Dragging your notebook around to watch movies? The alternative low tech approach is to throw away the notebook bit with a portable DVD player, and this one has DivX playback. Simple, yet somehow we like it.

Do you remember Windows ME, the Sinclair C5, Zip disks or the Apple III? Early adopters usually pride themselves with getting the finest tech products first, but sometimes being first isn’t always best.

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

The Torrent Droid app uses photographs of DVD barcodes to search for films via BitTorent and then remotely synchronise the download via your home computer. Has piracy ever been easier?

Dvico’s new range of TViX boxes will need all the help they can get if they’re going to take on the likes of Tivo and Foxtel in the PVR market. Fortunately these new media units can play DVD ISO images and VOB files without self-destructing.

Sony will give away 20,000 free Blu-Ray players with each purchase of a pre-selected BRAVIA LCD TV, just in time for the Government's stimulus handout.

Blu-Ray in your pocket? Well, not quite, but Panasonic's DMP-B15 certainly ranks as one of the most portable Blu-Ray players we've ever seen.

DivX playback seems to be the flavour of the month in LCD-land, with Teac's new The 19” Teac LCDV1955HD and the 22” LCDV2255HD TVs supporting the format.

Full widescreen videos, better audio than standard iTunes downloads, and it’s all free – is this the future of online video?

We've put both mini-notebooks through their paces, and while Linux fans may disagree, the winner is clear.

Warner Brothers has positioned Benjamin Button as the first release in their day and date strategy across multiple forms of media.

Sharp are finalising plans to commercially produce quad and triple layer Blu-ray discs capable of 100GB and 8x read speeds using new disc materials and improved laser technologies

Previously, Foxtel iQ and iQ2 subscribers needed a working home line to order movies. Now, in the age of Naked DSL and mobile phones, Foxtel now let you order movies from any phone device.

We're betting that in some alternative universe, there's at least a few people geeky enough to purchase a Wolverine themed USB drive from Kingston. Die-hard X-Men fans need only apply for this overly kitschy movie-tie in.

New York lawmakers set out to ban electronic distractions from cars, with drivers facing a plethora of gadgets at the wheel, from GPS to LCD DVD screens. Do they endanger the driver and should we ban all gadgets in cars?

The WD TV LIVE is the latest product from a slew of manufacturers to offer high definition media centre playback with enhanced multimedia features and multiple file formats

With the news that Viewsonic will be among the first to offer a 3D projector in Australia, we can't help but wonder if 3D movement is being held back by a lack of content titles.

While this film lacks the sophisticated grace of the last entry, Solace is a gentle reminder that a darker, grittier Bond can still thrill audiences and in the process - divide them.

Sony’s new laptop sports a Blu-ray writer and one of Intel’s latest Penryn processors, but it’s overpriced.

With the death of HD-DVD the floodgates have opened on Blu-Ray notebooks. Now its Asus' turn with one of the most powerful multimedia laptops we've ever seen.