When you tap the fifth target in the center of the display, the control panel exits.Īs I wrote when I first tested the Monoprice, it’s a delight to finally draw with the pen configured properly. The pen targets go from red to black as you tap them.
Once the driver is running, you’ll need to double click on the tablet driver icon in the system tray to load the control panel. The tablet driver should have already started up, but in case it hasn’t, the installation leaves an icon on your desktop.
Once I was back on my desktop, I plugged in the USB cable.
I installed the GT-190 drivers and rebooted again. I uninstalled the Monoprice driver and rebooted, also unplugging the USB cable that runs from the computer to the tablet monitor. Coincidentally, Huion just posted a new set on June 20 here: I still am unhappy with the Windows drivers Monoprice has posted on its site (the most recent are dated April 29), so as I did the first time around, I checked whether Huion Tablet had published more recent drivers for its compatible GT-190 tablet monitor. And it certainly beats having to purchase a full-motion monitor desk mount. This is not a choice one should have to make, but you have to expect some sacrifices at this price point.
The monitor will recline all the way to 10-degrees, but I’ve found that about a 60-degree incline is sufficient to rest my hand and preserve picture quality. Previously, I had to stand it almost vertically (at its maximum 80-degrees) to be able to see my drawing clearly. I think they’re being generous (perhaps it’s closer to 50), but anything is better than one degree!Ĭonnected via DVI, it’s now possible to recline the monitor so that I can draw at a more comfortable angle. Where once I could only find what seemed to be one angle to view the screen, I now had a wider field of view to work within.Īccording to this graphic on the Monoprice site, the pen display has a 70-degree view horizontally and vertically. Reflections are a real problem during the day in my brightly lit office, so I also switched to white user interfaces rather than my preferred dark settings.Īnd lo and behold, the monitor is indeed more useable. Next, I cranked up the brightness of the monitor to cut down on reflections. In addition to its limited view angles, the pen display’s screen is highly reflective, so I had to be careful to angle it so that it didn’t reflect too much of my white ceilings. At first I didn’t notice much improvement. Somewhat skeptically, I took the Monoprice out of mothballs and attached it to my desktop via DVI.
Drewvis recently published his own review of the tablet monitor which you can find here. He also mentioned that attaching the pen display via DVI (rather than VGA) had yielded dramatically better viewing angles.
In the event you haven’t read those posts, I concluded back in January that the budget 19-inch tablet monitor just wasn’t worth the investment due to terrible viewing angles and very inferior pen drivers.Ī couple of months ago, Twitter follower let me know that Monoprice had posted new device drivers on its site. Everyone loves a bargain, especially starving artists. The sub-$400 Monoprice Interactive Pen Display was probably one of the most anticipated releases of 2013 and the posts I wrote at the time continue to be among my most widely read ever.