Wacom One 2023 pen displays notes
Overview
This is an OK pen display that provides a consumer level of drawing experience in terms of pressure handling. The key limitation you'll notice is that the pens that work with this tablet require more force to draw with than pens from Wacom's professional tablet series. That is typical of the Wacom One pen display series. Some people will be totally fine with these tablets, but I do think there are better choices for the money.
Basics
Release year: 2023
Models
Wacom One 12 (2023) DTC-121
Wacom One 13 (2023) DTH-134
Links
Wacom One 13 touch user manual - https://101.wacom.com/userhelp/en/toc/dth134.html
Wacom One 12 user manual - https://101.wacom.com/userhelp/en/toc/dtc121.html
Android Police review of Wacom One 2024/04/26
Brad Colbow review of Wacom One 13 2023/09/25
Brad Colbow review of Wacom One 12 2023/08/18
Tom's Guide review of Wacom One 13 touch 2023/08/10
Included pen
Comes with the Wacom ne Standard Pen (CP-923). My notes on Wacom CP-923
Compatible pens
Besides the CP-923 these tablets are compatible with the older CP-913 (which you might prefer using). Also it is compatible with some other third party pens.
Pen compatibility list from Wacom: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/comp
r/wacom - Summary of pens (including double button pens) available for wacom one pen display 2020/12/26
Display specs
Native resolution: HD (2K): 1920x1080
Refresh rate: 60Hz
The new display panels have a wider color gamut. They are clearly better than the old Wacom One (DTC-133) tablet.
Drawing experience
Stroke quality
The stroke quality with the new CP-923 pen is not good compared to the older CP-913 pen. You may need to employ the use of pressure curves to get the strokes that you want.
Diagonal wobble
Very good. Almost no wobble visible at all speeds.
Wacom One 12 (DTC-121)
Wacom One 13 touch (DTH-134)
Tilt
Wacom One 13 touch -> supports tilt
Wacom One 12 -> supports tilt
Display experience
Color
Clearly more vibrant than the older Wacom One DTC-133 model. Big improvement.
Parallax
Good
Other inputs
Touch
Only the Wacom One 13 touch supports touch input
Tablet Buttons
None
Pen display > OSD
Picture above from this video: (https://youtu.be/-vwMZf1nbVU)
Ergonomics
Noise
Silent
Heat
Both tablets felt room temperature even when working at 100%. I don't recall any hotspots.
Legs
The new Wacom One 2023 pen displays do not have any legs. They lay flat on the desk.
The old Wacom One (DTC-133) pen display has legs on the back. You can lay the display flat on the desk or you can pull out the legs and draw at and angle.
Wacom is offering a very unique design for their stand.
VESA mounting
Neither the Wacom One (DTC-133) or the Wacom One 2023 pen displays are directly VESA mountable.
Cables & connectivity
Ports
The Wacom One 2023 pen displays have two USB-C ports
Connection options
The Wacom One 2023 pen displays can be connected three ways
With a 3-in-1 cable (video over HDMI)
With a single USB-C cable (video over USB-C)
Wacom sells the "USB-C to C cable for Wacom One and Wacom Cintiq displays (2023 edition" for this purpose
I personally use USB-C Thunderbolt 3 cables from CableMatters to connect it to my computers.
More about USB-C connections: Connecting a pen display with USB-C
With two USB-C cables. One for display. One for power.
Not all computers supply enough power over a USB-C connection to power a display. So this makes sense to provide the option. Most other pen displays work this way.
These tablets don't draw that much power - every laptop I tested them with supplied enough power via USB for them. So it is unlikely you will need to use this option.
Wacom 3-in-1 cable for Wacom One 2023 pen displays
The Wacom One 12 (DTC-121) and Wacom One 13 touch (DTH-134) work with a 3-in-1 cable. I SUPPOSE this is a proprietary cable.
model number: ACK4490602Z
You can buy it from the Wacom store: https://estore.wacom.com/en-us/wacom-one-3-in-1-cable-ack4490602z.html
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