Graphics tablet-screen hybrid

A cartoon tablet/screen amalgam (or tablet/LCD hybrid, book LCD monitor1) is a cartoon book that incorporates an LCD into the book itself, acceptance the user to draw anon on the affectation surface. They should not be abashed with amalgam tablets.

Graphics tablet/screen hybrids action advantages over both blow screens and accustomed tablets. Unlike blow screens, they action burden sensitivity, and their resolution is about higher

hybrid tablets

While their burden acuteness and resolution are about no added good than those of accustomed tablets, they action the added advantage of anon seeing the area of the concrete pen accessory almost to the angel on the screen. This generally allows for added accurateness and a added tactile, "real" activity to the use of the device.

Wacom holds abounding patents on the key technologies for clear tablets,2 which armament competitors to use added technologies or authorization Wacom's. The displays are about actual expensive, generally affairs for bags of dollars. For instance, the Wacom Cintiq alternation ranges from aloof beneath $1000 to over $2000

Wacom

Some commercially accessible cartoon tablet-screen hybrids include:

Wacom's Cintiq products

Hitachi's Starboard products

USync's PenStar products

Hanvon's SenTIP products

The GD Itronix "Duo Touch" book PC products

There accept additionally been do it yourself projects area accepted acclimated LCD monitors and cartoon tablets accept been adapted to a cartoon tablet-screen hybrid