Why not post a link to the review author's site? It has the added benefit of not being typeset in grey on grey.<p><a href="http://frenden.tumblr.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u" rel="nofollow">http://frenden.tumblr.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u</a>
Maybe I'm missing it but wacom tablets are not only pressure sensitive, they also measure the angle of the pen (tilt sensitive) so for example when simulating a pencil you can draw as though the pencil is straight down or tilted (although they only go to 60 degrees)<p>It's not clear if these cheaper tablets support this. (although looking at the artist's results maybe that's not important)<p>Another is wacom tablets support multiple pens. The pens are dual pointed (the tablet can tell if you are using the tip side or the eraser side) and which pen you're using (so you can for example of 10 pens, each with different settings and then just use a different pen rather futs with software settings.<p>I don't think I know any artists that use multiple pens with a wacom tablet. I'm guessing many of them use the eraser tip though (which is effectively just another pen tip)<p>I'm not saying that makes wacom worth the difference in price. I'm just curious which features the tablets being reviewed have relatively to the wacom ones.
Hold on, wait second, stop the presses.. you're telling me that I can get a device comparable to a Cintiq for the price of an Intuos.. and a device comparable to an Intuos for the price of a Graphire/Bamboo??<p>If this is true, and this entire thread is not some cheap marketing effort by Monoprice/Yiynova my mind if officially blown.<p>I really thought Wacom was my only option... but for $80-90 I'll give one of these Monoprice devices a try.
Funny! Just today I gave my girlfriend a monoprice tablet after seeing the review by this guy. I'm writing this message with it– it's awesome! Better than any of the Wacoms live used either at school or work, and with a pretty hackable (though already more than acceptable) case. (Running Mountain Lion on a MacBook Pro.) There was a time when Wacom was the only dog in town, seems that won't be the case for much longer.