Things You'll Need:
- Anti-glare Screen
- Black Cardboard
- Cellophane Or Masking Tape
- Desk Lamp
- Flat Wall Paint
- Window Covering
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Step 1
Evaluate your computer setup to determine whether the monitor is optimally positioned. You don't want the screen to be facing a window, nor do you want to be facing a window yourself--a position that can cause eyestrain from too much light contrast. The ideal screen-to-window angle is 90 degrees.
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Step 2
Reduce the amount of bright sunlight in your workplace. Shades, blinds and draperies all help block sunlight. Even switching to a flat rather than glossy wall paint can help.
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Step 3
If you have a bright light source directly above your screen--the worst possible place and typical of many offices--try turning it off and placing a small desk lamp to one side of your computer instead.
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Step 4
If you can't avoid overhead light, you can construct an anti-glare hood for your monitor by taping together several sheets of black cardboard and using them to frame your monitor screen.
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Step 5
If you can't avoid bright light from a window (or if you think a hood looks too goofy), purchase an anti-glare screen to place over your monitor. Generally, the best ones are polarized or have a purplish optical coating.










Comments
NuShieldguy said
on 10/16/2008 NuShield manufactures both antiglare and antireflective screen protectors that can be placed over the screen. The film blocks up to 99% of UV rays coming from the monitor and also helps to block sunglare from outside coming in.
ejsimmons said
on 1/7/2007 Great suggestions, only try being a musician with a music notepad, 13.3" by 9.90", and no glare screens available yet. I wear contacts, and after 15 minutes, my eyes are ready for the Sahara Desert. Also, I have a very expensive "piano light", luminated just for sheet music, but I'm going to try to take your suggestion somehow, and try to move it a little over to the side. (It's made to be overhead). I understand more task lighting, and less overhead lighting is best. If you hear of any screen available to fit my music notepad, write me at ejsimmons1@yahoo.com or call at 239-839-4650. Thank You,
Elizabeth Simmons