Why is it that I find so often that producers of their own product don't go through their product use as thorough as the people who buy them? This was a very good tutorial on demonstrating the calibration process and even showing us that there are 12 levels to try. Thank you so much!
I guess by the time you design and manufacture a product, you lose sight of the fact that it's operation is not intuitive to a first time user. Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad I could help.
just got mine today and knew that this was a problem (screen dimming) but a lot of comments said something to do with calibration. Thanks for the video
thanks for explaining. Unfortunately I went through the 12 calibration options twice over and none erase for mine! I might have to stick to the ease all
I had the larger letter size and I still have the small not size. I've noticed that the smaller one does erase better. But like you, I ended up not erasing much.
If you use exact erase multiple times, does the screen continue to get dimmer and dimmer each time? If so, roughly how many times can you use exact erase on one drawing before it becomes annoyingly dim, or unusable? Thanks :)
I just got the BlackBoard and when I pressed the exact erase button straight out of the box and after attempting the calibration (done correctly), the writing dims to nearly nothing and stays that way, until I clear the display and start writing again. The Calibration does not improve this. Is this the battery?
Thank you for the nice review. You covered more than any other review videos. Though, I need to ask this before buying it. 1)Can you write something without the pen included? such as your finger 2)How precise is erase function? can you erase it without the eraser on pen? such as pen tip itself? 3)As you manage the eraser level, do I have to level it every time? or does it just stays in 12 if I set it to 12 until I re-level? I hope you can help this questions.
You can write and erase with anything. Erasing with the writing end of the pen is pretty precise. Once you calibrate the exact erase it stays calibrated. Thank you for the kind words.
@@gadgetstop321 ok, so it doesn't get dimmer every time? If I erase ten times it'll still be like the first erase, clear but not as clear as the original? How much percent is lost?
Hi Thank you for your superior explanation. I have a same problem, and follow your given step, but when I wrote and click exact-erase button to erase partly then whole drawing was dimmed even can't see, after callibration. I think there is somthing wrong the calibration steps. I wrote a email to support team of boogiboard, but they didn't answer.
Great video. Wish it didn't dim though 😕. They really should fix the dimming situation. I'd be willing to pay 60 for that in place of 30 for the one I saw like yours at Barnes & Noble if I could get full 100% brightness.
I sold my letter size model (the larger one from this video) and recently started using the note size (about half the size of the larger one) and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this one didn't dim when I used the exact erase button. I don't know if I just got lucky or if it's characteristic of all note size boogie boards.
@@gadgetstop321 cool I couldn't access the calibration on the one letter in store box but I will be going back tomorrow and hopefully they offer a return if I am not happy with it. Different ink color would be cool update in future models.
Outstanding video. Unfortunately, it does not work for me. My boogie board blackboard does not seem to register any of the levels and I am just smearing eraser shavings and causing smudging on the screen. This is going back, but you should be commended for your excellent video!
I was hopeful this would help, but even after calibration, it still completely dims the screen as soon as I hit and hold the erase button. Other than that, I love my new digital etch-a-sketch... but I wish it would do bluetooth/USB instead of having to take pictures too.
Boogie Board just launched a smart pen on Kickstarter that works with the Blackboard. It's called the CarbonCopy and I ordered one. They are scheduled to ship next month. When mine arrives I'll make a video.
Such a great explanation, however, my friend had an issue and trying to help her out. On her Boogie Board (model: WT14029), it is stuck on writing, and will not erase. The version she has, does not have the 2 extra buttons next to the erase button, and it only has the erase button. Has anyone had this issue? And how would i reset the screen to go blank? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Hello! Thanks for the video. After I go through the calibration and test it out, as soon as I hit the exact-erase button, the screen dims and I can hardly see any of my writing. Any chance you know why that might be happening?
My eraser smudges no matter what, it's to the point ehrr I can literally write with the eraser bc touching it to the screen causes it to smudge/draw. Is there a way that you know of that'll fix this issue?
i don’t understand why there is no option to just erase with no smudge and no dimming. kind of just makes me miss paper. i will most likely be returning this
The screen behaviour strongly resembles an analogue storage oscilloscope CRT. The Boogie Board tablet is likely completely analogue and only functions by static electricity (like the old Xerox photocopier) to move molecules around by touch and push them back by a voltage applied to the entire screen (i.e. no pixels inside). Hence no wonder that it has absolutely no connectivity. What a crap invention is that?! If released in late 1970th to early 90th, this for sure would have been an instant success. But then PDA came out, and nowadays in an age of colourful tablet PCs and pen operated e-book readers with low-power passive eInk display (having much better contrast) this is absolutely pointless! The fact that this "LCD tablet" is brand new feels like a moonpriced joke item like those full size 61 key toy keyboards with only a monophonic beeping Stylophone transistor circuit inside, or Canomatic fake SLR cameras or pocket radio electronics camouflaged as a big empty plastic hifi set that could be won as a fairground tombola prize at a lottery booth. The only imaginable legit reason of its existence is EMF radiation avoidance and extreme data security (*because* it contains no digital memory (like the Polaroid camera or mechanical typewriter) and can be erased with one button press), but a chalkboard can doo this too (although a little dustier, which may be unsafe in cleanroom-like environments). And the suggestion of using a purpose-made smartphone app to photograph the writing completely voids both purposes! I bought the cheapest unbranded version of this device (no pen erase mode) to note todays tasks on a wall, but the dim screen is hard to read and the concept sucks more than that of digital picture frames.
