Aiptek HP8UPRO Hyperpen 8000U Pro PC Tablet

by Aiptek

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002F8N8O
• Item model number: HP8UPRO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 9, 2004

Product Description

From the manufacturer

The HyperPen 8000U offers you the most natural input method available. With 512 gradations of pressure sensitivity for peerless accuracy and clarity, the HyperPen 8000U is your ideal tool for computer drawing, electronic signatures and multimedia presentations.

Product Features:

• Large 8" x 6" Drawing Area: Makes it the Ideal Choice for Professional Computer Artists!
• HyperPen's Many Uses: Ideal for Document Annotation, Desktop Publishing, Internet Communication, Electronic Presentations, Adding Signatures, Photo Retouching, Creating Original Artwork, CAD/CAM... and much More!
• Cordless Stylus Included: Wireless Pressure Sensitive Stylus offers 512 Pressure Levels for Highly Accurate Rendering in Painting, Touch- Ups, or Writing!
• Cordless Mouse Included: Wireless Mouse to Handle Everyday Mouse Tasks such as Double-Clicking Icons, Selecting Menus, etc., with ease!

Product Description

The HyperPen 8000U Pro is for the more seasoned user of tablets. Like the 8000U it has 512 gradations of pressure sensitivity for peerless accuracy and clarity, the HyperPen 8000U Pro is your ideal tool for document annotation, desktop publishing, internet communications, electronic presentations, photo retouching, and much more. Includes tablet, cordless stylus, and mouse. Also includes Ulead Photo Impact, 5, Ulead Photo Express, Art Dabbler, Office Ink, Free Notes,Cadix Signature Software, and Microsoft Net Meeting software. Requires Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, 32MB of ram, and a 4x cd-rom. Use Office Ink to sign and annotate documents directly on Microsoft Word! Draw on top of any desktop layout and even save or email your drawings. With HyperPen 8000U Pro you get MetaCreations Art Dabbler- the extraordinary natural media drawing, painting and animation program for both aspiring and accomplished artists of all ages. Art Dabbler's highly intuitive interface makes creating art easy and fun, using familiar metaphors like drawers, sketch pads and tracing paper. Open the Free Notes program to jot down notes, sketch drawings and make helpful reminders

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works fine!, January 9, 2007

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T. simmons - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aiptek HP8UPRO Hyperpen 8000U Pro PC Tablet (Personal Computers)

I recently started getting back into hobbyist-level art, mostly comicbook stuff...reading around various comic artist forums I noticed that the majority of them are now using Photoshop/Illustrator/Painter either solo, or in conjunction with one another.

Also, they were all using Wacoms (I'm assuming if you're looking at this item, it's because you discovered how much Wacoms cost)...

Since I was coming back to art, but not on a professional level, I decided to take the plunge and pick one of these Aiptek tablets up...

Keep in mind, I've never used a Wacom tablet, so this review (less so than others I've read) is not a comparison of the two devices.

Firstly, don't buy this if you're on a Mac.

The package showed up at work and I plugged it into my work machine (OX10, 1.8ghz Intel)- it WORKED, but the sensitivity was WAY high. There were no options to change that.

Got home, plugged it into my WinXP laptop (which was to be the primary machine for it anyhow), installed the drivers, found the sensitivity slider: all good to go.

Fired up photoshop: works fine.

The pen takes a bit to get used to, and I've heard complaints about the location of the pen "clicker"- which, I'll admit is placed in a fairly retarded location, but it's something that you'll get used to. Since I have the tendency to "roll" the pen a lot when I'm between lines, I'll occasionally hit the clicker when I return the pen to pad, but it isn't anything beyond a minor annoyance- I just readjust the pen in my hand.

The weight of the pen isn't amazingly balanced nor ergonomic, but once again: a few hours of using it and you probably won't notice.

Haven't run into any of those "cursor zooming away" problems that I've heard about-

The wireless mouse: Wouldn't know, never used it...Actually, come to think of it, the wireless mouse MIGHT have something to do with the above mentioned zooming problem...I don't know, interference of some kind.

Note also, I'm using an LCD screen, not CRT- which I've also heard can cause interference problems if you're too close to the monitor.

The Pad itself is nice and roomy...Seems to be built fairly solidly. I've spilled coffee on it already and it still works fine.

In final, It's a good pad- if you're judging it against a top-line Wacom, it'll probably fail miserably...but if you're like me, and just getting (back) into art, it's worth the purchase. Haven't had any issues from a technical standpoint with it yet.

I figure if I ever become the next Frank Miller/Alex Maleev/John Cassidy/ Jim Lee/ Travis Charest/ Mike Mignola / ect...I'll step up to a Wacom then.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's like being healed of a handicap, February 20, 2007

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Sierra nomad "YosemiteTrailsDVD-com" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Aiptek HP8UPRO Hyperpen 8000U Pro PC Tablet (Personal Computers)

This is the only pen/tablet I've used, so can't base my rating on comparison with others.

I use it for drawing trails on maps and fine-tuning images, and all I can say is "WOW!". Anyone that has tried intricate work with a mouse knows how frustrating that can be. I more than got my moneys worth after the first day of using this product. I got done in a day what would have literally taken a week or more - and the finer precision resulted in better quality.

The hyperpen does the job at a very reasonable price. If you're looking at this product, then you probably need one. Buy it! It'll be one of the best investments you make.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars PC Tablet - NOT MAC compatible., January 9, 2007

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J. McCarthy "jimneotech" (Pinckney, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aiptek HP8UPRO Hyperpen 8000U Pro PC Tablet (Personal Computers)

All indications are that the tablet is a very good one for PCs. However, the Amazon ad stated that it was MAC compatible without further qualification. That's only partially true. As received, it is compaptible with Mac operating system 9 but not 10. Also, on the Aiptek website there is no driver to enable use with Mac OS 10. Therefore, I am returning the tablet.