Our new large monitor hood will now fit the 30" Apple Cinema display without modification.
Shown below on a 32" Toshiba LCD screen extended to 36 inches.
Calibration door is available as an option*
Photodon monitor hoods mentioned and pictured in Photo Techniques Magazine Sept/Oct 2003,
article "Calibrating the Digital Darkroom"
and also in Katrin Eismann's book about Photo shop - Restoration and Retouching
page 26 of the french translation.
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Benefits & features
of our hoods:
- Reduces Screen Glare
- Shades from room or window lighting
- Aids in color calibration consistency
- Reduces eye fatigue
- Increases privacy
- Works equally well on flat panel or regular CRT monitors
- Photodon hoods are fully customizable to meet your needs.
- Adjustable width for a perfect fit
- Pleasing - Professional design
- Your choice of two colors
- Simple Velcro attachment
- Easy removal or adjustment after installation
- Great idea for educational testing facilities
- Inputting private information in public places
- HIPAA act of 1996 compliance
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley act of 1999 compliance
- 30 day Money Back - Satisfaction Guaranteed
Patented Design (Made in USA)
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Now Standard to All Hoods
- Increases stability of the hood
- Decreases the set-up time
- No sagging across the top
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Small Ivory Vinyl hood on a 19 inch flat panel monitor with optional
3 piece top front edge.
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 Three Sizes Available:
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Small - Adjustable from 13.5 to 19 inches (34.3 to 48.3cm)**
- Medium - Adjustable from 17.5 to 24.75 inches (44.5 to 62.9cm)**
- Large - Adjustable from 19.25" to 36" inches(48.9 to 91.4cm)**
More complete info in table below.
Two Material Types:
- Ivory Vinyl
- Simulated black leather
* Custom sizes available on request
** Outside of monitor dimensions
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We now are capable of installing a calibration door into the top of our "black leather look" monitor hoods. This slider door will allow you to calibrate your monitor without having to remove the hood. The door dimensions are 3" x 2" and allows the calibration device or the cord to be passed through. The door is located in the center rear of the top panel.
Door Open and Door Closed Check this option when ordering, cost is $35.00.
Ordering is Easy:
Material Type:
Simulated Black Leather - - Ivory Vinyl
* Color will vary due to differences
in how monitors display colors.
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How to Measure:
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- Decide on a color/type "Simulated Black Leather " or "Ivory Vinyl" from the color chart.
- Measure the OUTSIDE TOP dimension ( A ) of your monitor. Top outside corner to top outside corner. You will need this measurement during checkout to specify the length for us to cut the support bar.
- Measure the OUTSIDE Top to Bottom ( B ) dimension of your monitor, top outside corner of the monitor to the lower outside corner. You will need this measurement during checkout especially if you wish us to modify the side length of one of our standard hoods.
- With the sizes from steps 2 & 3, select the best size fit from the table below.
Payment options available at checkout:
Credit Card, PayPal on-line
Credit Card, Purchase order by phone
Credit Card, Purchase order by fax
Payment option details!
Shipping:
We strive to ship all orders within 24 to 48 hours.
- An order confirmation e-mail is sent immediately after you place your order online.
- Hood orders are normally sent FedEx ground with delivery confirmation / tracking. An e-mail with tracking number is sent to you when shipped.
- Expedited shipping is available during checkout.
- Shipping rates are based on weight of the items, distance to travel and delivery service.
- Shipment details!
Customizing Our Hoods:
If our standard hood sizes do not meet your needs, we can customize any of our hoods. The most common things we do includes shortening the sides (+$5.00 / hood), or placing a calibration door (+$30.00 / hood) in the top for easy monitor calibration without having to remove the hood, both these options are available at checkout. Other options include decreasing the hood depth, lengthening the sides, creating dual monitor setups etc. for these options
or call us.
More detailed hood information below this Size / Purchase Chart! - - Payment Options - - FAQ about Hoods
The Price links in the chart below take you to the "Add to Cart" option.
Hood Size & Type*
All Hoods will fit both
Regular CRT** or Flat Panel
and are in stock.
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Price Each
Add to Cart
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Top Width
"A" Outside
Corner to Corner Dimension
inches (cm)
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Side Length***
"B" Dimension
inches (cm)
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Depth of Hood
Front to Back
inches(cm) |
Small Black Leather Look Hoods
Item #102
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$29.95
Add to Cart
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Adjustable from
13.5" to 22.5 "
(34.3 to 48.2cm) |
Side Length***
13.5" (34.3cm) |
Depth
Front to Back
9.25" (23.5cm) |
Medium Black Leather Look Hoods
Item #112
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$34.95
Add to Cart
and Quantity Pricing |
Adjustable from
17.5" to 24.75"
(44.5 to 62.9cm) |
Side Length***
16.0" (40.6cm) |
Depth
Front to Back
11" (28.0cm) |
Large Black Leather Look Hoods
Item #120
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$49.95
Add to Cart
and Quantity Pricing |
Out of Stock
Adjustable from
19.25" to 36"
(48.9 to 91.4cm) |
Side Length***
18.0" (45.7cm) |
Depth
Front to Back
11" (28.0cm) |
Apple Cinema Hood 20" - 23" - 30"
Item #116
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Varies
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30" currently Out of Stock |
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Small Ivory Vinyl Hoods
Item #105
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$22.95
Add to Cart
and Quantity Pricing |
Adjustable from
13.5" to 19"
(34.3 to 48.2cm) |
Side Length***
13.5" (34.3cm) |
Depth
Front to Back
9.25" (23.5cm) |
Medium Ivory Vinyl Hoods
Item #115
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$25.95
Add to Cart
and Quantity Pricing |
Adjustable from
18" to 23"
(45.7 to 58.4cm) |
Side Length***
15.0" (38.1cm) |
Depth
Front to Back
9.5" (24.1cm) |
* Custom hoods available.
** CRT = Cathode Ray Tube
*** We can shorten the side length of any hood as needed. The charge for this is $5.00 / hood and can be specified during checkout.
A monitor hood does not reduce glare from light sources originating directly behind the viewer. It will, however, greatly reduce glare originating from above or the sides.
The attachment Velcros need 1/2 inch minimum of flat edge along the outside edges to make a proper hood attachment. Our hoods may not mount properly on some Flat Panel screens with less than 1/2 inch flat edges, unless customized, see next note.
We are able to modify our hoods to accommodate several new monitor designs, such as monitors with a small edge and steeply sloping back sides, or to accommodate the CD-ROM slot of the new iMac-G5. Please call
for pricing. Call: 847-377-1185 9am to 5pm EST or
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Monitor Hood Benefits:
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Creating a shaded environment helps to achieve screen color consistency for accurate and reliable color calibration for color-critical applications such as computer graphics and desktop publishing. Photodon monitor hoods mentioned in Photo Techniques Magazine, Sept/Oct 2003, article "Calibrating the Digital Darkroom"
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The monitor hood reduces glare while adding nothing extra to look through. Covering the screen with a filter material can affect the overall screen brightness, especially of the whites. The use of a monitor hood, in conjunction with some of our glare and reflection reduction ideas, can greatly enhance your viewing pleasure and reduce eyestrain.
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Most office environments are lit from above with fluorescent lights, which are great for the reading of paper documents. The same lighting causes screen image washout and a loss of screen contrast. The monitor hood is most effective in reducing this type of ambient (surrounding) light and creates a shaded environment.
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Light streaming in through windows can cause screen washout, depending on monitor position. Screen washout may only occur for a few minutes a day but sometimes lasts for up to several hours. The length and quality of washouts can change daily and with the shifting of the seasons.
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Just as you cannot please everyone as far as heating and cooling in the work environment, you cannot control the lighting to suit everyone's needs. In many cases creating a localized shaded environment with a monitor hood is your only choice.
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A monitor hood provides privacy, especially in areas where computers are side by side, such as in libraries, computer labs, cyber-cafes, classrooms and the workplace. Also, in an area where sensitive materials and documents are handled, such as banks and law offices, a hood will keep confidential information secure in sensitive environments.
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Reducing the amount of glare on your screen can help reduce eyestrain. Because the eyes play such a large roll in processing information for the screen viewer, any reduction in screen glare can have health benefits including a reduction in eyestrain, fatigue and headaches.
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The inside surfaces provide added space for program-shortcut notes, photos or other notes of inspiration.
Color / exterior finishes:
- "Simulated Black Leather" is plastic coated and textured to look like leather on both sides. This material has very good scuff and durability characteristics and will cleanup with soap and water.
Ivory vinyl outside finish is about one shade lighter than most ivory colored computer equipment, thus it blends well and gives a nice look. This material has good durability with the outside vinyl layer.
- Both are equally efficient at blocking light and/or absorbing light on the interior surface.
| Simulated Black Leather - Ivory Vinyl
(Material samples available
on request.)
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Material type / interior finish:
These monitor hoods are made of durable, high-density fiberboard. The front edges are protected and reinforced with plastic strips. Ivory Vinyl material has a light-absorbing charcoal gray interior finish, Simulated Black Leather type material has flat black textured interior finish.
Professional looking Design and Style and . . We Stand Behind Our Products
Small "Simulated Black Leather" on a 19" wide format flat panel monitor : Our hoods work equally well with both regular CRT's or flat panel monitors.
Click for a larger view.
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Three Sizes Available:
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Small - Adjustable from 13.5" to 22.5 "
(34.3 to 48.2cm)**
- Medium - Adjustable from 17.5 to 24.75 inches (44.5 to 62.9cm)**
- Large - Adjustable from 19.25" to 36" inches(48.9 to 91.4cm)**
More complete info and pricing in table.
Two Material Types:
- Ivory Vinyl
- Simulated black leather
* Custom sizes available on request
** Outside of monitor dimensions
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Installation:
The monitor hood is shipped with its sides folded in a flattened state. The sides simply fold back out. The top width is easily adjusted to fit your monitor, then the top plastic support strips are slipped into place. The hood then attaches with hook and loop (Velcro like) self-adhesive strips to the outside surfaces of your monitor. Installation takes about fifteen minutes. Detailed installation instructions. (Adobe PDF format ~125K) New Single Bar Install
The Installation package includes:
- One quality hand inspected hood
- Hook and loop fasteners
- Plastic support strips
- Foam strips for between hood and monitor top surface
- Lens cloth for cleaning monitor outside surface before installation
- Easy to follow detailed installation instructions.
- 30 day satisfaction money back guarantee.
Photodon assures a good quality product and excellent service
Dear Sir,
Thank you for sending the monitor hood, I received it Monday 18th, very
prompt. The hood is marvelous, I no longer have the window shining on
my screen. It's made going on the computer a pleasure, thank you. D.Mitchell.
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Commitment Policy:
As the designer and manufacturer of the Monitor Glare Reduction Hood, we are personally committed to delivering a quality product at reasonable prices to our customers. In addition, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our products or services. We welcome any ideas, suggestions or comments about the products on these pages.
Improvements and changes to the monitor hood over time:
- Instructions updated. 02/08
- New front support edge 3/07
- Dual monitor setup available. 10/06
- Calibration door design established. 06/06
- Angle added to to sides design change 03/06
- New two piece overlap design. 10/05
- New one piece top front support strip to medium black leather hood. 10/05
- 33% heavier board for the medium black leather. 9/05
- Instructions updated with more tips and improved graphic. 5/04
- Medium Simulated Black Leather Hood now available with more depth and side length. 5/04
- Black grommets now used to replace the brass colored grommets. 6/03
- The Simulated Black Leather and Ivory Vinyl Medium Hood design has been improved to work better with the new flat panel monitors. 4/03
- Foam strips for between hood and monitor top surface. 1/03
- Revised installation instructions with better illustrations. 2003
- Lens cloth provided for cleaning monitor outside surface before installation. 6/02
- Added the plastic Simulated Black Leather material type. 6/02
- Doubled the size of hook & loop strips provided. 2002
- Addition of plastic strips to the front outside edges for added support and looks. 2002
- We now include the cutouts from the top slots with the package. They can be inserted after final width adjustment. 2002
- All small and medium sizes are now die cut, giving a nicer, more uniform look. 2002
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Visual Break
Sonoma Grande'
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Wall Street Journal 13June04
"The lighting in most offices is much brighter than it needs to be, especially with computers," producing glare and eye-strain, says James LaMotte, a professor of optometry at the Southern California College of Optometry.
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Glare Reduction Ideas:
Ambient light reflecting off monitor screen surfaces causes light to reflect back at the viewer. On a curved surface screen, there is much reflection off the monitor due to its convex shape. This surface reflects light sources directly at the viewer, even when the light source is at an extreme angle to the monitor.
You can check screen surface reflections by looking into your screen with the monitor off. These reflections, which include an image of yourself, can obscure the screen image you want to see, causing unnecessary distractions. Observe and implement as many of these glare reduction ideas as possible:
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- Wear darker clothing. Lighter colored clothing reflects more light, creating a reflection on the screen.
- Place the monitor so that the brightest light sources are off to the side and not directly behind the user.
- Close shades or curtains.
- Turn off overhead lights or any lights that are directly behind the user.
- An individual task light may replace other lights, but be sure that it does not shine onto the screen or your eyes.
- A glare-reducing screen is also an option but be sure it does not affect the overall screen brightness, especially of the on screen whites. Or, if you're concerned about color calibration, make sure the screen isn't tinted.
- Tilting the screen slightly downward also helps in reducing reflections but may not be ergonomically correct, unless you raise the monitor up.
- A hood, such as the one offered by Photodon, is a great solution, especially if reducing the amount of light is not possible. (thought I might just throw that in.) A hood can effectively reduce the amount of ambient light from the sides and above from reaching the surface of the screen.
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From our Poll
"Reasons for wanting a hood
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Votes |
Percent |
| Shading from room/office lighting |
64 |
26% |
| Shading from window lighting |
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51 |
20% |
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32 |
13% |
| Improved screen color and saturation |
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26 |
10% |
| Accurate color calibration |
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40 |
16% |
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2 |
1% |
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34 |
14% |
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Other Considerations:
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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.
- 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. Additional information is available at MS ClearType Page
- Check the refresh rate of your monitor as it may not be high enough. This will cause a screen flicker that will cause a lot of extra eye strain.
- An older monitor may become dim and/or out of calibration. Check the manual or monitor calibration software.
- If you have a choice during the purchase of your monitor(s), you can head off a lot of problems by looking for the new flat screen technology. 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, but a monitor hood will still improve screen image consistency especially in color critical applications.
- Some screens have the ARAGŪ (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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Monitor troubleshooting:
- If the colors seem a little odd or are missing, check the video cable to make sure it is securely connected. An improper connection caused by loose or broken pins in the cable connector could be the cause.
- If you have a distorted image or colors, try to degauss the monitor:
On Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) color monitors most have this option, usually in the menu options. What this does is to re-align the magnetic fields inside the CRT to compensate for external magnetism, usually the earth's own magnetism. So, don't keep any strong magnets close your CRT monitor. Also, two CRTs set next to each other could have some affect on each other.
- A good way to troubleshoot a monitor is to connect it to another computer.
Feed Back / Comments:
- Don,
Thanks very much for your outstanding service. I talked to you on the phone before 5 o'clock yesterday about ordering your 1.8 visor for my digital camera and at 1:30 today the product arrived. Needless to say it has been applied, and I am waiting for the 24 hour set up to take place.
It is a pleasure to see America at its best with a good product from a good company, and I don't have to worry about the books being off.
Thanks again, Roland from Ohio
- Hi don;
Got the hood today! What a great product! Thanks for the prompt delivery, it was a pleasure doing business with a professional person. I will spread the word of your product! Paul from ny
- Don,
The hood is great! It really cuts down the glare from the windows, skylights and fluorescent lights. I found the instructions easy to follow, and, yes, I did read them before I attempted to put it on. I can't think of any suggestions I could make to make it better, really! becky from MI
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HIPAA & GLBA:
HIPAA law does not specifically say that a monitor hood is a compliant device (it is much more general than that) it does state:
Under Incidental Uses and Disclosures, [45 CFR 164.502(a)(1)(iii)]
General Provision. The Privacy Rule permits certain incidental uses and disclosures that occur as a by-product of another permissible or required use or disclosure, as long as the covered entity has applied reasonable safeguards and implemented the minimum necessary standard, where applicable, with respect to the primary use or disclosure.
Reasonable Safeguards. A covered entity must have in place appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards that protect against uses and disclosures not permitted by the Privacy Rule, as well as that limit incidental uses or disclosures. See 45 CFR 164,530(c).
HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
This law requires new safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of information. The law mandates new and stringent standards for patient privacy protection, insuring the privacy and security of medical information both in electronic and printed format.
Full compliance, in most cases, is required by federal law by April 14, 2003. The ruling applies to health care providers, hospitals, insurance offices, doctor offices and health clearinghouses. More information is available at: http://hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.
GLBA - The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Enacted in 1999, GLBA requires financial institutions to protect non-public personal information (NPI) for distribution beyond the financial institutions network.
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires government agencies that regulate financial institutions to implement regulations to carry out the Act's financial privacy provisions (GLB Act). The regulations required all covered businesses to be in full compliance by July 1, 2001.
A key GLBA provision requires all financial services organizations to protect the security and confidentiality of their customers nonpublic personal information (NPI).
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We received the hoods and they're awesome. Like I expected, your products are great and for the price, unbeatable. Our designers are already asking for their own. I was their guinea pig. I also liked those Zeiss wipes you included (including the micro fiber cloth!). That's the next thing we'll order along with the additional hoods. I'll also recommend your products to our affiliates and fellow design firms.
Vince @ Akira Graphics