Welcome to Holiday Office Hours From the Labs, a collaborative multimedia project in which Lifehacker, CNET, ZDNET, and Mashable harness the power of our product testing laboratory and our editors' expertise to offer the best gift-buying recommendations possible. In this episode, we're talking televisions.
I recently did a deep dive into TV development history, checked out what was on shelves for 2026, and I concluded that the best gift TV you can give this year is, actually, a pair of sunglasses. The XBX by XReal video display glasses are basically a TV you can shove in your pocket. Check them out:
Credit: Stephen JohnsonI looked past traditional sets for a couple of reasons. First, because as much as we all love a great show or movie, who actually buys someone a TV set as a gift? More importantly, there's the nature of television itself. Since it was invented in the late 1920s, television quality has been measured by how big the screen is and how clear and bright the picture is, but in 2026, a nothing-special 4K television delivers an image that is pixel-invisible to a typical viewer, and most of us don't have living rooms big enough to need a display bigger than 65 inches. I think the innovation in the space is going to come from the form factor and the use case, and what better form factor is there than a pair of sunglasses?
Credit: Stephen JohnsonThen there are the use cases. It can act as a separate monitor for your computer; you can watch a different show than your roommate without bothering them; but most of all, these are great for flights. There is no situation in life that calls for a big screen TV more than a cross-country airplane flight. Slip these on with a pair of headphones, and you can fly to Boise in your own private, virtual theater.
They plug right into any device that supports USB-C video, there's no battery to remember to charge, and they cost less than $300. In other words: They're the perfect TV gift for the holidays, even if they aren't technically a TV.
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