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Subject: opinions on graphics tablets

Midnightposer opened this issue on May 23, 2004 · 8 posts
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Midnightposer ( ) posted Sun, 23 May 2004 at 8:57 PM · edited Fri, 14 November 2025 at 10:45 AM

Hey everyone, I have been considering buying a graphics tablet after seeing that so many of the people here, who paint their own hair and clothes, use them. I am looking for some input on which brands to stay away from and which ones are a good deal for the money. I have been told that WACOM is a great product but they are out of my price range unless I decide to sit and save up for awhile lol. I have seen the lowest prices on "Pablo" and "JAMSTUDIO". Has anyone tried these? Let me know what you think I appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks. Mid

wyrwulf ( ) posted Sun, 23 May 2004 at 9:39 PM

Get a Wacom Graphire for a start. The list price is under $100 and you should be able to find it on line for much less. They work great, even with their "small" size.

Schurby ( ) posted Mon, 24 May 2004 at 6:55 AM

Yes definitely a Wacom Graphire, I use mine all the time and it works great. (Hint) if your using a USB hub be sure to get a Keyspan not a Belkin as it fried my 1st tablet up. Wacom advises using Keyspan, by the way they did replace the tablet no charge.

Schurby

 

PoisenedLily ( ) posted Mon, 24 May 2004 at 9:27 AM

Schurby, the Belkin REALLY fried your Wacom? I had a USB Hub that was a Belkin for a year with my old PC and I never had a problem. Midnight, yes definitely get a Wacom. It's worth it. I have seen refurbished Graphire's on line as low as $50. I myself personally wouldnt buy a refurbished tablet simply because Im weary of stuff like that. But I hear they are just as good as new. CheeriO! Gina

Midnightposer ( ) posted Mon, 24 May 2004 at 7:38 PM

Thank you for the opinions everyone :) I was hoping someone had used one of the others I had mentioned as you can find those ones on e-bay for $10-$20 lol Looks like the cheapest Wacom I can get is around $139 canadian with shipping and taxes etc sigh Time to start saving up I guess ;) Thanks again. Mid

wyrwulf ( ) posted Mon, 24 May 2004 at 8:48 PM

You can try the other brands if you can get them that cheap. You should ask around other forums about them to try to find more information on them.

Midnightposer ( ) posted Tue, 25 May 2004 at 12:02 AM

Well after doing a bunch of hunting on the web the cheaper brands seem to give a lot of people problems. Problems installing, problems getting it to work, problems getting support etc. I guess you get what you pay for and if you can't get the thing to work at all then it's not worth the money even if it's free lol

Cookienose ( ) posted Tue, 25 May 2004 at 2:24 PM

Stay away from Jamstudio. You would do better with an etch-a-sketch than their tablets. They are cheap for a good reason.

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