We reported some time ago on the BBC proposing some basic methods of DRM to prevent material from being copied from the forthcoming Freeview HD service. We pointed out that no amount of DRM will prevent TV shows from being distributed on P2P sites, so we regarded the whole thing as totally pointless. Now, it …

You may not have heard of Oppo before — it isn’t a huge company — but we’ve reviewed, and loved, several of its high-end DVD players. The company, based in China but with an emphasis on the US market, concentrates on quality, so its DVD players use excellent scaling hardware to get the best possible quality out of standard-definition material. …

Blu-ray: we’re sort of stuck with it now, aren’t we? We love our movies with glorious 1080p and beautiful lossless surround sound, but we’re not so keen on its restrictive DRM, which prevents us from using our films the way copyright law suggests we should be able to. We’re talking here about making a copy for personal use, so we …

Just last night we were messing about with our Android phone, trying to make the best of the photos we’d taken of fireworks exploding overhead. The image editing on most phones is pretty atrocious, and a far cry from the awesome tweak-fest of Photoshop on a proper computer. Luckily, Adobe wants to help us out, and has followed up its …

They say the course of true love never runs smooth. But imagine if you were from two different worlds. One from a protective family who only let you out with certain people it had pre-approved. The other from a hippy commune who let their offspring see whoever they want, and enjoy a full range of life’s experiences. Imagine if these …

Okay, okay, we’re sorry about that headline. But the film’s called Moon, what else do you want? One small step for man, one giant leap for Blu-ray? Obvious puns aside, we couldn’t be more excited about the arrival of Moon on Blu-ray and DVD, but mostly we’re salivating over the Blu-ray. There isn’t a geek on the planet who doesn’t …

It’s the worst-kept secret in the history of mankind, but freesat is finally getting access to the BBC’s iPlayer service. We’ve known for a very long time that the plan was to make on-demand TV available on freesat since the platform launched in May 2008. For this reason, all freesat receivers have had an Ethernet socket fitted to them from …

If we said to you, “Here’s a cake. Eat as much as you want, but don’t exceed our fair-eating policy,” what would you say? It’s most likely you’d reply, “Sweet! But how much am I allowed to eat under the ‘fair eating’ policy?” A reasonable question indeed, because how can you eat within the limit if we don’t tell you …

We’ve been waiting a while, and now Sky Player for the Xbox 360 has finally launched after technical difficulties forced Sky to pull the service yesterday. It’s not clear exactly what the problems were, and Sky weren’t being specific, just saying they were unexpected. As of today, however, the service is back up and running. Sky Player offers both subscribers …

Nothing screams “We need to make more money” quite as loudly as a tech company using a leggy model with suspenders and a whip to sell its new ultra-thin TV. It also sets off our irrelevancy radar like nothing else. Enter Sony and its ‘Thin Enough’ campaign, featuring Katie Green. For those of you with better things to do than …