Before showing the options I got in mind, I have to discuss some important context.
I had a job 4 months ago and the most frequent thing I do is during events in the auditorium that I operate the audiovisual equipment. The sound system is a digital mixer (Mackie DL16S) where the console is controlled from the app via WiFi or LAN (MasterFader 5, cross-compatible on major OS), this giant LED wall screen powered by a hardware controller (NovaStar VX400, has the possibility to be controlled via web UI), and the DMX lighting that consists of more than 40 DMX lights but I'm not going to explain that.
In the software side on how we display the giant LED wall screen, we make the giant screen act as an external display then use OBS with studio mode. The program screen inside the OBS will be fullscreen to the giant screen while managing the scene on the laptop. I got used to it that I can act quickly when a certain part of the event is about to start or is going to end, even adding missing scene midway.
After those 4 months of managing the operation of the past events there is one thing that I have considered to add into my workflow: external display.
But not just your typical external display, I need portable and can be controlled with it for work use but I'll be also using it for personal use. After researching some external "displays", I have came up with this list.
That aside, going for the first item is questionable. Brand is not known in the public, the quality of the screen or the touch digitizer could be mediocre. I experienced how cheap touch digitizer feels like and it's a jagged mess when doing very fine scrolling. The XP-Pen options are making me think many times what to pick. I first went for the Artist 13 on my list since they're the cheapest but I fear the screen size might not be enough for me. Then the Artist 16 caught my eye for being bigger but slightly expensive, it was my final choice to buy in the future. But then the Artist 15.6 Pro V2 popped up in my eye, it is the same price as the Artist 16 and probably even better thanks to the superior pen tech than what was in the non-Pro models.
So here I am asking the community which "display" should I pick from the list and your positive opinion with the XP-Pen display tablets.
I had a job 4 months ago and the most frequent thing I do is during events in the auditorium that I operate the audiovisual equipment. The sound system is a digital mixer (Mackie DL16S) where the console is controlled from the app via WiFi or LAN (MasterFader 5, cross-compatible on major OS), this giant LED wall screen powered by a hardware controller (NovaStar VX400, has the possibility to be controlled via web UI), and the DMX lighting that consists of more than 40 DMX lights but I'm not going to explain that.
In the software side on how we display the giant LED wall screen, we make the giant screen act as an external display then use OBS with studio mode. The program screen inside the OBS will be fullscreen to the giant screen while managing the scene on the laptop. I got used to it that I can act quickly when a certain part of the event is about to start or is going to end, even adding missing scene midway.
After those 4 months of managing the operation of the past events there is one thing that I have considered to add into my workflow: external display.
But not just your typical external display, I need portable and can be controlled with it for work use but I'll be also using it for personal use. After researching some external "displays", I have came up with this list.
- Some cheap Chinese portable external display with touch screen (P5,118 or ~90 USD)
- XP-Pen Artist 13 Gen2 (P10,899 or ~192 USD)
- XP-Pen Artist 16 Gen2 (P14,899 or ~263 USD USD)
- XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro V2 (P14,899 or ~263 USD, same price as the item above)
That aside, going for the first item is questionable. Brand is not known in the public, the quality of the screen or the touch digitizer could be mediocre. I experienced how cheap touch digitizer feels like and it's a jagged mess when doing very fine scrolling. The XP-Pen options are making me think many times what to pick. I first went for the Artist 13 on my list since they're the cheapest but I fear the screen size might not be enough for me. Then the Artist 16 caught my eye for being bigger but slightly expensive, it was my final choice to buy in the future. But then the Artist 15.6 Pro V2 popped up in my eye, it is the same price as the Artist 16 and probably even better thanks to the superior pen tech than what was in the non-Pro models.
So here I am asking the community which "display" should I pick from the list and your positive opinion with the XP-Pen display tablets.