🧵 Tablets with screen
Anonymous at Wed, 6 Nov 2024 14:06:54 UTC No. 1000948
My sister took back her Wacom Intuos Pro and moved to another place.
I need a new tablet. To be honest, the Intuos Pro was perfect for the job but ever since I saw the Cintiq stuff, I've been desiring a tablet with a screen for the longest time.
The Cintiq are expensive though so save money starting today but are there other brands that maybe do similar products AND are quality stuff?
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 01:21:51 UTC No. 1001104
>>1000948
huion are pretty comparable quality and about half the price
you can also find used/refurbished wacom shit for like 75-90% off on ebay. shit loses its value incredibly hard despite being made to last. i've got tablets and cintiqs a decade old that still work like new.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 13:25:38 UTC No. 1001161
>>1001104
Yeah because professional studios buy the stuff in bulk there's always these points where somewhere upgrades or shuts down and you suddenly have a massive glut of the stuff on ebay
I got a 4 year old cintiq pro for just under half price because some London design studio was shutting down
Works perfectly, pen needed replacing because the rubber had started to stink/rot
But still worked out absurdly cheap
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 23:47:10 UTC No. 1001213
>>1001104
not op, but how do you mount these display tablets? I have like zero space. Even my intuos pro large is too big for my desk.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:20:31 UTC No. 1001214
>>1001213
If you scoot your keyboard forward far enough you can put if flat in front of it.
Give you neck strain though.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:10:27 UTC No. 1001217
>>1001214
but you have to use your keyboard in order to use the applications properly
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:43:14 UTC No. 1001218
>>1001213
you can get arm mounts that will clamp on to the side of a desk if space is really a problem, but those will set you back $$$$$, last i recall they were somewhere between $200-400 usd. you can also get arm mounts that are attached to a flat stand base instead of a clamp
otherwise most tablets tend to come with a shallow stand that usually has about the same height and width profile as the tablet itself and usually stands it up at about a 30-60 degree angle, and the tablet usually just rests on them, and they are much cheaper. the older, larger cintiqs had bolt on metal X frame stands that screwed into the tablet, had wheels on the back legs, and also weighed a solid 20lbs, but as far as i know those are pretty much out of use these days
if this is something you plan to do full time/professionally, it may be worth literally getting a different desk to accommodate the kind of tablet you want to use, rather than the other way around. if you are a craftsman, you dont get smaller tools because your toolbox isnt big enough to fit the ones you need. you get a bigger toolbox. same idea. if having a 24" tablet would really help your design (though to be clear plenty of professional artists make due with smaller tablets), then its worth rearranging your workspace to accommodate it, finances willing.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:00:01 UTC No. 1001352
>>1001213
I have a 24" xencelabs display on an amazon basics arm (I think its a rebranded ergotron LX) and it works pretty good for me