I used to think Wacom is the "be all, end all" when it comes to drawing tablet, but man, Huion opened my eyes to the idea that you don't need to spend thousands of dollars to have a high end drawing tablet for professional purpose. Got a Huion Kamvas 24 Plus and never looked back at Wacom ever again.

I’m not gonna lie, this is a hard sell in light of Xencelabs’s Pen Display 24. I audibly said “oof” when you said the price out loud. But as always, love your review

The price is just plain ridiculous.

I’m a commercial artist and have been using Wacom products for nearly 20 years now but these latest prices are taking the p*^s! I simply won’t be buying, sorry Wacom, these prices are a joke and I will be looking elsewhere next time.

I never thought I would ever say that I disagree with every engineering decision that Wacom made with this new line. Small bezels, the reduction of physical express keys, the lack of eraser, the price. I worry for Wacom. I suppose they decided they dont want to tussle with Huion, XPPEN and other at those price points but I dont know how they make enough money to justify such a niche market. People make the same argument about Apple but everyone buys Apple. Wacom isnt as big as you think it is and truthfully, if I gave 90% of digital illustrators a new Huion or XPPen, you wouldnt know the difference in pen performance. All of the EMR patents are expired and the competition's quality has caught up. The biggest difference is nuance in the pressure curve and overall build but man, how do you tell someone to pay $1900 more for a 17" over a competitor 16"? I agree with you Brad. I'm still a fan but I wish they took the pen tech and some of the newer improvements and bundled it into a mid tier.

nah its too expenssive wtf

And in countries like Mexico, it's more expensive to buy any tablet, but especially Wacom, they have prices extremely expensive. I bought an Intuos pro like 2 years ago, and in one week I said, it doesn't worth for the price. I paid like MX$11,500 it's about dll$655.21. It's like twice the price in U.S.A. It doesn't worth for the price because I never felt a premium tablet, in least of two weeks the surface of the tablet was gone, and I'm not going to pay MX$1,500 (dll$85.40)for changing the surface of the tablet. But don't get me wrong, it's a nice tablet for drawing, but it's not worth the price in Mexico. I can't imagine the price of this tablet here. It's going to be impossible to pay.😮‍💨

Ridiculous price

I got the cintiq pro 24 used for $1,100 (had the stand and mounts and many accessories) i will never upgrade it. It is perfect especially with the massive bezels

There is always an inner desire to buy expensive things no matter what, but this wacom display is not impressive enough to empty your bank account.

I just unboxed one today. It came with the wacom tablet itself, the pen, we ordered the stand, the remote and the glove.

To eliminate shoe stringing on fast lines in photoshop, disable smoothing from brush settings (not the top menu bar. The actual settings panel).

I really appreciate the perspective of your reviews. You do a great job of making it clear who a product is intended for. This seems like one of the best display tablets on the market, but it is distinctly for professional settings. It's something that Disney or Marvel Comics would buy in bulk for their offices. It's not for hobbyists, or even self employed artists who work on commissions. That doesn't make the tablet overpriced or unnecessary, it just doesn't fit the niche that a lot of people who would be looking at tablet reviews fit into. I feel like a lot of tech reviewers on youtube don't actually take the market space a product is filling into account, especially when it comes to art products.

Still rocking my cintic 22 HD from back in the day when cintiqs actually came with stands, and wacom was not nickle and daiming their customers for every single little feature.

Thank you for this video. It helped me decide to pull the trigger on the 22 version as an upgrade from an older model.

I am on the 16 pro now having used it for about four years. in September, my studio bought me an iPad pro and now I'm completely spoiled. The Cintiq fan running all the time and the myriad of cables to be mindful of when transporting gets old. I know it's not apples to apples comparison but I have never drawn on an iPad until a few months ago and consider it remarkable.

When I realised Wacom released a 17inch Cintiq pro model, I thought I would have regretted buying the Cintiq Pro 16 2021 relatively recently. But when I saw the price, nope. The 2021 model is ideal for pro-sumer (as in I did some art stuff as a side hustle) and illustrators, as you said. The super high quality colour accurate monitors aren't really needed in our case. I don't really notice the difference with higher refresh rates and I got the Pro Pen 2 slim for my tiny hands. I am intrigued what they would release for the updated non-pro Cintiq line, maybe this would be the model(s) that suits illustrators more.

My problem with the 17 is the 88% AdobeRGB coverage. For that price it's painful for it to be so far behind the 22 and 27.

I’ve had my 22hd cintiq for almost 10 years now. I can not imagine buying a new one until I got surprised with an iPad Air for Christmas last year and my life changed lol

I’ve had a couple of wacoms in the past, the monster 24HD and the mobile studio pro 16 first gen. Even though those machines were brilliant and never let me down, I can’t imagine paying this much today for a 17 inch display (can’t remember how I afforded the MSP to be honest) I recently purchased the Xencelabs 24 for a great price and I absolutely love it, was worried to move away from Wacom but glad I did.