All posts by Jolynn Paige

Jo Paige was Photodon's Sales and Communications director from January 2015 to March 2021. Over the course of her career, she has been published in several newspapers and local publications and was a writing teacher.

Tips For Better Screen Viewing in the Workplace

| By Jolynn Paige

Ergonomists — those who are concerned with providing the safest environment for workers — know that long-term computer use can lead to serious health hazards. Staring at a monitor screen for hours on end can be irritating to a worker's eyes, causing headaches, fatigue, eye strain, and even long-term eye damage.

Here are some helpful tips to make viewing a computer screen for long periods of time more ergonomically-friendly, which may, in turn, create a safer and more productive environment for the workplace.

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Privacy Filters fby Photodon Facilitate Hospital HIPAA Compliance

Privacy Filters Facilitate Hospital HIPAA Compliance

| By Jolynn Paige

Hospitals and medical offices can greatly benefit from privacy filters on their computer monitors and other electronic devices so that patient information is viewed only by those persons who are authorized to see the information. Photodon carries three types of privacy filters: Two are adhesive (Two-way privacy filters and four-way privacy filters), and the third is non-adhesive and 2-way. We specialize in custom cutting.

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Let Photodon Help You Love Your Apple Screen!

| By Jolynn Paige

You love your Mac products, but you're not really digging the glossy on your screen? Not everyone does!
No worries though as we have an affordable and practical way to reduce the glare on your screen.

The most popular anti-glare screen protector in our product line is our MXH material, which offers approximately 25% in glare reduction. This screen protector material has a light matte finish, yet our customers love it because it maintains a share image quality. MXH is a high quality material that will protect your screen from accidental damage and fingerprints.

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Photodon Specializes in Screen Care Products

| By Jolynn Paige

What sets Photodon apart from our competitors when it comes to screen protectors, privacy filters, monitor hoods, promotional microfiber kits, and screen cleaning supplies? We're a small, custom shop, with a focus on lightning-fast, friendly customer service, and high-quality products. AND our prices are fantastic for our way-above-average long-lasting products.

Our motivation? Knowing that we're helping people solve problems such as protecting expensive electronic equipment screens from getting scratched or broken, or knowing that we're providing blue light material that will safeguard our customers' eyes from the harmful effects of blue light spectrum on the human eye.

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Photodon Custom Cuts Screen Protectors and Privacy Filters

| By Jolynn Paige

Do you need a custom-designed solution for image-quality and/or screen protection issues for digital devices at your home or business? Photodon offers the option of customizing your computer monitor hoods, screen protectors, and microfiber cloths. We can also custom-build screen cleaning kits with private labeling.

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Protect your Investment in Digital Signage

| By Jolynn Paige

Having your digital signage or kiosk machine displayed where the world can touch it is risky business. Digital advertising and interactive touch screens are expensive, yet they're made to be used. Applying a Photodon screen protector to your screen is a low-cost insurance that protects your display from scratching, marring, fingerprints, and other damage.

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8 Ways to Prevent Eye Strain and Computer Vision Syndrome

| By Jolynn Paige

Cut out the glare and reduce your eye strain!

“Eye strain does not have serious or long-term consequences, but it can be disruptive and unpleasant” says the Mayo Clinic. “It can make you tired and reduce your ability to concentrate.”

Eye strain (also known as asthenopia) is caused by overuse of the eyes. Activities such as reading for long periods of time, or focusing too long on a computer screen or on other tedious visual tasks are some of the common culprits contributing to wide-spread asthenopia. We hear from many people about the eye strain they experience caused by staring at the computer screen for too long, which leads to a condition known as Computer Vision Syndrome (or CVS).

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Ten Ways to Reduce Glare on Computer Monitors

| By Jolynn Paige

Visual health can be negatively affected when eyes are exposed to long periods of glare from monitors or other electronic devices. Many people are not aware that their eyes are being hit with glare from their screen. The result can be unexplained headaches and eye fatigue. In fact, headaches are a chief complaint amongst some of our customers who are looking for anti-glare solutions. Long-term damage to the eye can also occur when it is constantly exposed to glare on a screen.

Here are ten ways to help reduce glare on your screen, which will, in turn, promote eye health.

Check for screen surface reflections by looking into your screen with the monitor off. When the monitor is on, the reflections may not be as apparent These reflections can obscure the screen image you want to see, causing unnecessary distractions and eye-strain. Observe and implement as many of these glare reduction ideas as possible:

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