I got this to replace my ancient Wacom drawing display, and it is about time. I’m going from a 20 year old Wacom at SVGA resolution and 1024 pressure levels to full HD and 8K pressure levels, and I think the modern stylus is way better too. This Veikk VK1200 device is lightweight and thin while still being very stable for drawing. The old Wacom was more stable of course, since it weighed more than some bowling balls, but this device gains its stability by being flat on the desk. As such, it has no built-in tilt mechanism, which is a shame but a decent tradeoff for portability. I can always set it on an inclined desk or even my lap. The image quality of the new tablet is great, especially in color as you’d hope for a drawing tablet. The stylus is also great, with excellent expressiveness and sensitivity. So far it has worked well for sketches, texture editing, and basic pen input, and works well with every drawing program I’ve tried (namely blender, photoshop, paint.net, and for fun Fresh Paint). The shortcut buttons are handy too, I usually map them to undo/redo and my favorite tools. So far I’ve only used it with Windows 10 and 11, but had no problems with either the display or the pen input driver. There are a few things I wish it did that I can’t take a star off for since it isn’t the target product. I wish it had at least a limited built in sketching program; I mean, it has to have an embedded CPU, it shouldn’t have been hard to put something basic in. Alternately it would be nice if it could act as a wireless display, so I could be less encumbered by cords. As is, it is more of a desktop/tabletop device and not terribly portable. Even without these features, for the price it is a great tool and I’m glad I got it.
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