Inter-computer question. At work, the show computer is a Mac. Visiting Artist has a Windows machine. To cue the sound effects, it's great for the designer to screen share the Mac. Normally the designer has a Mac, so it's real easy. Is there a way for the Windows machine to screen share? I tried TightVNC, and couldn't get it to work. It could very well be an id-10-t error.

---

Would LogMeIn do the trick? They have a free account that works well for me.

logmein.com

---

It's basically what Dana says, but it shows that it's not that different from how it was done in 2003.

It used to be one step and now it's like a million and you still have to update the field. I just copied and pasted from a doc I'd done in 2003 and that seems to work.

---

Would LogMeIn do the trick? They have a free account that works well for me.

Not on my cheap-o laptop. I wonder if there is something on the Mac end I have to activate to get it to work on a Windows machine. Doesn't matter for now. The designer said he didn't want to install anything on his machine to get it to work. So we pulled the mini out of the rehearsal rack and have that on the tech table. So he can screen share with that, and then still have his laptop to edit the cues.

---

I'm kinda ticked. I bought this new LCD 32" tv, on my sister's rec because she has the same one and likes it. I hate it. The picture is muddy. My old tv was perfect. Now I guess this is because it's trying to display in HD a tv show that wasn't filmed in HD, but the fact is most of what I watch on this tv is tv shows. I've fiddled with the settings, changed picture mode, everything I can find to do, and it hasn't helped. I'm mad that my expensive new tv is WORSE than my 15-year-old analog tv that always worked and looked perfect.

So, is there a solution, or should I just retire this one to the bedroom for movie watching and bring back my huge old tv for watching, you know, tv?

---

Is upgrading to HD cable an option? But yes, sadly, the stuff that's in lower resolution will now look worse, because the TV displays in such high resolution.

---

I could upgrade, but I'm dropping cable entirely. And I'm pissed. I feel like Sylvania ran a con on me. I mean, I knew stuff that was in lower resolution wouldn't look AS GOOD, but I did not know it would look like complete shit.

So if I get a smaller tv, will it be better because the picture is smaller? I don't think so, really. Is there any new tv that will display non-HD as well as my old analog tv? Swear to god, this is ridiculous.

---

My 37" LG displays SDTV wonderfully. It looks far better than the old CRT did.

I don't know how much difference this makes, maybe it makes all the difference, but everything goes through a computer so basically the TV is one big monitor. The resolution isn't any better than what comes over cable, but maybe the computer does a better job scaling than the TV's software.

---

Yeah, I think something else is up. I have 2 40" LCD displays, a 47", and a 32" and while you can see a difference when it is SDTV from HDTV, it's not as pronounced as it sounds like you are getting.

Are you going through a cable box right now, or is it just coming in on coax to the TV? Also how does a standard DVD look on the TV? Is that also massively degraded?

Three of our flat screens are Samsung which have excellent picture, but one of them is the Best Buy cheap brand of Dynex, and even that looks reasonable, though now that I think about it I've only used the Dynex in 1080p, I haven't viewed anything in SD on it, I'll have to test that out.

---

I have the Sylvania 32" HDTV used with an antenna and my picture seems fine. Are you talking about over-the-air shows?

---