17" Cintiq Wannabe for < £700

Fordy · Feb 2008

Hi Folks

I noticed that some of you have been looking for Cintique's recently and I just noticed this in this months Painter magazine - http://www.xernon.co.uk/products/xpc1700b.html

It looks pretty good, especially for the price.

aesir · Feb 2008

interesting. I wonder how the reviews are for it.

Wells · Feb 2008

who wants to be the first to get one and let us all know?

East · Feb 2008

Depends, are you paying for it?

hawken · Feb 2008

might be good but that website is very very bad

pior · Feb 2008

Exactly what I was thinking! 'Someone gives these guys a decent website with some kind of fancy flash intro, teach them how to display prices in real-world curency and this might become a serious Wacom contender... That might help making the REAL Cintiqs cheaper!'

sir-knight · Feb 2008

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paypal donation to a polycount bigwig of around 10 buck each person to recce the goods would tell you pretty quick how it stacks up.

Fordy · Feb 2008

Don't forget, if anyone buys one in the UK over the net, you are covered by the distance selling regulations. So, if you don't like it, let them know within 7 days and you are legally entitled to send it back, no reason required. If you ask, they are also obliged to refund the return postage too.

I know, I work for an online company

dfacto · Feb 2008

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Hehe, no love for the pound pior?

This sounds like it could potentially be a great thing. After all, a 17" TFT is dirt cheap, and tablet tech isn't super pricey either unless you want Wacom quality. Theoretically it should be completely feasible to have something this cheap also be quite good.

Realistically, it's probably to Cintiq as Aiptek Hyperpen is to Intuos. Nice in theory, a waste of money in practice. Would like to see reviews though. Maybe ask the DW guys to throw in a free one for 4th place 2d. :P

Michael Knubben · Feb 2008

Well, ideally we do want Wacom Quality though, dfacto. I don't know if that's expensive, as I imagine producing tablets only got cheaper for Wacom over the years (which isn't reflected in the price, ofcourse!), but I'm all for decent alternatives! My guess is Wacom is selling their tablets way above construction-price, and they could stand to knock a few quid off to combat any competition.

Emil Mujanovic · Feb 2008

Hopefully it is actually half decent to compete against Wacom, but a really nice price in comparison.

-caseyjones

Jeremy Lindstrom · Feb 2008

I don't know.. for $999 u can get the 12 inch Wacom, the 17 inch one above is $1417.75 for a 17 incher, or the Wacom 21 incher for a grand more then the xernon one... Not sure 1400 is still pretty high for me without having the wacom name behind it.

neolith · Mar 2008

WTF is up with the colors for the german flag on that site? Black/white/red stripes haven't been used for more than 70 years.

Cody · Mar 2008

I heard you can't draw a strait line with a cintiq and it's not worth the money. Anyone who have one have issues?

17" Cintiq Wannabe for < £700

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