Review: Wacom Movink 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen pen display

Review unit on loan from Wacom Singapore

The Wacom Movink (model DTH135K0A) is a 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen pen display released in mid 2024. The price is USD 749 (SGD 1099).

Bottom line

The Wacom Movink looks good and works great. Pen performance is really good, as expected from Wacom. OLED display is bright, vibrant and has excellent contrast.

How well the touchscreen works (including palm rejection) will depend on which OS you use. The touchscreen works better on Windows, but has inconsistent performance with MacOS.

The Wacom driver has more features than expected.

Downsides would probably be the lack of hotkeys? The price may seem high but there aren't many OLED touchscreen pen displays out there in the market, and this is one that works really well.

This is Wacom's first pen display with an OLED display and it's impressive. I can't wait for larger Wacom Movink pen displays.

Specifications

• Display: 13.3-inch OLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels
• Weight: 420g (0.93 lbs)
• Thickness: 4mm to 6.6mm
• Color Accuracy: Pantone Validated and Pantone SkinTone Validated
• Contrast Ratio: 100,000:1
• Refresh Rate: 60Hz
• Response time: 0.2ms
• Display surface: AG (Anti-glare) glass + AF (Anti-fingerprint) coating
• Pen: Wacom Pro Pen 3 with tilt detection and pressure sensitivity
• Pressure Levels: 8,192 levels
• Pen Tilt Recognition: ± 60 levels
• Pen Resolution: 5080 LPI
• Pen Technology: Wacom EMR (Electro-Magnetic Resonance)
• Touch Technology: Advanced touch technology with customizable touch keys
• Ports:Two USB-C video ports
• Compatibility: Works with Mac, PC, Android, ChromeOS
• Anti-Glare Screen: Reduces glare and provides a smooth drawing experience

Things included

• Wacom Movink 13
• Wacom Pro Pen 3 with Nib holder
• USB-C to C cable (1m)
• Nib holder with 3 replacement Nibs (1 standard, 2 Felt) and Nib remover
• Quick Start Guide (digital guide)

Accessories

These are the optional accessories sent to me for review purposes:

• Wacom Movink Tablet Sleeve - USD 44.95 (SGD 69)
• Wacom Foldable Stand for Movink - USD 79.95 (SGD 119)
• Wacom Converter (HDMI to USB-C) - USD 79.95 (SGD 119)
• Wacom Rollup Case - SGD 55

The Wacom Rollup Case can hold the convertor and two pens. The material is leather-like texture but probably not real leather.

The foldable stand pairs well with the pen display because the bottom "latch" does not protrude much and won't make your resting wrist uncomfortable.

Design

The Wacom Movink is surprisingly thin at 4mm to 6.6mm (thickest). Weight is just 420g.

Wacom markets this pen display as portable and it is certainly easy to bring around, but this is a pen display so it will have to connect to a computer to work.

The back is matte textured metal with two long stripes of rubber for grip. The back is quite susceptible to fingerprints.

There's one USB-C video port on the left, and below that is the power and OSD button.

The right has also has one USB-C video port, and the power and OSD button. There's also a LED status light at the corner.

Settings from the OSD menu can be adjusted with the pen.

Display

Visual quality of the OLED display made by Samsung is stunning.

Colours look great out of the box. Advertised colour support is 100% DCI-P3, 95% AdobeRGB, brightness is 350 nits. Contrast level is 1,000,000:1.

When set to AdobeRGB mode, I measured colour support for 99% sRGB, 89% AdobeRGB, 89% P3, 84% NTSC and a maximum brightness of 216 nits.

When set to DCI-P3 mode, I measured colour support for 99% sRGB, 83% AdobeRGB, 95% P3, 82% NTSC and a maximum brightness of 230 nits.

When set to native display mode, I measured colour support for 100% sRGB, 93% AdobeRGB, 100% P3 and 91% NTSC and a maximum brightness of 233 nits.

This is an OLED display so there will be PWM. People with sensitive eyes may be affected by PWM. If you're unsure whether you will be affected by PWM, it's best to find an OLED display (may not have to be the Wacom Movink) to see for yourself.

1080P resolution on a 13.3-inch display is still sharp enough but pixelation will still be noticeable. Refresh rate is 60Hz.

The display surface is matte but is still slightly glossy. Anti-glare works well enough and there's anti-fingerprint coating.

This review unit has some scratches so just know that this matte glass surface can be scratched. The pen tip is unlikely to scratch the display but be careful with other sharp or hard objects.

Pen draws and writes very smoothly on the matte surface. It's definitely smoother than surfaces of typical matte screen protectors. It's smooth but not slippery so I don't have much issue.

All matte surfaces will introduce some grain and colour noise and on this pen display those are kept to a minimum so visual quality still looks good.

Touchscreen works better with Windows than on MacOS. Palm rejection on MacOS isn't as good, and sometimes finger gestures won't activate.

Driver

Mac and Windows drivers are available.

While the Wacom Movink can be used with other pens that support Wacom EMR, the driver can only customise the Wacom pens. Shown above is a Wacom pen with two side buttons and an eraser.

Shown above are the customisation options available for included Wacom Pro Pen 3. I've set one button to Display Toggle (Display Switch) and it works fine.

Pressure sensitivity is adjusted by a slider, and there's an adjustable pressure curve too but hidden behind another page.

There's one touch hotkey on each side that can be customised.

The touchscreen can be disabled if you don't want to use touch. Since touch does not work well with MacOS, that's when you may want to disable touch.

Display settings can be accessed from the power button.

Display Toggle or Display Switch is an essential feature for dual display setup. It works well.

To make up for the lack of hotkeys, Wacom has included virtual hotkeys called Radial Menus and Grid Panels.

Shortcuts are customisable and you can set the virtual keys to appear where the pen tip is.

This is quite useful.

Various Grid Panels can be created for different apps you use.

Pen

This is the included Wacom Pro Pen 3 that supports tilt and 8192 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity. This pen uses Wacom EMR and hence has no battery and does not require charging, and does not use Bluetooth for connection.

The pen is quite slim and comfortable to hold. Those who prefer a thicker pen may have to buy thicker pens, e.g. Wacom One, but you would be missing extra side buttons.

The pen has three customisable side buttons. Pen tip is firm and has no movement. Pen tip is slightly textured.

Back of the pen can be unscrewed to review three replacement pen tips and the nib remover.

The worn out pen tip is supposed to go all the way into the nib remover, and you can tilt and pull the pen tip out.

Line tests

These are line tests created with Medibang Paint Pro on Windows.

I find the pressure performance to vary quite noticeably depending on which OS and app you use. Generally speaking, drawing apps on Windows have better pressure performance, as in I was able to create thin and thick line variations more easily.

1. After adjusting the pressure curve, I was able to draw thin lines easily with a thick brush. There's no or no noticeable diagonal line wobble or jitter.

2. Lines are able to taper quite smoothly, but it could be smoother.

3. Line transition from thin to thick is smooth. Thin lines can be drawn easily after drawing the thick lines.

4. Line width can be maintained consistently by applying consistent pressure.

5. Dots can be drawn easily.

6. This is the cursor misalignment test. Separate lines can be joined without gaps or lines overshooting.

Cursor is always directly beneath the pen tip, even if the pen is tilted at a low angle.

Pen performance is good, quite predictable and consistent.

There is however cursor misalignment near the edges of the display.

Drawing experience

This was drawn with Medibang Paint (Windows).

Pressure works great. Drawing experience is good. I was drawing with minimal pressure to get the thin lines and could get the thicker lines when pressing the pen harder.

For this app, zoom gesture will zoom in opposite direction. Pan and rotate works fine.

Drawn with Medibang Paint Pro (Mac). Pressure works well.

There's no palm rejection with the Mac version of this app. Placing my palm on the right side might activate tools from palettes from the right which rarely happens on Windows. Drawing experience is not ideal without palm rejection. Panning the canvas moves in opposite direction.

This was a quick sketch drawn with Sketchbook Pro (Mac).

Sketchbook Pro does not have pressure curve adjustment. Pressure sensitivity with this app is not as good as others. It was difficult for me to create thin and thick line variation with the drawing above when drawing normally.

Since MacOS does not support touch gestures, sometimes touch would not work even with the correct gestures. Erasing with the pen shortcut button may introduce stray stroke unless you release the button away from the display.

Sketchbook Pro on Windows has better pressure performance. Touch gestures work fine. There is still the problem with creating stray strokes with the eraser button unless you release the button away from the display.

Clip Studio Paint for Windows work fine. Pressure, touch gestures and palm rejection work well.

Since the pen draws well, it also writes well.

Conclusion

I am very impressed by the Wacom Movink.

The OLED display looks gorgeous because it's an OLED display, of course.

What really surprised me was the touchscreen works really well with Windows, which usually has some issues with touchscreens. Downside is the touchscreen does not work consistently with MacOS.

Drawing performance is good of course. While pen performance isn't as good as the pens from Wacom Cintiqs, pen performance is still pretty good. The pen performance would be on par with Apple Pencil and Samsung S Pen.

One area of concern is whether there will be any burn-in with OLED with long term usage. When drawing, the UI will be static for hours so that could be problematic. As I only have this review unit for such a short period of time, I can't comment any further regarding the durability.

The Wacom Movink is a good product for all the reasons listed above. With OLED pen displays in the market, digital artists have more options to choose from and that's good as well.

Pros and cons at a glance
+ Beautiful design
+ Solid build quality
+ Surprisingly thin
+ Bright and vibrant OLED display
+ Single cable connection with USB-C
+ Wacom Pro Pen 3 has three buttons
+ Good pen performance
+ Driver has many features
+ The virtual hotkeys make up for the lack of physical hotkeys
+ Touchscreen works better with Windows than with MacOS
+ The Wacom folding stand is good, but not included
- OLED has PWM which may affect people with sensitive eyes
- HDMI connection requires an adapter that's sold separately
- Screen can be scratched
- More hotkeys would be useful
- Cursor misalignment near edge of display
- Pricey
? Potential burn-in from long term usage

Availability

The Wacom Movink pen display can be purchased from Wacom online store, and Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | ES | IT | JP)

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