With the 3D euphoria over, is it time to up frame rates in Hollywood and in the home?

TutorialWe're going to use your laptop's underused webcam as a CCTV for stuff you'd like to keep an eye on, like the garage door or your rare Barry Manilow records.

CES 2012Sony's latest addition to the Bloggie camcorder range is the Bloggie Sport, a rugged little video camera ideal for filming, well, sports.

Buying GuideIf you're after a Sky+ HD experience without the subscription, this is for you

Chip giant Intel is to drop out of the smart TV market due to a lack of demand for internet-enabled flatscreens.

South Korean electrical giant Samsung has announced new image sensor chips and processors for the mobile market.

Virgin Media's TiVo hard disk recorder and on-demand set top box has changed the way people find and view TV programs, according to the fibre-optic entertainment supremo.

Brit WeekWith the arrival of Sky+ back in 2001, the satellite broadcaster managed to bring the PVR to the British consciousness in a way that others had not managed to do.

Echostar has announced the arrival of its latest digital television recorder – the HDS-600RS.

Sony has announced a PVR duo this week, with the launch of the SVR-HDT1000 and SVR-HDT500 personal video recorders.

ExclusiveFirmware update promises new VOD features

Nicolas Chartier, the producer of Hurt Locker, has sparked a war of words with a cinemagoer, after his decision to sue BitTorrent users who downloaded the Oscar-winning film was criticised.

A hospital in Glasgow is doing away with the general anaesthetic, replacing drugs with discs for those who come in for knee surgery.

Humax has released a statement assuring users of its PVR-9150T, PVR-9300T and PVR-9200T Freeview+ digital TV recorders that any problems they are having with the machines will be rectified in an upcoming software update.

In DepthPlus watch what you've recorded anywhere on Earth

Sagem is the latest manufacturer to jump on the Freeview+ HD recorder bandwagon, with the announcement of the 320 T2 HD and 500 T2 HD machines.

ExclusiveTiVo has pointed the finger firmly at its ill-fated relationship with Sky as the reason for its failure to break into the UK market, but is confident that the same mistakes will be avoided in its forthcoming collaboration with Virgin Media.

Sky has started to phase out its SD boxes, with the company now offering its standard Sky+HD box to new customers as standard, regardless of whether they take the HD service.

With the Sky 3D announcement still reverberating, Sky has also unveiled a new 1TB Sky+HD box, bringing a big storage boost to those who like their television in high definition.

TechRadar ChoiceBecause the digital switchover is coming

If you've already got a copy of RealDVD copying software, you're free to keep copying your DVDs. But RealNetworks has been permanently banned from selling it - and could face a large fine.

More than a quarter of UK homes have a digital video recorder and 15 per cent of all television viewing is now 'time shifted' - according to latest research from Ofcom.

A multi-million pound DVD counterfeiting operation in London has been shut down by police, with 10 people arrested awaiting trial.

LG has announced details of its new range of Freeview DVD/HDD recorders, upping the ante when it comes to hard-drive storage and speedy archiving.

This month we look at extracting free-to-air recordings from your Sky+ hard disc to a PC. Plus: one way to watch stored recordings in another room