Longevity wasn't there for my huion or yiynova (Though that one ultimately died because my ex broke it but it was on its way out anyway). Never had issue with dead pixels. Drawing on them was all right but nowhere near the cintiq but in terms of lcd tablets, very affordable option.

The drivers, however, yes are a fucking nightmare to install. I suggest researchingthe one you want and what drivers you'll need. Some obvious/notso obvious rules for it:

>Don't plug in the tablet first
>Restart after
>Make sure no other tablet drivers are installed

If you keep those three in mind a all times its easeir