Huion Kamvas 16 2021 (GS1562) notes

Summary

• A little bit of a dated tablet, but in 2025 it is a very good deal if you are budget constrained and can't go for the Huion Kamvas 16 GEN3 (which is a clearly superior tablet).

• Drawing experience is pretty typical for this generation of Huion's products - works very well.

• DO get the PW550 pen and use it instead of the PW517 pen that comes with this tablet.

Links

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Source	Link	Date
Huion	Product page
Huion	Store page
Teoh on Tech	Huion Kamvas 16 (2021): Laminated Display, Pen Performance, Cursor Tracking	2021-03-31
Teoh on Tech	Review: Huion Kamvas 16 (2021) pen display	2020-12-22
Brad Colbow	Huion Kamvas 16 (2021) Review	2020-12-01
Parka Blogs	Huion KAMVAS 16 (2021)

Specs

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Model

	GS1562
Name	Kamvas 16 (2021)
Released	2021-06-15
Status	—

Display

	GS1562
Resolution	1920 × 1080
Aspect ratio	16:9
Pixel density	142 PPI
Panel	IPS
Lamination	Yes
Anti-glare	AG film
Coatings	—
Color gamut	sRGB 120% area
Color depth	8-bit
Brightness	220 cd/m²
Peak brightness	—
Viewing angle	178° horizontal 178° vertical
Refresh rate	—
Response time	25 ms

Digitizer

	GS1562
Active area	344.2 × 193.6 mm (13.5 × 7.6 in)
Diagonal	394.9 mm (15.5 in)
Aspect ratio	16:9
Pen technology	Passive EMR
Pressure levels	8192
Tilt	±60°
Accuracy (center)	±0.3 mm
Accuracy (corner)	±2 mm
Report rate	220 Hz
Density	200 LPmm (5080 LPI)
Max hover	10 mm

Pen

	GS1562
Included pen	PW517 (PW517)
Compatible pens	PW517 (PW517) PW550S (PW550S) PW550 (PW550)

Other inputs

	GS1562
Buttons	10
Dials	—
Touch rings	—
Touch strips	—
Touch	No

Physical

	GS1562
Size	423.5 × 253 × 12 mm (16.7 × 10 × 0.5 in)
Weight	1260 g
VESA mount	—
Legs	—
Included stand	—

Connectivity

	GS1562
Ports	USB-C USB-C
Attached cable	None
Bluetooth	—

Power

	GS1562
Power input	5 V, 2 A
Consumption	10 W
Standby	0.3 W
Power adapter	—
Power output	—

In the box

	GS1562
Contents	—

Notes on specs

Display specs

• Contrast ratio: 1000:1

Pens

As with all Huion tablets that comes with the PW517 pen, I recommend you also buy the PW550 pen which is much better and can really upgrade the drawing experience. More here Huion PW550 series pens notes

Diagonal wobble

• A bit of diagonal wobble at slow speeds. Not too much and can be compensated for by turning on smoothing/stabilization in your drawing app. The wobble is not visible at faster speeds and depending on how you draw you may not even notice it.

  • In Krita I used weighted smoothing with a distance value of 200.

Anti-glare sparkle

Low amounts of AG sparkle. You'd have to put your eyes about 4 to 5 inches from the tablet to even notice it - even then it is not much.

Buttons

• The buttons are on the left side.

Connections and cabling

• Ports - Has two recessed USB-C ports on the right side. The wells the ports are in are slightly different sizes.

• 3-in-1 cable. The tablet comes with a 3-in-1 cable if you need to connect it to your computer with HDMI

• Single USB-C connection - This tablet DOES support being connected with a single USB-C connection. Because the port is recessed I recommend you buy Huion's fell featured USB-C cable for this tablet. Of course you will need to make sure your computer supports a single USB-C connection. More here: Connecting a pen display with USB-C.