystal key

hey guys so this is the Prima 2 from ava

tree and it's a tiny little device that

acts as a multi-point Bluetooth

transmitter and probably the biggest

reason why you would want to use this is

TVs audio wirelessly to your Bluetooth

headphones so it's just perfect for

watching movies late at night without

disturbing your sleeping family members

or maybe even prevent them from

disturbing you and the latency on here

is very low to and from what I can see

the audio looks perfectly in sync and

the sound quality is great with it using

an optics high five quality stereo codec

it's very easy to set up - you can slap

it somewhere near your entertainment

system run an aux or RCA cable between

the privat - and your television and

then after that you can easily sync any

pair of bluetooth headphones or earbuds

you already have now you can have the

permit to run on a charge or plug them

into an outlet or USB port on your TV

but the best part with using the perfect

- I think is that you can hook up to

bluetooth devices and have them work

simultaneously so you can watch movies

and shows with a friend still without

any noticeable latency and both 100% in

sync and you can even use this to turn

other devices into wireless audio

transmitters like computers or audio

interfaces and the priva - will only set

you back about $50 which is already much

cheaper than buying just one good pair

of wireless TV headphones next Google

did launch their 4k chromecast earlier

this year but if you don't have a 4k TV

or something to watch 4k content on then

it kind of doesn't make sense and if

that's the case the regular chromecast

is still a great option for the most

part you can pick it up on sale for

around 25 bucks right now if you have an

HDMI equipped TV but can't access things

like YouTube Netflix or Hulu this is

probably the cheapest and easiest way to

do that going down the list next is the

behold acoustic pod and this is a very

simple piece of tech you place your

phone in it and it amplifies things now

by no means is gonna compete or replace

a dedicated Bluetooth speaker but if you

want something simple something you're

never gonna have to charge more

importantly I think it leans to people

who tend to use their phones for a lot

of conference calls this is going to be

a simple and effective way to amplify

your sound now next I know any of you

out there shoot video you take pictures

and with your cameras you're gonna need

media so I wanted to recommend one of my

personal favorite SD cards the Samsung

Pro Plus these are super fast which is

important if you shoot 4k video and more

importantly they're gonna allow you to

transfer the files to your

quickly unless you own a MacBook Pro

then you got to get a dongle that's a

whole different story but either way

this is a super solid SD card following

that we're gonna show a little apple

watch love and when I first saw this I

was like holy crap that is actually a

really smart idea this is an Apple watch

car charger and I've seen portable Apple

watch Chargers before which kind of

really didn't make too much sense but if

you were ever to charge your Apple watch

in a situation that wasn't next to your

bed to me the car is the perfect

scenario what I like about this is a it

works right out of the box you're not

gonna have to install or buy any extra

cables and B there is also a USB port so

you're gonna be able to charge your

phone at the same time build quality is

fantastic it feels really premium so

I've been really happy with this and

whether you been looking for the perfect

Apple watch accessory for yourself or

for someone else I would definitely

recommend picking this    up is the

tp-link smart plug which has quickly

become one of my favorite pieces of tech

so theoretically you could use this to

connect to anything in your house

whether it's the TV speakers or in my

case I have to hook up to the tree I do

of course have control through the app

to turn it off and on but again it also

does work great with Alexa turn the

office tree off

Alexa turn the office tree on the app is

clean it's simple it's easy to navigate

I love the fact you can apply different

icons and different things in your house

and again if you own an echo or echo dot

the integration was seamless aside from

that hopefully you guys enjoyed the

video if you did and you are feeling

like being awesome make sure to go

Austin break that hip Evans on that like

button and as far as that giveaway goes

I am teaming up with crystal key we're

giving away an Apple watch a philips hue

starter kit in amazon echo dot and a

couple of these shirts that i entered

the giveaway all you got to do is make

sure you subscribe to here on TLD and

then also to Crystal's channel she just

released a really awesome tech guide

ourselves to check that it as well it's

linked here and down below this is

Jonathan and I will catch you guys later

damn that I though yeah