7P notes: Huion Kamvas 22 Plus (GS2202)

Summary

The Huion Kamvas 22 Plus is one of the best price-to-performance pen displays in the market.

NOTE: In 2023, with the arrival of the XP-Pen Artist 22 Plus (MD220FH), I think the XP-Pen is an even better choice because of the improved pressure handling of the XP-Pen X3 Pro pen.

Basics

Model number: GS2202
Release year: 2020
Active area: 22" diagonal
Price - It normally costs about $450 but I see it discounted often to $400

Display basics

Size: 22" diagonal
Aspect ratio: 16x9
Display panel tech: IPS
Bit depth: 8bpp
Anti-glare treatment: Etched glass
Laminated: YES
Color gamuts: 140% sRGB

Pen

Pen model id: PW517
My notes on the PW517 pen

Pointer lag

TYPICAL. - normal for a pen display.

Express Keys

NONE. So, I use keyboard shorts with this device: tourbox

Pen tracking accuracy

Center accuracy - GOOD. I did not measure
Corner Accuracy - Seems to me about +/- 3mm on the lower left corner. Other corners had less. A little on the high side, but it will not interfere with drawing.

Tilt compensation

GOOD. Pointer has only very minor displacement when pen tilted at 45 degrees.

Display > Parallax

GOOD - low.

Display > Anti-glare sparkle

VERY GOOD. very minimal. Not noticeable.

Display > Pixelation

With a 1920x1080 display, it looks slightly pixelated. But I don't find that a problem while drawing. My ideal pen display would have the same 22" size but with 2560x1440 resolution

Display > Dead pixels

None detected when I got it. And none present two years later.

Display > sharpness

VERY GOOD. pixels clear and well delineated.

Display > color

Color accuracy: did not measure.

This is a wide gamut display - so you may find that greens and reds are more intense than older displays. You may want to clamp it: Clamping wide-gamut displays to sRGB. Though I just left it the way it was and did not try anything to clamp the range.

VESA

Supports VESA mounting

I have my Kamvas 22 plus mounted to an Ergotron LX. It works great. I especially like that it can lower the tablet enough that the bottom edge can rest on the desk. This adds for some extra stability.

Stand

Comes with a basic stand that attaches via VESA mounting. Nothing fancy. but works great.

Legs

Tablet has no legs.

Scenario

I originally bought this tablet for digital art, and it works fine for that.

Over time I have it setup on my work desk on an arm. I use it as an external display but I pull it in closer when I want to draw on a whiteboard during an online meeting. I still occasionally sketch and paint on it, but since it is on my work desk I don't do as much of it as I used to.