Monoprice, which has manufactured some solid Intuos alternatives, just announced a cheap $390 19” alternative to the Cintiq. Holy shit that’s a steal!
Another company named Bosto makes a 22” cintiq-like tablet for $900 IIRC. Youtube vids look nice. The guy who does Ask Sparkles and Dashie is waiting for it to show up at his house. In a few weeks, bug him for reviews
$800US, and it’s with the delivery driver as we speak. I got up super early for it today because I did not wait for five or so weeks just to get an “attempted delivery” notice. =P
Super excited too.
And if its stats are anything like the 19” Cintiq, then holy crap that’s a good deal.
I personally have a Yiynova MSP19u so I can’t speak for Bosto but I did hear good things about them and their digitizers! I’m glad Wacom is finally getting competition. I get Wacom is quality but there’s no reason for this technology to be so expensive.