Taking photos of displays...

[Jules Richardson]

Recent discussion about photographing machines prompted this one.

Has anyone got any useful tips for photographing (with a digital camera)
running machines such that whatever's on the screen is captured with
some kind of decent quality?

I've been playing around with all the manual settings on my camera and
just experimenting (using any kind of auto mode results in banding on
the computer's display, and of course use of flash is no use for a shot
of a glass screen). So far results have been mixed though...

Any useful hints much appreciated!

cheers

Jules