This dust cover (misnomer :-( covers forward smoothly wonderful and protects against dust, ok .. is indeed the most important criterion to protect the panel, but: I knew though, that this guard open at the back and not completely covering the back of the monitor, but the fabric is so concise backwards, that you just can not put on over it the part. For what this dust cover costs, (9.98) I would have expected more! Ideally, my monitor is built so shallow, I just still can accept. Alternatives are not all too much. For the "material savings", the misleading term "hood" and for too high a price 2 star deduction.