When heavy computer usage is involved, your employees’ eyes may be the first thing to go.
One study found that in 1991, about one of every seven eye-doctor visits were for computer-related problems. Certainly, that number has increased through the decade.
What kinds of monitors are best at reducing glare?
Well, the University of California at Berkeley researchers recently completed a study to see if computer monitors with vacuum-deposit thin film coatings reduce glare better than uncoated or standard-coated monitors. The profs found that such monitors indeed work better (a 15 times glare reduction vs. 4-8 times for spin coating).
Employees with those kind of monitors were found to perform visual tasks considerably faster and more accurately on these displays than on either uncoated or standard-coated (spin) displays.
The study was funded by Viratec, maker of the monitors deemed to be the best. Nevertheless, it’s a good reminder to at least do a little extra research when choosing a monitor and see which one can best keep the doctor away.
SOURCE: Apogee Enterprises, Inc., Minneapolis, September 1999, and James E. Sheedy, a professor at Berkeley.