Wacom Cintiq 21UX 21.3" Tablet with Interactive Pen - Windows and Macintosh | 
 enlarge | Brand: Wacom
Category: CE
Buy New: $1,947.94
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Rating:  4 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 34.9
MPN: CINTIQ21UX
UPC: 753218995155
EAN: 0753218995155
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New-100% Manufacturers Warranty -Signature required at time of delivery We do not ship to P.O. Box / APO address. We do not ship to NY,HI,AK,PR
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| Features:
| • | Box Contents - Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Display, Grip Pen, Pen Stand, Display Stand, 5 Replacement Pen Nibs (3 standard nibs, 1 felt nib and 1 stroke nib), DVI and VGA cable adapters, Power Adapter and Power Cable, User Manual, Installation CD, and Application DVD | | • | Analog RGB (HD 15pin) or digital DVI (29 pin) graphics input | | • | DVI-I Display connector | | • | Stand adjustability - 10-degrees to 65-degrees incline | | • | Mounting Hole pattern - VESA 100mm |
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Product Description
The Cintiq 21UX 21.3" TFT display with interactive pen provides the best-of-class pen experience for working directly on the screen. It combines the advantages of a large-format LCD monitor with the control, comfort, and productivity of Wacom's most sophisticated patented cordless, battery-free pen technology. With a 21.3" TFT diagonal display, the Cintiq 21UX delivers a highly sensitive pen-on-screen experience and a generous active area for working directly on large images, concepts, and designs in the most natural way possible. Working directly with the pen on screen is a natural motion that gives you an unprecedented degree of control and allows you to take advantage of natural hand-eye coordination, helping you work more intuitively and noticeably faster. The display's completely flat surface allows the hand and pen to glide over the surface of the Cintiq without bumping into any bezels or borders. A dynamically adjustable stand allows you to rotate the display up to 180-degrees in each direction, incline the display from 10-degrees to 65-degrees, and even remove it for comfortable lap use. Aspect Ratio - 4 - 3 Screen size - 21.3 diagonal Display area - 17 wide x 12.75 high Native resolution - UXGA (1600 x 1200) Pixel pitch - 0.27mm x 0.27mm Brightness - 220 cd/m2 Contrast ratio - 550 - 1 Resolution - 5080 lines per inch ExpressKeys - 8 user-assignable Touch Strips - 2 finger-sensitive and front mounted Pressure-sensitive, cordless, battery-free pen type Switches - Tip switch, 2 side switches and eraser System Requirements - Windows 2000, XP or Vista (32 & 64 bit) or Macintosh OS X 10.3.9+, available DVI or VGA connection and USB port, and CD/DVD drive Dimensions - Width 22.1 x Height 16.5 x Depth 1.8 without stand; Weight - 18.7 lbs without stand, 22.4 lbs w/ stand
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| Customer Reviews:
 A return to natural drawing! January 18, 2008
alxart (SF,CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is by far THE BEST of it's kind and well thought out. I have one at work and at home and will never go back to the odd seperation of hand and eye again! I've even found myself trying to use my finger to smudge or erase it's so natural feeling. With the sliders and programable buttons I hardly ever use the keyboard now except to type emails. My Poor 23" cinema display is going to waste in the background as the Cintiq is the only screen I use.
I've found I have better posture, less eye strain, and less 'fear' about starting on the blank canvass. I'm left handed and this is great because it's fully programable for lefty's and I dont' smudge my sketches anymore. And even if you feel you "cant see behind your hand", you can even program an offset so the cursor is in a place where you're comfy with it. No excuses..
The one at work is mounted on an arm (iLift from Innovative, and you don't need the apple adapter for the Wacom) and it's great for moving it out of the way or getting it in your lap. The stand it comes with is great too, but I often find I have it hanging off the edge of the desk leaving the $2500 ready to hit the floor. So I recomend you get a good heavy-weight arm to mount it on. Also the arm allows you to take more advantage of the rotate feature. Being able to rotate the tablet like you would a piece of paper is the biggest problem with drawing on a regular tablet.
Get it, use it, and you'll love it!
Excellent for professionals December 14, 2007
E. R. Whelan (Vineyard Haven, MA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you are in the graphics industry and do a lot of work in programs like Illustrator, Painter and Photoshop then the Cintiq tablets are a real time-saver. I have owned a 21UX for a year now, and have seen a real increase in speed as well as a chance to experiment with new techniques in a way that is far more intuitive than my Intuos 3 tablet (although that is a great product too.) It is important to calibrate the cursor to the pen nib but this is very easy to do and can be changed when you use the tablet in different positions.
If you have an existing Wacom tablet and an extra monitor you can set up a dual monitor system with the smaller tablet working with the second monitor which is very useful as well... you don't have to pick up a mouse in order to move your cursor onto the second screen, you just move your stylus to the tablet and it is very seamless.
This is by far my favorite tech purchase, but I advise anyone who does not use graphics programs as part of their daily work to consider one of the simpler products Wacom has produced that still allow for this sort of tablet functionality -- this is an expensive product but well worth it if you are an illustrator, animator, or Photoshop professional.
I would say my speed has increased about 25% due to fewer undo's and the more intuitive work environment.
worth it if you know what you're using it for December 6, 2007
Hai T. Phan
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
If you're expecting a perfect replacement for pencil and paper then you're bound to be disappointed. The technology is not perfect, but the Cintiq is more intuitive to use than a traditional graphics tablet. I still do most drawing/sketching on paper, but for painting and 3d sculpting, the hands-on approach on the Cintiq is quite welcome. I undo strokes far less and have a better connection with what I'm doing and how it's affecting the image.
If you're a hobbyist then it would be wise to investigate the Intuos or Bamboo line of tablets first. I use both a regular Intuos tablet and the Cintiq at work and home routinely and find they have their strengths for different tasks. Obviously, you can get amazing results with a regular graphics tablet alone and you shouldn't buy the Cintiq with it in mind that it will automagically make you a better artist. However, it helps my productivity and is a refreshing way to work. The benefit to more ably focus on what you're doing rather than how you're doing it is difficult to quantify, but that's what the Cintiq sets out to do and does it well.
A lot is made of the hefty price tag, but considering you get a very large monitor (which, by the way, in terms of visual quality is better than most regular LCD monitors) and built in capabilities of a large graphics tablet, it's not a bad deal. I use it as my primary monitor for general computer usage as well.
 makes a good digital photo frame December 4, 2007
Rodd Perry (Los Angeles, CA)
20 out of 111 found this review helpful
I bought one of these hoo hahs, and realized after a few hours why it makes no sense.
The whole idea of these things is to simulate drawing on paper with your own hand. If you've already become comfortable with using a Wacom tablet, you will soon realize this is clearly a step backward: your hand gets in the way of your drawing.
It's very easy to get used to the idea of drawing on the old tablet and seeing the results on the screen in front of your eyes. This is the basic idea behind the typewriter, which has been around for a few hundred years. Using a Cintiq is the equivalent of typing a letter by pressing down on the paper with little rubber stamp letters.
And apparently, you have to pay a lot for this privilege, even though my grocery store has a smaller version of these suckers at every check stand.
The most mind-boggling thing about it is the on-screen menu. After spending a few minutes tapping the screen trying to adjust the settings, you realize you can only do this by reaching around back and pressing little buttons. Which you can only see by standing up and leaning over the device. And reading upside down.
The cursor seems to bobble around in front of your pen while you guess where the two are going to meet up, and the lag time is noticibly slower, which sometimes results in jagged lines.
Even if I had some cripping mental disorder, which forced me to use this product in exchange for an endorsement on their website, I would still rather draw on an iphone.
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