Screen hoods block ambient light from washing out a monitor in a room that cannot always be darkened: folding hoods that mount around a display's edges to shade the screen from overhead light, windows, or bright studio lighting. Where accurate color and contrast judgment matter - editing, grading, broadcast monitoring - a hood is what keeps the room's own light from interfering with the image.
Hoods are sized to a specific monitor's dimensions - order by the exact display model, since a hood built for the wrong screen size either leaves gaps that let light in or does not fit the mount at all. For workstations doing color-critical work, a hood is a low-cost complement to a properly calibrated display; without one, ambient light can undo the benefit of calibration entirely. Folding designs that collapse flat are worth prioritizing for shared or mobile workstations. COLAMCO supplies monitor screen hoods for the color-critical editing and broadcast workstations business, government, and education media programs run.