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Selecting A Draw Tablet - Sn1perJohnE - 2010-03-10
Today I went to a nearby Frys electronics store and happened down the Keyboard isele and found myself the draw tablet section. Among the selection they had in store, they had 2 tablets that cought my eye. One was this http://www.frys.com/product/5822203?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Which they had an 6" x 5" model, and a 5" x 4". They were on sale at this Frys, both of them were 48 bucks. The other one was was similar in size to these, but from another company that I did not get the name remembered in my head.
Anyone know if the tablet in the link above is any good, or at least good for its price?
Selecting A Draw Tablet - XTOTHEL - 2010-03-10
Tablet wise, I've always heard Wacom being the best at it. The newest Bamboo http://www.frys.com/product/6079568?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG. The previous version of Bamboo is also good, what I have, but I have no idea why it runs $30 more on that site. If you look around, they're sometimes on-sale around the $60 mark.
Selecting A Draw Tablet - Sn1perJohnE - 2010-03-11
Ive seen some Bamboos, and if I were to get one of those, it would be from Office Depot (online) because I have a gift card with ~35 bucks on it for them. The main one that I saw on officedepot.com thought was this one http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/938331/Wacom-Bamboo-Pen-digitizer-stylus/ , but Im not liking the draw surface of 6" x 4". The next one up is 100 dollars and only has a draw surface of 5" x 4".
The other one I saw may have been this one http://www.frys.com/product/5510840?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG which is 5" x 3", or a bigger model.
Selecting A Draw Tablet - XTOTHEL - 2010-03-11
Sn1perJohnE Wrote:Ive seen some Bamboos, and if I were to get one of those, it would be from Office Depot (online) because I have a gift card with ~35 bucks on it for them. The main one that I saw on officedepot.com thought was this one http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/938331/Wacom-Bamboo-Pen-digitizer-stylus/ , but Im not liking the draw surface of 6" x 4". The next one up is 100 dollars and only has a draw surface of 5" x 4".
The other one I saw may have been this one http://www.frys.com/product/5510840?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG which is 5" x 3", or a bigger model.
Well, it costs A LOT to get a tablet that's close to the size of a piece of 8.5 x 11 paper, so most people will do with a smaller size. It works and it won't be/isn't inconvenient at all (when drawing in photoshop, you can zoom in a little, do a stroke, use the little hand and grab the canvas, shift it a little and draw in the same spot on the tablet again).
Selecting A Draw Tablet - Sn1perJohnE - 2010-03-11
hmmm, maybe ill go with one of Office Depots then. Thank you!