Author: Sylvia Monge

Sylvia Monge is an Argentinean film editor and CWB Tech writher

We had a few questions about the differences between online live TV services that are available now, which one to pick, and which one offers the best packages with the most affordable prices. Right now there are three major players in this field: PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now, and Sling TV. There is also Hulu that has not yet announced their launch date, but the rumors point the start date to fall 2017. Among the three existing services, DirecTV Now has an interesting offer of $35 for 100 channels; but that promotion expired on January 9th and if you want to…

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The rules of the game have changed, and now a low budget film isn’t one with a budget under $100,000, but a film made by spending $10,000 or less. An independent romantic-comedy out of Germany, Go With the Flo, had a budget of $10,000 and it is sure to regain its budget and make a profit. With the lack of good stories coming out of Hollywood, the door is open for small films with great stories to experience success. Go With Flo sticks to the classic rules of the romantic-comedy genre, while new Hollywood romantic comedies have failed in trying…

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I loved the first generation Acer’s Aspire S7 ultrabook because of the elegance in its design, its light weight and reliability. Now, after getting a first look at the second generation of the Acer Aspire S7, I must say that I’m thoroughly impressed with the well rounded device.The new Acer Aspire 7 has the same slick look, but its battery life has been extended and it holds a new CPU, the new generation of Intel which is not just faster, but it also supports WiDi and Miracast. We will have an in-depth look at the latest Acer S7 ultrabook in…

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When it comes to reviewing a product, I have an incurable complex: I cannot stop myself from reading all the negative reviews about it first. I had promised myself to put an end to this addiction, but when I was assigned to do a review on the Acer Aspire S7, I found myself Googling “Acer S7 Reviews” or “Problems with Acer S7…”. Most of the reviewers had complained about the fan noise in Acer Aspire S7, and others about its short battery life and its awkward keyboard. There were also complaints about the touch screen (not useful?) and the graphic…

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I am definitely not what you would consider an “Apple-fanatic”—I’ve been working on PC’s my whole life and have been resisting the Apple movement—but I have to tell you that I am crazy about the iPad, especially the New iPad. Before getting my own tablet, I thought, what’s the use of having one when I can use a notebook computer for what I need? But since the arrival of my first iPad, an iPad 2, the device has become a virtual extension of my hand! Why is that? I am a film buff and I can easily carry my new…

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When I look back at my life, I see that I have spent a good part of it in movie theaters, staring spell bounded, at the silver screen. I honestly did not like watching movies on TV, I hated it. I could not bear watching spectacular desert scenes in the Lawrence of Arabia or colorful sequences of Clockwork Orange on a grainy, lousy TV screen. Before cable television was introduced, commercials were interrupting the movie every few minutes adding to the pain of watching films on TV. That is the reason why I only watched news on TV and viewed…

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I am a film editor by trade; for years I had been using the traditional ways of editing film and working for most of my life in Europe. I loved those Steenbeck editing tables and I long for the touch of the positive film; for holding a shot against the light to look for the right frame for a cut. The nostalgia of the old way of film editing has, for years, kept me away from using computers for film editing and only five years ago—when I couldn’t get any more editing jobs—I started working with an AVID editing/compositing program…

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