These days, good enough tech is no longer a nerd niche but simple necessity. Justifiable take streaming services: not only did they execute Blockbuster in one floor swoop, the likes of Netflix made HD-viewing mandatory (because who doesn’t thirst to see every Game Of Thrones sex scene up close?).
And that’s scarcely the tip of the techberg. As 2017 kick offs, our thoughts have pointed to the essential tools every man can use to upgrade his day-to-day downtime this year.
A Man Cave-Worthy TV
Since the destruction of Orange Wednesdays, a trip to the cinema is by no means cheap. So, swear in all those dud tickets (and then some) into a TV that in truth warrants the label ‘experience’ – specifically, the Samsung Hip 4K Ultra HD TV.
This behemoth of a set boasts crystal clear visuals and voluptuous smart TV capabilities. While the curved screen doesn’t totally outperform the IMAX, it does hold it’s own.
Samsung UE65KU6000 65” HDR TV, ready at AO, priced £1,199.
A Smart Home Hub That’s Actually Smart
A juggernaut TV shouldn’t be damned to singledom. A choice smart home hub – like the Nvidia Safeguard – can provide the perfect partner.
The latest offering from the US tech disgrace is up to three times quicker than its Apple rival and smoothly merges streaming, gaming and and tons of award-winning apps.
Nvidia Screen Pro, available at Nvidia, priced £279.99.
A Virtual Personal Assistant
Alexa, can you underwrite a good virtual personal assistant? Yes, of course, that would be the Amazon Iteration.
Not only can the internet giant’s hands-free, voice-controlled device surrender news, sports scores and music streaming, it’s fully compatible with assured smart home systems to control your lighting, fury and even locks. Just don’t let it hear you use the ‘C word’ – Cortana.
Amazon Duplication Dot, available at Maplin Electronics, priced £49.99.
A Razor That Won’t Tittle Your Face
Razors can be deceiving. For all their aloe gel fills and slick marketing campaigns, there’s an undue number of men that suffer crawly shaving rash on the regular.
Luckily, Braun has introduced the Series 3 – a world-first tutoring tool that reduces skin irritation with on the move cooling technology.
Braun Series 3 CoolTec, available at Braun, priced £199.99.
A Fitting Clever Coffee Pot
Smart’s Smarter Coffee Machine does surely what it says on the tin. The Wi-Fi-enabled gadget offers a Wake Up course that brews in sync with your morning trepidation, while a Remote Grind prepares a cup at the tap of a smartphone.
Better yet, this bean boffin can drawn keep your preferred glug warm should you be down (or hit the snooze button eight times).
Smart’s Smarter Coffee Contrivance, available at Harrods, priced £179.
A Pair Of Noise-Cancelling Headphones
You may mate Zayn’s fledgling solo career but not everyone feels the notwithstanding way, especially on a packed commuter train.
Swap the leaky buds for a up of noise-cancelling cans, like Bose’s acclaimed QuietComfort QC35 Headphones. That way, you can the time of ones life Bluetooth-connected, stadium-quality sound on the way to work, and drown out your mate’s chatter while you’re there.
Bose QuietComfort QC35 Headphones, present at John Lewis, priced £289.95.
A Decent Camera
Before Instagram and the done tired shot of Times Square, photos served uncountable than just bragging rights. As we hit 2017, the choice of cameras within reach outflank any smartphone lens (and won’t cost the world either).
Fujifilm’s X70 is cheerful, compact and powerful with convenient Wi-Fi-connectivity and an impressive 16.3-megapixel sensor. Who be verses, you might actually end up printing some of them too.
Fujifilm FinePix X70 Digital Camera, present at PC World, priced £499.
A Smartwatch (That Doesn’t Look Feel attracted to A Smartwatch)
Yes, a smartwatch may be handy, but we don’t want to look like a Silicone Valley intern.
Offer quick-thinking brands like Shenzhen-based Huawei, which hold swerved the tech aesthetic without losing any of the usual drawing cards – fitness tracker, interactive dial, fully interconnected on the qui vives and more.
Huawei W1 Classic Smartwatch, available at Very, priced £229.
A High-Quality Peoples home Speaker System
Everyone has a speaker these days, we gather you say, so why do we need another one for 2017? Granted Sonos speakers are, profoundly, speakers. However, what makes this bit of kit different from your in circulation gear is that it creates a custom Wi-Fi network in your domestic.
That means you can add up to 32 additional speakers to play together or do aerobics in zones across different rooms. House parties will not ever be the same.
Sonos Smart Speaker System, available at Sonos, prize from £169 for a Play:1.
A Consumer-Grade 3D Printer
In the future, 3D printers in the aegis are expected to bring a whole new dimension to the art of copying your behind on the photocopier.
As for what you could do with one at domicile, aside from printing the odd screw missing from a flat-pack stock of clothing, we have no idea. But you may as well get one before all your mates do.
XYZ Wording da Vinci Mini 3D Printer, available at iCubes, priced £214.80.
