TheKiwi
HUION 2021 KAMVAS PRO 16 (4K) PLUS - ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
Hi, I was in the market for a new Drawing and Painting Pen Display tablet recently, and I looked long and hard as we usually do when we have to choose between a couple of very good challengers with great products. Pen Displays are similar to a normal Tablet like the iPad and Samsung S7, except they need a computer to plug the display into, because they use the power of your CPU and video card. Some Pen Displays have touch and some of them don't have touch capability, which is what I prefer, as this is mainly for drawing & painting on with a stylus pen, and the touch at the moment can be a bit unreliable. Touch pen displays also have what they call "palm rejection" to try and differentiate between you drawing and your palm or hands accidentally touching the screen display, however, this can be a bit hit and miss, mainly because the sensitivity electronics sometimes can't decide whether you are drawing or are accidentally touching the screen for example, so it's frustrating when the screen keeps switching around, when you don't want it to, but this will get better as time goes on. The 2 options were the Standard and Plus versions and I ended up buying a new 2021 Kamvas Pro 16 (4k) PLUS Pen Display and I am extremely happy with my Kamvas Pro 16 (4k) PLUS and even now if I could change, I would not. >> Note: This is the New 2021 "Kamvas Pro 16 (4k) PLUS" Pen Display, not the old model with High Definition resolution, That is called the "Kamvas 16" and does not have the word "Pro or 4k" in the title. From a physical size and case point of view, they are both the same, except the PLUS version has and uses Quantum Dot Technology, which increases the Colour Gamut, meaning the range of colours it can display accurately increases on the Plus. The Contrast Ratio increases from 1000:1 on the std, to 1200:1 on the PLUS. Both models display 16.7 million colours and have a 178-degree viewing angle. Both Kamvas Pro 16 (4k) models are 4k resolution and this is a really important improvement because when drawing, painting or designing on a Pen Display you are much closer to your screen, so you see a lot more details, but now with 4k, I can't see the pixels and the details are just so fine. SUMMARY OF COMPARISONS BETWEEN STD & PLUS MODEL A) Viewing Angle: STD=178 - PLUS=178 Degrees B) The Contrast: STD=1000:1 - PLUS=1200.1 C) The Colour Gamut: STD=120% sRGB/88% NTSC - PLUS=145% sRGB/105% NTSC. D) Brightness Is the same. STD=200cd/m2 - PLUS=220/cd/m2 E) Resolution on both Displays: 4k = 3840 x 2160 Pixels. F) Display Screen Size is 16 inches The new stylus Pen comes included, and is called the PW517 and uses Huion's new Pen Tech 3 technology and is just awesome to use. It is very sensitive, has Tilt recognition up to 60 degrees from vertical, 5080 lines per inch resolution, 8192 levels of pressure sensitivity, so you can draw and paint the lightest and finest of line details and colour with ease. It is Battery Free and never needs to be charged as it gets its power from the electromagnetic waves produced by the screen and I have found it a joy to use. Both screens are 8 bit, IPS Screens and are Fully Laminated with anti-glare etched glass to help reduce high glare and does a very good job at it. It also helps to give you a more organic user experience, almost like drawing on real paper. Both display 16.7 million colours and the colours look gorgeous, well saturated, bright and precise with that colour gamut coverage. Both 16-inch screens have a screen response rate of 25ms. It also comes with a Stand included and I also got the New KD100 Portable KeyPad that is programmable for shortcuts using the keys. The Pen Display drivers were easy to install on my Windows 10 pc, using an Intel i9 CPU, 64 gigabytes of Ram, I use an NVidia RTX video card and that handles the display with no problem and room to spare. There is no pen lag while drawing and painting and because the display is fully laminated as one unit, there is zero Parallax that I can see, which is the gap between the tip of the Pen and the glass where the "pixels" come out underneath the pen tip. The Huion Kamvas Pro 16 (4k) and PLUS version can also operate as a Pen Tablet. When you turn the screen off, you can use the Pen Display as a Drawing Pen Tablet, just like you would a normal pen tablet. It also works with your Android Devices like your smartphones and tablets, laptops. So if you have a Laptop, you can take your Pen Display with you and it plugs into your USB-C port and uses that for information and power. Sorry, this was a bit long, but hopefully, this helps a bit. As I mentioned, I am very happy with the performance, 4k resolution, screen brightness, contrast and the colours are stunning. The pressure-sensitive stylus pen works just like you're drawing and painting on paper. I think you will be very happy and impressed as I was if you try it. Cheers Kev Borg