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Improved Screen Viewing Part 3

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Doctors who specialize in Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) can be found at www.doctorergo.com. This site offers a comprehensive test that asks you questions about your viewing habits and environment, then gives you suggestions to correct any problem areas.

You may not have the correct screen resolution set for your monitor. Consult your owner’s manual and adjust, if needed.

Remember to get up and walk away every now and again! Give your eyes and head a break for a while.
It’s also a good idea to lift your gaze or change your focal point to a more distant object for short, frequent periods. Focus on a picture on the wall (at least a few feet away) or out a window for about 20seconds every 20 minutes.

The color green is said to be a restful color for the eyes to look at. Maybe keep something green on your desk or maybe use a desktop background with green in it.

Don’t forget to blink! It’s important to keep your eyes moistened to help avoid strain and of course drying out.

Please keep in mind that these are only suggestions! We hope that this information was helpful to you.

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Improved Screen Viewing Part 2

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Some screens have the ARAG® (anti-glare) treatment. This specially formulated anti-reflection, anti-glare screen treatment uses a multi-layer process to refract unwanted light away from the user while maintaining the highest quality display image. If you have a highly reflective screen you may want to consider antiglare film which is available at Photodon.com.

An older monitor may become dim and/or out of calibration. Check the manual or monitor calibration software.

If you are running Windows XP, ClearType delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. Clear Type improves readability on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved. I have used it on my CRT flat screen with a noted improvement. In fact, I can read without my glasses. This is a feature of Windows XP that needs to be turned on and then tuned to your needs. It can be done online in your browser window. Just go to Microsoft Page and follow the instructions. It really is simple.

Proper posture and equipment setup are essential to good ergonomics. Use the guidelines from Cornell University, Work-station Ergonomics Check List
to evaluate your situation.

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Improved Screen Viewing Part 1

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Staring at a monitor screen for hours on end can be irritating to your eyes causing headaches, fatigue and eye strain. We would like to suggest some helpful tips to make viewing your computer screen a little less of a chore and maybe even help you to be a bit more productive.

A clean screen is easier and more enjoyable to view than a dirty one. Proper cleaning is important, and Photodon offers quality cleaning solutions and microfiber cloths.

Some of the new monitors are overly bright making it hard to view for long periods. Try reducing the screen brightness.

Check the refresh rate of your monitor as it may not be high enough. This will cause a screen flicker which will cause a lot of extra eye strain.

The new flat screen technology helps you head off a lot of problems. With a flat screen, reflection is not as much of a problem, as any light source at extreme angles will reflect away from the viewer. In areas where there are many bright sources of light, a flat screen is a godsend; however a monitor hood will still improve screen image consistency especially in color critical applications.

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