NBC TODAY: High-Tech Wedding Gifts

In just one week, Jeff and Jenny --the Today Show wedding couple-- will finally be getting married. Thousands of Today Show viewers have helped choose every detail of the ceremony from the wedding gown to the icing on the cake. Now BestStuff’s happily married Corey Greenberg gives their friends and family some high-tech ideas for the perfect wedding gift.



Sleep Number Bed by Select Comfort
Getting married is a perfect time to get a new bed, because most newlyweds don't want to share their partner's "old" bed. Too much history (and HERstory) between those sheets, plus if it's a young couple they're probably still sleeping on cheap beds they got right out of college. For thoughtful wedding guests, it's a great opportunity to splurge on a truly useful gift the newlyweds will use with pleasure.

The Sleep Number Bed by Select Comfort is a queen size bed that allows separate firm/soft adjustments for both sides of the bed. So if Jeff likes a firm bed for his back and Jenny likes a soft bed because she sang John Denver's "Grandma's Feather Bed" in high school glee club and the song haunts her still, the Sleep Number Bed can offer both of them a good night's sleep.

A Sleep Number is a number between zero and 100 which represents the ideal combination of mattress comfort, firmness and support for each individual. Unlike traditional innerspring mattresses, the firmness of each side of Sleep Number bed can be personally adjusted for individual comfort. The bed is adjusted with a remote control that displays each individual's Sleep Number. The Sleep Number bed cushions the body with unique air chambers that adjust to the body more properly to support your back and spine, reducing uncomfortable pressure points. $1450. www.selectcomfort.com




Pioneer's Pro-710HD TV
This 64-inch 16:9 hi-def behemoth is hands-down the best looking big-screen TV on the market, and well, it should be at $8,300 list. But buy a lesser TV at your peril. The Pioneer not only delivers the clearest, sharpest, most film-like HDTV picture and sound, but its got a critically-acclaimed, high-end video line doubler that makes DVD and VCRs look even better than they do when viewed on other sets. At 59-1/2" x 56-1/8" x 27-15/16" this thing ain't no kitchen TV, but if Jeff or Jenny has a rich uncle Schmulie who's been itching to outdo everyone else on the registry, I'm sure these kids will find a special place in their lives and rumpus room for the wedding present that singularly defines what it means to be married. Watching TV together. Pioneer Pro-710HD 64-inch HDTV, $8,300. www.pioneerelectronics.com




Marantz RC1200 Remote Control
Sharing a TV creates a whole new can of worms - who's got the remote? How many promising young couples now clog the nation's divorce courts simply because they couldn't agree on who got to hold the remote? The sexes will never agree on how long one should linger on a station before surfing to the next, and the next, and the next. And the role of remote-hoarder speaks volumes about the power sharing dynamic within a couple. So the answer? Give Jeff and Jenny TWO remotes, and let them be co-surfers, together.

Marantz's new RC1200 is an easy to use all-in-one remote control that provides total control of a complete home entertainment system including TVs, cable boxes, satellite receivers, DVD video players, VCR's, and virtually all types of audio components. The RC1200 even includes advanced programming capabilities such as Macro keys that can transmit a series of commands at the touch of a single button. $179. www.marantz.com




Cuisinart Two to Go
Cuisinart makes a cool coffee maker that's perfect for a married couple who both need to bolt out of the house in the morning with a cuppa joe for the road. You don't want to stand in line at the carafe so what you do is get the Cuisinart Two to Go. It's a coffee maker that brews directly into two 14-ounce stainless steel travel mugs. All Jeff and Jenny have to do is set the timer and they can pick up their cups as they blow air kisses to each other on the run to the his'n'hers Hondas in the driveway. Each mug has an extra deep sipping well to prevent spillage and yes, there's a single mug mode as well. $65 www.cuisinart.com




Johnny-Light
What young man hasn't gone into marriage with the ingrained habit of leaving the toilet seat up at all times? For guys, number one really IS number one, far outnumbering number two in terms of daily occurrences. So leaving the seat up makes sense. But in the middle of the night, in the darkness and fog of a late night trip to the bathroom, a toilet seat left up spells a be-splashed be-hind to any bride used to entering her own bathroom at any hour of the day and sitting down on the already-in-place seat. Mankind - or rather, womankind waving a heavy wooden rolling pin menacingly over mankind's worried shoulder - has tried to solve this problem for as long as toilets have had seats instead of crude burlap flaps, but to no avail. UNTIL NOW.

The Johnny-Light is a night light for your toilet. Easily installed underneath any toilet's lid, the battery-powered Johnny-Light bathes the bowl below in a pleasing green light when the seat is up, and when the seat is lowered, the light goes out automatically. For Jeff, "green means go" - for Jenny, it means "beware - please place seat in the downward position before use". With time, Jeff will be duly trained to put the seat back down after he's finished, and Jenny will have a newly housebroken hubbie. $10.95. www.johnny-light.com