> Point a video camera at the screen, tape it and freeze frame > the result? > > This will only work if the waveform occurs while the CCD is > capturing the image > > Bob Ammerman That works fine - sometimes you need a couple of goes to get a good one. Turn the brightness way down BTW (sorry Mr Dilatush) http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/davedong.html Upper picture is a quick tone-burst happened to have been caught mid-screen. Note the older persistent trace vs the more recently drawn (night - room lit) Lower picture is a standing wave, easy, although both traces were very faint to the naked eye (daylight) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.