Tag Archives: Monitor Hoods

Monitor Hoods blog posts | Our Photodon blog offers advice on ways to protect and improve your viewing experience on you device with protective solutions.

This Small Upgrade Makes a Big Difference – June Newsletter

| By Rebecca Irwin

Photodon® Monitor Hoods

From outdoor digital displays to office monitors near bright windows, changing light conditions can impact screen visibility. That’s where our monitor hoods come in. Designed to block out glare from overhead and side lighting, they protect your screen’s privacy, reduce eye strain, and enhance visibility and color accuracy.

With longer days and sunshine ahead, it’s the perfect time to upgrade your workspace—wherever it may be. Learn More about our Indoor-Outdoor Monitor Hoods >>

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Man at a computer that has an indoor-outdoor monitor hood installed on it

Indoor-Outdoor Shade Monitor Hoods: From Tradeshows to Shop Floors

| By Jolynn Paige

Grease-, water-, and dirt-resistant, these indoor-outdoor hoods are made specifically for your device.

Using a digital device of any size in a brightly–lit environment can be tricky because the glare makes it difficult to see the screen, right? Plus, bright light and reflections can make the eyes hurt and cause headaches. Not only that, but greasy hands or dirty work gloves do not play well with fussy materials. Think waitress and waiter stations at an outdoor restaurant, or industrial monitors mounted on a shop wall.

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Create A Portable Mini-Cubicle with A Photodon Monitor Hood

| By Jolynn Paige

Open office spaces, where employees all work in one open space with few to zero barriers in between them, can create problems. Productivity can slow because there are so many distractions. Or workers find they have no privacy. A Photodon monitor hood is an affordable solution to these problems.

Photodon Monitor Hoods in the Workplace:

Professionally Designed for Office Use

Create a kind of mini-cubicle in an open office
Increase privacy between adjacent computers
Allow employees to personalize their workspace
Have high-quality, lightweight fiberboard base
Have black embossed exterior vinyl that wipes down easily
Have light-absorbing gray cloth interior
Are fully assembled and ready to install
Have a small notch on each side to access USB ports
Are affordable

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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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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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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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