Monitor Arms

Ergotron is probably one of the most popular and well-known brands of flat panel monitor arms. Most people have heard of them and if you’ve ever owned one of their products you know why they are a cut above the rest. For those who don’t yet own one and are looking to buy, let’s review a few of their best-selling models to get you started. The model numbers referenced relate to their 2010 line of products. First, there is their least expensive single-screen option which is the Neo-Flex arm (part# 45-174-300). This is a simple, basic monitor arm for a [...]

Sometimes, when you have an LCD monitor, it’s hard to get a good angle to it. It can be unclear and hard to see, and you can get a glare off of it from sunlight coming in a window or from overhead lights. They make anti-glare screens but they don’t always work that well, sometimes they make the monitor too dark, and a lot of people just don’t care for them. Rather than deal with something like that, why not get an LCD monitor arm so you can mount your computer monitor somewhere that you’re really comfortable with? It doesn’t [...]

If you’re planning on mounting an LCD monitor to the wall, you’ll need to find the right mount for the make and model and size of monitor that you have. Once you’ve done that, getting it placed in the right area is vital. You also need to make sure that you understand how the mount attaches to the monitor and how the mount attaches to the wall. It has to be straight and level, first, or the monitor will always be crooked. It’s also important that the screws for the mount be installed into a wall stud, or that special [...]