I've been using Cintiq 22HD over 10 years, and I still have it. It's just a monster size compared to these newer gen digitizers. Many new digitizer brands started popping up after Wacom patents expired a few years ago, I bought one back then (not Huion) and it wasn't good compared to Cintiq 22HD.
But now they have caught up to Wacom in hardware performance, at least this particular one has. Hardware performance is on par with Cintiq. We'll see about longevity, I'll update this post when it stop working.
The driver is a working progress, it needs quite a bit of work still. On Windows, sometimes it won't detect the app or switching between apps and you have to manually switch it via Huion Tablet app. It has serious conflicts with Windows Touch Screen device like Surface Pro. Even after uninstall Huion driver, my Surface Pro 7's touch screen function was badly lagging. I had to reinstall Windows to get it working properly. Cintiq driver went through the same growing pain at the beginning. Over time, Huion should iron out most of the bugs.
It works well with Mac Mini 4, although I haven't spent a lot of time on Mac. My work is mostly on Windows. The beauty of these newer gen digitizers is the USB C Thunderbolt connectivity. If your computer has Thunderbolt 3 ports, then you just need one Thunderbolt 3 cable (40 Gbps rated) to run the digitizer.
The size is portable too, the folding stand is great for traveling as well. This case fits it well, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0728HB9VV?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
I got the keyboard mount from a popular online store that specializes handmade stuff. It's super handy.
To summarized, 5 stars for the hardware and 3 stars for the driver. Wacom needs reduce Cintiq prices to survive, their monopoly era is over.
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