Wacom’s new Cintiq tablets have a skinnier look and better displays

The Wacom Cintiq scope has a bezel-free update, alongside immoderate spec improvements.

Wacom has relaunched its fashionable Cintiq pen show tablet lineup with a modern caller look, cramming much almighty screens into a slimmer, boxier design. The redesign is visually akin to the updates made to Wacom’s flagship Cintiq Pro bid successful 2022, making the mid-tier Cintiq versions much charismatic and portable for hobbyists and entry-level creatives.

The Wacom Cintiq is disposable successful 2 sizes: a $699.95 16-inch model, and a $1,299.95 24-inch unit that’s a smidge larger than its 22-inch predecessor. Another caller summation for this motorboat is the $1,499.95 Cintiq 24 Touch, which supports multi-finger gestures for zooming, scrolling, and rotating the show — a diagnostic that Wacom has restricted to its nonrecreational tier products successful caller years. These prices are higher than those of the erstwhile procreation models they’re replacing, which started astatine $649 for the Cintiq 16, but considerably much affordable than the Pro lineup, which starts astatine $2,500 for the Cintiq Pro 17.

The astir noticeable update is to the design, which ditches rounded corners and bezels for an wide sleeker look. The caller Cintiq 16 has been slimmed down from 25mm to 15mm, portion some versions of the Cintiq 24 are conscionable nether 21mm, compared to the 40mm-thick Cintiq 22. That makes them easier to transportation astir and much comfy for creatives to usage connected a level surface. The Cintiq 16 specifically present features a 16:10 facet ratio, portion the larger models person stuck to 16:9.

Several specifications person besides been upgraded for each 3 of the caller models. The solution has jumped from 1080p to 2K, sRGB sum has accrued from 96 percent to 100 percent, and the show effect clip is present conscionable 12 milliseconds alternatively of 25 milliseconds. The solid displays are present etched to trim glare and supply a flimsy paper-like texture. Brightness has been boosted from 210 nits to 290 nits connected the caller Cintiq 16 and 350 nits connected the 2 Cintiq 24 units.

The Cintiq 16 comes with built-in legs for positioning it astatine a 20-degree angle, portion the 2 Cintiq 24 models vessel with a dedicated adjustable basal that attaches to the rear. All 3 Cintiq pen show tablets enactment the VESA modular for users to link their ain mount. These caller Cintiq tablets besides travel with the Wacom Pro Pen 3, the aforesaid stylus that ships with Wacom’s Movink and Cintiq Pro lineup and provides users with a scope of customizable grip and fastener options.

The caller Cintiq tablets person ditched the 3-in-1 cables successful favour of abstracted ports for HDMI, USB-C, and a Type-C powerfulness jack. The biggest perk present is that the Cintiq 16 tin present tally wholly connected a azygous USB-C to USB-C transportation without drafting from an further powerfulness source.

These updates amended presumption the modular Cintiq scope arsenic Wacom’s mid-tier offering, sitting betwixt its entry-level Wacom One show tablets and premium Cintiq Pro models. The accrued show resolution, especially, is simply a invited alteration that whitethorn assistance Wacom to lure consumers distant from much affordable offerings from rival tablet brands similar Huion and XP-Pen.