How's the View from Your Desk? Exploring Computer Desktop Mounts

There's an old cliché that goes something like, “there’s nothing more exhausting than doing nothing.” Sure, being physically active at work or moving around a lot can be tiring but it can’t hold a candle to sitting at a desk all day!  Then, after sitting down for eight hours, many of us climb into our cars and sit for the long drive home. Once you’re home, the sofa’s calls, “Sit down, turn on the TV, let’s see what Tom Cruise is doing now!” It’s a vicious cycle.

We all know that sitting down for long periods of time can take a toll on the body and mind, but hey, that’s the breaks in office work, right? We’re not Russian gymnasts—nope, we’re programmers, customer service reps, graphics artists and accountants and our jobs involve sensibly-priced black office chairs with arm rests and wheels (our chairs even walk for us) perched in front of one or more LCD screens, period!  Every so often we vow to walk during  our lunch break or step away from our screens every hour but we don’t stick to it and have the soar backs and necks, over strained eyes and great-grandma’s posture to prove it.

Okay, enough ergonomic doom and gloom and let’s cut to the chase. If you’re one of the millions of people who sit at a desk all day, there are a few simple things you can do that will help. Buying a well built, ergonomically designed office chair goes without saying but few people actually think about installing a desktop mount for their monitors. Those CRT monster-size monitors you see on old Seinfeld episodes are long gone. Today’s monitors are sleek, thin LCD screens and it’s not uncommon to see two, three or even four screens per station. More often than not, these mounts are plopped on the  desk without much thought given to height, angle, glare, distance from eyes…all factors that can have a huge impact on productivity and fatigue in the work place.  If the mount is too low, set it on top of a phone book. Too high? Raise that Herman Miller chair!  These ergonomic band aids may seem helpful but in the long run, they can cause more problems than they’re meant to fix.

A Paltry Price for What Desktop Mounts Accomplish

OSD Audio Desktop mounts tilt, rotate and swivel to accommodate any desk setup and height can be adjusted to fit an individual's needs.

When the new OSD Audio Desktop Mounts arrived, we immediately installed units in some of our most desk-bound associates, including our receptionist/customer support rep, Casey, who uses two 22-inch ACER LCD monitors.  We installed the TSM-02-C024, and within 10 minutes her work space transformed into a productive, ergonomically-sound station. Suddenly she had more space on her desk, could adjust the height and distance from her chair and screen glare virtually disappeared because she could tilt the monitors down. Before, when customers came in and wanted to see product on the website, Casey had to awkwardly move one of her screens, whereas now she effortlessly moves the mount/screen to the customer. It’s made a difference for Casey who states that her productivity and posture have improved since we installed the mount. Not a bad investment!

It may look a little strange but this sturdy quad  mount can hold up to four LCD Screens.

It’s time to take a good look at your work space and ask yourself, is the screen the right height or are you tilting your neck up or down? Is the screen the right distance or is it too close or too far? Do you have more than one screen at your desk? Ways you can improve your work space ergonomics should include the right chair, the right desk, the right lighting and of course the right desktop screen mount.  One way to check how your work space compares is to visit OSHA’s (Department of Labor) website and follow their ergonomic guidelines. The images are painfully out of date but it still contains excellent information.

OSD Audio carries a full line of affordable study desktop mounts for the home or office. These mounts can tilt, rotate and move screens in ways you never thought possible.