BehindTheBuy.com is here with our personal picks of the hottest holiday gift trends of 2012.

Samsung ES7100 Smart LED TV

Samsung’s 46-inch ES7100 Smart LED TV offers the best in 2D and 3D picture quality with its bright picture and eye-popping colors. The TV comes packed with tons of smart features on the Samsung Smart Hub, such as a web browser and popular apps, including ESPN ScoreCenter, Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO GO and Pandora.In addition, it includes a new suite of exclusive Signature Services:

Family Story – makes it easy to connect to family and friends through shared photos, notes and calendar updates
Fitness – Exercise at home through the video-on-demand service and manage your workout history
Kids – offers a variety of educational content for kids
$1,599.99; http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN46ES7100FXZA

Samsung DA-E750 Wireless Audio with Dock

Samsung’s new retro-designed wireless audio with dock system is bringing back vintage tech in style. Its Vacuum tube amp creates warmer, more natural sound with deeper bass and richer vocals and the vacuum tubes also offer a warm glow that’s visible when in use. Available in a sleek high gloss cherry wood or piano black finish, this first-of-its-kind audio system allows users to dock, charge and play music from both Samsung Galaxy and iOS devices. It also supports Bluetooth and Apple AirPlay to wirelessly stream music. In addition, it features Soundshare connectivity to automatically and wirelessly connect to your Smart TV’s audio and so you can enjoy cord-free listening from anywhere in the home.$529.99; www.samsung.com/us/video/home-theater/DA-E750/ZA

Keurig Vue V700 Brewer

This Holiday season, Keurig has brewed up a new and innovative gift idea that includes an abundance of choice, advanced features and the ability to customize each and every cup, all in less than a minute. The Keurig Vue V700 brewer features an easy-to-use, interactive touch screen which allows you to customize a wide variety of beverages including coffee, tea, cocoa, cider, iced beverages – even two-step milk-based beverages such as cappuccinos and lattes – in less than a minute. The new Keurig Vue V700 Brewer allows the user to brew stronger, bigger and hotter beverages than ever before! The Keurig Vue Packs are eco-friendly, made of #5 recyclable plastic.$229.99; www.keurig.com

Sony Playstation Sports Champions 2

The Sports Champions 2 game for PlayStation 3 helps the entire family get up off the couch and get into the game using PlayStation Move. It features five brand new sporting events including Skiing, Boxing, Tennis, Golf, Bowling and an update to the popular Archery event from the first Sports Champions title. Sports Champions also 2 offers an all-new Party Play mode that lets family and friends compete in custom, multi-sport tournaments. Featuring easy auto calibration, this pick-up-and-play game lets everyone jump right into the fun. Available exclusively on PlayStation 3, Sports Champions 2 offers affordable family fun.$39.99; http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/sports-champions-2-ps3.html

Acer Aspire S7

Acer overcame incredible design challenges to create a touch Ultrabook nearly as thin as a tablet. It’s the world’s thinnest touch Ultrabook. Featuring an all-aluminum unibody design, the razor-thin Acer S7 Ultrabooks are exceptionally thin and light, yet resilient and durable. The Aspire S7 has a 13.3-inch full HD touch screen that is protected by a rigid lid made of white Gorilla Glass 2. Optimizing its touch capabilities, the lid on the S7-391 tilts back a full 180 degrees, allowing it to be used flat against a table or desk, much as one would use a tablet; a hotkey rotates the view 180 degrees making it easy to share the screen with others.
In addition, a unique dual torque hinge design enables the display to stay upright and stable even when used for touch input. The Acer Aspire S7 features Windows 8 and a 10-point touch screen, making navigating between applications natural and intuitive, for easier, faster and more convenient computing. Other key features include 3rd Generation Intel Core processors, solid state drives and up to 12 hours of battery life with second optional battery. The Aspire S7 also features Acer’s new innovative thermal design – TwinAir cooling (patent-pending) – which extends battery life and keeps the Ultrabook cool and comfortable to use and its light-sensing keyboard automatically detects changes in lighting conditions and adjusts the keyboard backlight brightness.$1399; www.acer.com

LG’s LM7600 LED CINEMA 3D SMART TV

From a design perspective, the LM7600 features LG’s new Cinema Screen design which is a nearly frameless look, giving it a streamlined, modern feel, while also providing a more immersive viewing experience. But that’s not all, the fact that it’s an LED TV means it produces better overall picture quality. The TV also offers a TruMotion 120Hz refresh speed, meaning there’s virtually no motion blur with fast-action content, and its CINEMA 3D technology provides a comfortable 3D effect and theater-like experience using light-weight, comfortable glasses (six pair in the box).
In addition, LG’s Smart TV offers access to online content like Netflix, Hulu Plus and more, as well as Internet browser and loads of content sharing options. All is available via built-in Wi-Fi. The LG LM7600 LED CINEMA 3D Smart TV comes with a gesture-based Magic Remote which acts as an air-mouse with scroll wheel for easier navigation.47-inch model is available below $2,000; www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-55LM7600-led-tv

KIDDE Worry Free Smoke Alarms

Kidde Worry Free Smoke Alarms offer the millions of Americans who rely on battery-powered smoke and fire detection 10 years of continuous protection – without those annoying 2 am low battery chirps. The only chirp you’ll hear from the Worry Free alarm is at the end of the alarm’s life when it’s time to replace the entire unit. There are four models of Kidde Worry Free smoke alarms – each alarm is designed to address location-specific needs. For example, the Kitchen Alarm includes Intelligent sensing technology to minimize nuisance alarms caused by cooking. The alarms are powered by a sealed-in, long-life lithium battery for 10 years. The entire Worry Free line is maintenance free – you never have to replace a battery during the alarm’s 10 year operating life – which saves you up to $40 in batteries over the life of the alarm. The Kidde Worry Free Smoke Alarms are exclusively available at The Home Depot.$25 to $49; www.WorryFreeAlarm.com

BISSELL SpotBot Pet

The BISSELL SpotBot Pet offers hands-free spot and stain cleaning – simply place SpotBot on top of your carpet stain and push start! Compact and easy-to-use, SpotBot can be stored easily in a closet or pantry so it’s ready to go whenever messes occur; just fill the tank with formula, select the type of stain and you’re ready to go. It is safe for use on virtually all types of carpet, and great for cleaning stairs, upholstered furniture, area rugs and even auto interiors. The BISSELL SpotBot Pet makes a great holiday gift for the pet-owner, parent or neatnik in your life. And, your purchase will help pets too – purchase online at www.bissell.com/spotbot-pet between now and Dec 31 and BISSELL will donate $20 to help homeless pets.$149.99; www.bissell.com/spotbot-pet

Jura ENA Micro 1

The Jura ENA Micro 1 is the smallest automatic coffee center in the world and the first Jura machine exclusively dedicated to pressure brewed coffee or espresso. An eco-friendly alternative to pod and capsule machines, it brews from freshly ground coffee beans, cup by cup – which means lower ingredient cost and better taste. It allows for up to three different cup sizes at two different aroma levels and includes a built-in burr grinder, sensor touch controls, and a thermoblock system to serve every cup piping hot.$899.99; www.us.jura.com

TomTom VIA 1605 TM

A great gift for the soccer mom, the TomTom VIA 1605 TM provides safe and easy navigation on the extra-large 6-inch screen, TomTom’s biggest and sharpest screen yet. With bigger menus and buttons on the extra-large screen, the driver can keep their eyes focused on the road ahead. This device not only features world-class TomTom navigation, it comes with four free map updates a year, as well as daily map updates from the TomTom community, as well. And, of course, users will also receive access to real-time traffic to ensure that you always know what lies ahead. $229; www.tomtom.com/en_us/products/car-navigation/via-1605-tm/

Nike+ GPS SportWatch Powered by TomTom

And, if you have a runner on your gift list, TomTom also has a great GPS SportWatch developed with Nike that is worth a look. The Nike+ GPS SportWatch Powered by TomTom makes it easy to track your runs by measuring your time, distance, pace, calories burned and more. When connected to the computer, the watch connects you to Nike+, the world’s largest running club, where you can see your progress, join challenges, set goals, map your routes and connect with friends. The watch is available in several colors: white, all black, black & volt, and black & blue.$169; www.tomtom.com/en_us/products/gps-sportwatch/nikeplus-gps-sportwatch/

OfficeMax ImPress products – Custom Smartphone Case and Custom Laptop Skin

This holiday season, it’s all about the bling, and OfficeMax can make your tech gear – from smartphones to computers – really sparkle with its selection of custom, personalized gifts. Custom smartphone cases from OfficeMax ImPress Print Center allow you to feature photos of the family on a tech product that rarely leaves your side. Want to personalize your laptop? Turn it into a work of art or portable photo frame with a custom laptop skin from OfficeMax ImPress, starting at $24.99. It’s easy! Choose from more than 500 gift items to customize with your photos, including smartphone cases, laptop skins and more, available in OfficeMax stores nationwide and at www.officemaxphoto.com. These personalized tech accessories from OfficeMax ImPress Print Center make great holiday gifts for everyone on your list this season.Smartphone cases start at $32.99, laptop skins start at $24.99; www.officemaxphoto.com

Upromise.com

Families are expected to spend around $750 on holiday gifts this year. Simply starting that shopping at Upromise.com, you can get 5% of that spending back for college from hundreds of major online retailers such as Target, Kohl’s and Toys R Us. No small change at approximately $37. Holiday shopping adds up fast, make this spending count towards you’re child or grandchild’s future by always checking Upromise.com first for savings.
Upromise is free to join and every cent saved through Upromise.com helps inspire more savings and buying online saves time as well as money. In addition, families who choose the new Upromise World Mastercard as their payment method of choice can save double—for a total of 10 percent or more cash back on those online purchases or $75 based on the average expected gift budget this year. Members can also earn cash for college with Upromise by Sallie Mae by dining out, booking travel, buying gas, shopping with the Upromise credit card and purchasing other services.FREE; www.upromise.com