There are so many choices of TVs, tablets, cameras, and other gadgets in the market that it can be difficult for a consumer to wade through it all to find the best. Who has the time to read through all of the products from so many different companies, plus reading the reviews to make sure you are getting good quality? Luckily for you, we've got some of the top media choices for 2015 right here for your easy research!
Apple Watch
This is probably one of the most buzzed about releases of the entire year. Wearable tech is coming to the forefront and all eyes are on Apple to see if they will succeed or fail. Other companies, like Pebble and Fitbit, have shown that watch devices work well, and now Apple is taking a crack at making their own version of it.
Apple is releasing a few options to let you customize what you buy to what is important to you. For the general public, there is the standard Apple Watch, while those who want a more top of the line and pricier version can get the Apple Edition. They also include an Apple Sports Watch for the fitness freaks out there. All of these watches come in two different screen sizes: 38mm and 42mm. While slightly bigger, they have worked to make them sleep and fashionable while still being functional.
You can glance at the screen to see your notifications or set it to them vibrate mode, which actually isn't a vibration at all but what feels like a tapping on the top of your wrist. Using a Taptic Engine, these notifications are all slightly different depending on what the alert is, and it won't be difficult to tell the difference between the taps.
This watch comes with GPS and you can track your movements and activity levels with an accelerometer, great for turning it into a fitness tracker. This will easily become a must have for 2015.
Panasonic HX-A1
If you are looking for a wearable action sports camera, this sleek option from Panasonic is one of the top choices for 2015. This cylindrical camera holds all of the hardware inside its compact body to take amazing HD video while taking away the need for wires or a screen.
This is easily one of the smallest action cameras on the market, only 83.1mm long and 26mm (3.27 x 1.02 inches) in diameter while weighing only about 1.6 ounces, and its sleek shape makes it incredibly aerodynamic. It's a much better option for mounting onto things like your helmet than many other wearable action sports cameras out there. This tough little camera is waterproof, able to go 5 feet underwater without needing to be housed in anything to protect it. It's also shock proof from a fall of 5 feet and can withstand temperatures as low as 14°F.
It can shoot full HD 1080p video at around 30 frames per second and can also shoot HD 720p videos at 60 frames per second. You can loop record, and you can even shoot 2.7 megapixel stills in JPEG format. It has a night mode, letting you shoot in complete darkness as well. With Wi-Fi capabilities and options to put it on a tripod, as well as everything else, you can see why this would be a perfect camera for sports photographers.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S
Samsung has been trying to make a tablet to rival the iPad, and they've finally succeeded with the Galaxy Tab S. This tablet comes in two different sizes, 8.4 inch and 10.5 inch. The screens are a 2560 x 1600 pixel WQXGA Super AMOLED screen, which gives you about 287 pixels per inch on the 10.5 inch and around 360 on the smaller one, giving it nice, sharp images when you are looking at photos, images, or graphics.
This tablet comes with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage for both sizes and it includes an 8MP rear facing camera and a 2.1MP front facing camera. It comes with a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa CPU, and two quad-core processors, 1.9 and 1.3GHz. Those definitely aren't specs to scoff about, some of them even better than the most recent iPad Air 2.
It's not Samsung without a few bells and whistles too. This tablet gives you the option of using your fingerprint to open it up rather than using a pin if you want to. You can pull up multiple windows for the times you need to multitask on something, such as having a window up with your texts while you put an address into Google Maps.
You can link your phone to the tablet, so that you are able to take calls, send text, and transfer data over from one to the other, though this only works for a few of the Samsung phones. Samsung has outdone itself this time, and have really come into the running as one of the top gadgets.
