Firstly, this is not from a “free” screen. Paid for it as everyone else does, and we have had this type of screen before:
Wacom – (still own, not using)
X-Pen – (still in use)
Veikk – (still works, but drivers are bad)
So – we have a cumulative ~15 years of experience using these types of tablet for photography and art.
That said, this is the simplest to get “working out of the box” experience so far. You still have to do the work to set up, but once there, it does what it says it will. (One minor point when setting up on Mac, calibrate the pen with the lower X points being tapped 1/16” above the 2 lower screen points. This allows you to use the auto hide app bar)
Colors are very good, I would say they emulate a Mac screen quite closely, probably better than 95%, which is excellent if you know color flow and accuracy.
Touch sensitivity is solid, equal to the Wacoms which were the gold standard for us. I had to set it to my desired “softness”, but then it works flawlessly.
Point accuracy is excellent and due to the newer (reason we got it) laminated screen, the point you touch experiences very little (almost imperceptible) parallax.
The physics of the screen are very nice. A quality feel. The buttons are in a logical place and respond as they should. The wires are from the side, and there are two, which is not as nice as the X-pen version, but nothing to care much about. It has a papery feel to the screen and in use with the pen, feels natural.
The pen is light and almost has my hand fooled into thinking it’s using the Wacom again. It responds to the cursor point a moment before you get to touch the screen, so you know exactly where you’re going to touch. It has a decent stand (they all suck in my opinion) as they go, with the added bonus of 20 nibs! Great. We wear a nib out about once every 2-3 months… note: don’t over use your nibs. Once they show wear, swap them out and save your screen. Not sure how to get more, but I’m not worried about it yet. The angle sensitivity is solid, seems a little more aggressive than the others (meaning what i see on screen is slightly more exaggerated than im used to – but totally fine).
The best part of the pen use id that it’s got 0 offset or time difference to response. This means in practice, that when you tap, it reacts instantly, and in exactly the place you expect it to. Good job Xoppox.
Quick buttons are great, and work perfectly.
Start up is as fast as the computer can get to your working screen. No obvious lag.
Overall, and its early days, it is better than we hoped for (this is following many years of accommodations for other brands idiosyncrasies).
The stand it comes with is better than the built in type so far. Mostly because you don’t have to use it, and because it lays down flat or stands almost vertically with several adjustable points between. It’s not high spec, just plastic. But I think will last at least as long as the screen unless abused.
Good price, good screen, good experience.
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