( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 19 2009
Strengths: Nice 17" monitor and drawing pad. Works well with Corel Draw. I also use it with Myscript notes and Phatware's Penoffice. Especially nice is the video passthrough. The cybertablet works best as a drawing tablet lying flat, but this is not the best position for using it as a monitor. The passthrough allows a separate standing monitor. Weaknesses: Absolutely no technical support. In order to use the drawing pad feature the monitor must be set as the primary monitor. Otherwise the pen tracks on whatever other monitor is set as primary and not on the cybertablet. This defeats the purpose of using the cybertablet as a monitor. Comments: According to the supplied paper manual it is possible to reassign the pen buttons and the directions are on the emanual on disk. Similarly, if it is necessary to calibrate the pen-monitor tracking, these directions are also available in the emanual. Unfortunately, the emanual is the same manual as the paper manual and no directions are supplied. Also, there are no directions available on the help links at the Adesso web site. Attempts to communicate with adesso help have also proven impossible. Their live chat, 800 help number, help desk and support emails are either disconnected, unavailable links, or unresponsive. My cybertablet is virtually unusable for drawing because the pen tracking is approximately ?? inch off in parts of the screen and I can't find out how to recalibrate the pen and monitor so that it will track properly.
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Posted: Jan 8 2009
I returned this product as it was not compatible with my Intel iMac (2.1GHz) running Mac OS 10.5.5 - the current OS. The tablet software would not install on my computer. The device itself will connect, but it has only VGA output - so the screen resolution is not great. Kind of defeats the whole 17 in monitor idea.
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Posted: Sep 4 2008
Not a Wacom, but it is worth it, work just fine, I only wish i would have more information on the web about calibrating the monitor and advance software to control it and the pen also. Maybe more support from the developers or a fac section or blog or something on the web site. I still have not calibrate correctly wih the mini software it comes with it, but in fact I get use to work with the pen not well aligned to the mouse pointer. Other thing when you draw, using pens pressure produce lines with a lot of arefacts, neither straight or smooth, so you have to work with a lot of zoom to get it properly well. It is a good cheaper option.
