Top 10 Must-Have Gifts for Gamers and Geeks in 2016 - Gear UP

Next up, rather than entrust a cloud company with your data and to store a lot of files, pay a monthly fee for the privilege, Seagate’s Personal Cloud lets you store, organize and access all your files – be it documents, videos, photos and music – anywhere in the world and on virtually any Internet-connected device. Starting at $139 for 3 terabytes of storage but goes all the way up to 8-terabytes, you can download, stream and even share your own content via a smartphone, tablet, laptop or even a Smart TV. This is your own personal cloud that doesn’t require a monthly subscription.

Number 7, one of the coolest device of the year: the Lenovo Yoga Book. Have you seen this thing? It’s the world’s thinnest 2-in-1 that’s just millimeters thin. So you can use it in laptop mode and type on the glowing “Halo” touch keyboard with haptic feedback so it vibrates under your fingertips but you can bend back the 10.1-inch screen 360 degrees as it’s on a durable hinge and then use it with your fingertips like a touchscreen tablet. Also included is a digital stylus that lets you draw, sketch or write on the lower half of the clamshell device and you’ll see the digital inking on the screen, and there are real ink tips included, too, and a magnetic notepad, to draw on real paper if you prefer. It’s available as an Android device for $499 or Windows for $599.

Number 8, for those with a seriously healthy budget, Dreamarcades sells stand-up coin-operated cabinets and sit-down “cocktail table”-style arcade machines that can play hundreds of arcade classics from the golden era of gaming. You can enjoy the blips and bleeps of Ms. Pac-man, Asteroids, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Frogger and Pole Position all over again – many of which are the real deal and others being authentic-looking clones – plus there’s laser disc games like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. You can also add your own games. The crème de la crème is the Dreamcade Vision 40 – for just over $3 grand -- and featuring more than 200 games, a huge 40-inch monitor, 4-player control panel, and a built-in MP3 music jukebox.

Our second-last gift for the geek on your gift list…the Bluetooth Beanie for $59 bucks. Dress warm for the winter and still be able to take calls and hear your tunes. As the name suggests, the Bluetooth Beanie – or “toque” for our Canadian viewers -- is a kitted wireless cap with built-in headphones that you wirelessly stream music, audio books, podcasts or calls from your nearby smartphone. Available in multiple colors, styles and sizes, this Bluetooth Beanie offers 6 to 9 hours of play time, depending if you’re talking or rocking, and even supports Siri for iPhone users by double-tapping the Plus button twice on the headset.

And finally, number 10, get a lot of bang for the buck with the Hisense H7 -- a 4K HDR LED Smart TV for only $379 for the 43-inch version. Offering four times the resolution of 1080p HD, this television supports High Dynamic Range for higher contrast levels and better brightness, and its integrated Wi-Fi and Smart TV lets you access preloaded apps with dedicated buttons on the remote for Netflix, YouTube and others, plus you can download more. Along with multiple HDMI ports and a USB slot for media, the H7 boasts clear and powerful audio powered by dbx-tv. Sizes go up to 65 inches. Hey, thanks for watching Gear Up; I'm Marc Saltzman. Let us know in the comments section which tech products you want us to review next and if you're interested in any of these products, you can find links in the description below. For more tech-tastic lists, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com. Happy holidays, and we’ll see you in 2017.