Dropped a stack of change on a premium
Wacom drawing tablet, only to find yourself with
Cintiq envy? Got an old laptop handy? If so, odds are good that you've occasionally (or persistently, for that matter) thought about hacking together an LCD tablet of your very own. Problem is,
the mods we've seen require some serious shop time -- building a custom enclosure isn't for the lighthearted, you know? But if you're in possession of a sizable Wacom
Intuos and roughly $220 of post-tax cheddar,
TabletMod.com has a purpose-built, laser-cut acrylic enclosure with your name on it. You'll still need an LCD controller kit and CCFL extenders, and there's still a chance you'll be paying more for the whole kit and caboodle than if you just got a low-end $1,000 Cintiq 12WX to begin with -- but if you've already got half the parts lying around (or you're just dying to scratch another DIY itch), this project might be worth your while. Cheapskates like us, however, will continue to wait for the
Bamboo variety, though you can certainly dabble in the source link if you're scouting some instructional videos.
posted March 16th 2010 2:32AM
hmm,
made my own enclosure pretty easy, i dont want a company to make mine, it would take away the fun.
@BHCS but i still want one D:
mine does suck quite badly :(
It just doesn't have the same feel as a complete mod though.... And there either won't be enough space, or it'll be larger then needed..... Custom cases are hard to make, but if you're building it from scratch anyways it's worth it.
And heck, that thing has a bigger border around the screen then the iPad. O_o
@J1024 The border is big because the digitizer field needs to expand beyond the edges of the screen, since it has to detect both ends of the pen to know how tilted it is.
If you have one with a minimal bezel, you wont be able to use the tilt function, like on tablet pc's.
@Sarig Thanks for the explanation. :-)
At least this thing has a reason for the huge bezel then, unlike the iPad.
And heck, that thing has a bigger border around the screen then the iPad... O_o
I just bought a Touchsmart TM 2.
Fine, it doesn't do tilt or rotation, but even so.
If I saw a guy with one of these...he'd definitely get bonus points from me. ;)
-Cynthia
www.thecynch.com
Its a good idea, but still, I want the 2,000.00 USD model instead. But if I only had the 2 g's. :(
grrr....my old dell xps gen2 just died, but the screen is 17". would have been sweeeeeet. i'm not gonna shell out for everything for this, but if that would have provided the screen and controller, i might have been in on this just to do something with that formerly gorgeous yet now useless screen.
That looks nasty. Making a custom casing is a breeze really, and you can start a production run with a few thousand USD in China. It takes about one month to tool up an injection mould.
If anyone wants just that, contact us at China TQ Products, we'll get it done! tqproducts.com
laptop screen is going to be far away from the color accuracy of the real deal