2024 Holiday buying guide for 22" pen displays

[@mari_am2222]

Great review as always! This series of comparisons between models is incredible!

[@thesevenpens]

@mari_am2222 thank you so much! Glad this format is working for you!

[@3polygons]

I vote for a 24" tablets round (now with Black Friday ;) ), also (grateful for this one, too!). Very specially the 24 Plus, which seems to me the best deal (none, or minimal diagonal wobble, hopefully, though not sure. Almost the most important aspect for me). And I wonder about how it is for colors. I calibrated my Kamvas 22 (non Plus) with a colorimeter several times (the old and trusty i1 Display Pro), and did not get ideal results (a bit too much on the reds; seems that happened to others, too). But overall could make it work in the sRGB range, just not the finest color accuracy and overall result after color calibrated (couldn't adjust it to my Eizo, which is a very solid reference, if not the best possible). My everlasting question is how is it with both the 22 Plus and mostly, the 24 plus (a size which I very much prefer), in terms of drawing experience and colors, as the plus versions have a better screen, for all I understood from several sources. It is my hope that the 24 plus, as I think is more recent, have improved over the 22 plus in terms of screen quality (and so, of course, much better than the regular 22, the one I own). Oh...and I really dislike that these companies stopped putting the Adobe RGB and (less important) P3 coverage for certain models. Like... maybe 140% sRGB equals or almost to 95% of P3 in most cases, but it's important to know how much it covers of the Adobe RGB color space (specially for illustration and painting projects to be printed). But that's a shout in the dark...

[@elsevillaart]

Why i dont recomend touch tablets....its the hand grease, it get sin the way of the pen nib, it changes the velocity and control of the pen dramatically making it harder to control the line quality, that's why I've always use a glove, plus the grease of the hand helps to erode the screen faster getting scratches. And second... The heat, its like double the heat for the tablet to move electricity to the screen, if you live in a dry land like a dessert, get ready for the heat, the fan spins like crazy too.

[@adorian8903]

Thank you for this video, I'm used to work in 22'' and Iwant to improve my setup, I have a kamvas 22, and it seems if I want to improve the quality of my setup I would need to move to 19'' or to 24''. It seems if I want to keep the 22'' the artist 22 plus is my only way. Maybe I will move to 19'' but maybe 19" it's too small in comparisson. Do the difference between 19" and 22" are noticeable or isn't a big difference?

[@InvalidIndex]

hello, excellent video! I noticed in your notes for the Wacom Cintiq Pro 22 that you specified that you have it set at 60hz instead of 120hz and was wondering what the reasoning for that was? Thanks!

[@thesevenpens]

Thanks for the nice comment! Two primary reasons: (1) 120Hz would consume more power and generate more heat and I didn't want more fan noise as a result (2) and a minor reason was that I wasn't sure how that refresh rate at 4K would impact the performance of laptop - Surface Pro 8 - that I primarily use for drawing.

[@nicktyler2572]

@@thesevenpens oh, so you mostly use it in 60hz? I was wondering is there any difference at all... Some artists are crying tears of joy from new high refresh rate models, saying how smooth and great it is. But I'm working all my life on Dell displays with 60hz and never felt any lags or discomfort. In case of drawing tablets that double rate costs a lot of money, so... do you think this feature is worth the money?

[@Notafan765]

would you suggest more the wacom cintiq pro 24 or the Xp pen 24 gen 2 4k/165hz? I found them in my country both at the same price

[@sheefo]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m looking to get a new tablet around that size (currently using cintiq 16 fhd). How does the Xencelabs 24 display fare in your opinion? Would you recommend it?

[@lucid8302]

I had an old non pro Cintiq 16 (DTK1660). And I must say that this was the first time I've seen screen that bad, it was very blurry, with noticeable pixel grid and AG sparkles, also it's not laminated. If old Cintiq 22 has the same quality screen, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Yes, Wacom pens are the best, but it's not worth it IMO. I have had a Huion 22 Plus for a few years and the screen quality is night and day.