Monday, November 10, 2008

DIY Cintiq


The Wacom Cintiq is the pinnacle of graphics tablet technology. A screen that you can draw directly on! No way!

Unfortunately, the multi-thousand dollar price tag puts it way out of most consumers' price range.

There really isn't much to a Cintiq. It's just a Wacom sensor board behind an LCD screen. Enter Bongofish, a website pandering to souls brave enough to tear apart a perfectly good monitor and graphics tablet.

I'm not sure what the legal implications of dismantling a monitor or tablet might be, let alone Frankensteining them together - so try it at your own risk. I'm guessing you'll at least void your warranties.

Head over to the forums section and check out lists of compatible equipment, build logs, and everything else you might need to build your own Cintiq-like monitor.

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