Sceptre 20 1600x900 75Hz Ultra Thin LED Monitor 2x HDMI VGA Built-in Speakers, Machine Black Wide Viewing Angle 170° (Horizontal) / 160° (Vertical)

After almost 3 years of working from home 3-5 days a week, I could no longer stand staring at my 13 inch laptop screen. A single mother on a tight budget, this was the only monitor I could afford. Arrived quickly, very light, took about three minutes to set up. Color is vibrant and picture is clear. My only complaints are the height is not adjustable, and it seems to tilt forward slightly. But for the price I really can’t complain. I’ll just get a taller riser. Lastly, it’s small but I knew that. Would probably pay the extra $15 for the 22 inch if I could go back in time but alas that capability has not been perfected yet. And can I really complain after working from a 13 inch monitor screen for so long? Probably the first day working from home in a while where my head doesn’t hurt after work. Will update in a couple of months if this thing is still with me! Final thoughts, if you’re looking for a decent monitor to do basic things on and have less that’s $80 to spend, grab it!

It is very important to download the drivers before setting it up as instructed. I still wasnt getting a signal. Just as I was about to pack it up I unplugged it and waiting a few seconds and they plugged it all back in just in case and low and behold it finally got a signal. It was like daring me to ask for a refund before it decided to work. Now I love the graphics for duo monitors. Not crazy about the speakers sounds though. Good thing I have better speakers already.

The picture is good, and the size is decent but what really sold me on this model were the built-in speakers. For the price it was worth it to not have to buy external speakers for the gaming computer. The speaker work really well too. Nothing had speakers for this price and in this size.

Came in perfect condition. Picture looks great. Speaker isnt great, but I have speakers so this doesnt bother me in the slightest

Ive had this monitor for over 4 years and its still running strong no issues. Its worked so well for me that when i bought my new 1440p main monitor, i went with sceptre again. Now, I wouldnt use this for a primary monitor as its not even 1080p, but for a secondary monitor for things like discord, spotify, podcasts, movies, etc. Its good enough.

I purchased these to set up my home office. They work just fine. Theres no height adjustments which was disappointing but my bad for not digging into more details but they do tilt which is fine. Quality of the screen if good. IF you have Windows in the S Mode - beware because it will not install the driver to get the monitors to work unless you have a HDMI port. I ordered 2 for multiple screens and spent multiple visits to Best Buy to troubleshoot then after a lot of Google searches realized it wasnt the monitors, it was Windows S Mode. Uninstalled the S Mode and installed immediately.

This review is for the “(Sceptre 20 1600 x 900 75Hz LED Monitor 2X HDMI VGA Built-in Speakers, sRGB 99% Machine Black (E209W-16003RT Series) aka “20” 75Hz Wide Viewing Angle” monitor. I got 2 of these for $115/ea. It was difficult to return them and go with two Samsung 1080p IPS 22” monitors instead. For some reason, the non-IPS screens (like these) have a hard time displaying an even black/gray screen. The pictures with the grayscale test have my very high-quality laptop monitor below them as a reference in each picture for what the black/gray screen SHOULD look like. The monitor is on the top of each picture and my laptop is below it. The laptop screen is mirrored on the Spectre monitor above it. These exhibit pretty bad “ghosting.” To be fair, it is not as bad in real life as the camera makes the monitor look. But I still found it too distracting to work with. Because the screen is always darker at the top than the bottom (regardless of viewing angle), it can be difficult to see vertical scroll bars because it fades from normal at the top to washed-out at the bottom. Googling information can also be difficult because the color change of a site you have already been to on Google is more difficult to see at the bottom of the screen than at the top. It is also harder to work in Excel because the grid lines are not an even shade across the entire screen. It is not horrible like the HP V20 HD+ 19.5-inch monitor. But it is still not great. I found it too distracting to work with as a home office monitor. There should be 6 pictures showing the different shades of black/gray mirrored off my laptop onto the Spectre 20” monitor. The monitor in the picture also has a bad pixel a few inches from the top left corner that you can see in the darkest pictures as green. I personally do not take off points because my specific product/item has a flaw/defect. Even the best manufacturers have products that pass quality control. So I simply mention it and let readers decide for themselves if it is too common of a problem for them to decide not to purchase it. I only give bad reviews for “systemic problems” that affect all of a product line like this. There are many different options for changing the brightness, tint, color, sharpness, etc. But unfortunately, because the screen is not even, if the top looks good the bottom looks bad and vice versa. On the good side it does have some really nice features for the money. I will miss the dual HDMI ports and the speakers even though they’re not very good. But this allows you to plug in a Roku stick and watch/listen to TV while working on the other monitor if you have two (see picture). I also personally liked the size better than the 22” Samsung 1080p monitors I’m keeping. Two 22” monitors are a little big for my very small desk even when VESA mounted. The Spectre monitors are also VESA mountable which was another reason I purchased them. They come with screws that create a gap of about ¾” between the monitor and a VESA mount (see picture). I’m not exactly sure why they did this, but it does make it easier to access cables in the back and it was not an inconvenience for me. There are many different options for changing the brightness, tint, color, sharpness, etc. But unfortunately, because the screen is not even, if the top looks good the bottom looks bad and vice versa. If you don’t have much money and these are on sale for $120 or less, it might be a monitor worth considering. But the one I opened to try/test had a defective pixel so I had to return it anyways. And I never opened the 2nd one because I decided I just couldn’t work with this monitor for most likely many years. The Samsung’s look fantastic straight out of the box without having to mess with screen adjustments. And I got them on sale from Amazon for $140/ea. For my needs, as a home office monitor(s), the Samsung’s are much better and worth the extra $25/ea. But the Samsung 22 IPS monitors are normally $165+/ea. It would have been a more difficult choice if I had to pay full price for the Samsung’s.

I never actually used these because I decided to return for a bigger size, but I did begin the process of setting them to be mounted on a dual stand. The computer comes with its stand and that stand attaches to a bracket on the back of the computer. If you need to mount these, youll need the spacers provided but a different size screw. The spacers are needed to get around that bracket that hold the stand, otherwise it will push the backing of the monitor in and the hdmi ports will be sort of sunken in and not useful. I dont have a problem buying the slightly shorter screws, which I plan to do and still mount the larger screens I bought. But just an FYI on that, if you plan to mount, youll need to purchase the right length screw to use with the spacers. Ill update once I determine which size fits

I picked this up a second monitor to use with my security cameras. Super easy to set up, just plug and play after you attach the base to the monitor. Tilt lets you angle the screen to wherever you need it and the picture is bright, crisp and great for my purposes. I’m not a gamer but I do use this for work all day and I don’t have a single complaint after a couple of months. Excellent affordable option for a second or primary monitor.

good