Sceptre 27-Inch FHD LED Gaming Monitor 75Hz 2X HDMI VGA Build-in Speakers, Ultra Slim Metal Black

This monitor is hard to love due to some glaring issues with its quality control. That being said, its a budget conscious monitor that has a MSRP of $129.99 so you have to be realistic with your expectations. Ill go through my experience for you from start to finish. The Pros - It is 75hz refresh rate capable. 5ms response time for those who need it. Its light weight and very thin. (Great for mounting) It has 2 HDMI connectors. The version that I got uses a 12V DC port (Useful for cable management). Built in speakers a plus if you have limited space to work with. (Like using the monitor at a work station / terminal) The Cons - Out of 2 ordered, 1 had a dead pixel. The speakers are not only muffled, but extremely quiet. Stand is extremely light weight for a 27 inch monitor. 12V 3A AC/DC adapter looks really suspect (like the ones you get with LED strips) and probably will fail over time. VESA specs are incorrect in the manual. (They recommend M4 12mm screws). 1 year only warranty that requires you to send it back to them on your dime for service. My biggest gripe so far (dead pixel or not) is that the VESA mounting holes on the rear of the monitor are extremely shallow. I needed to special order a set of M4 8mm screws in order to get it to attach to one of my dual monitor brackets. VESA standards list 100 x 100 hole patterns to use a standard M4 10mm screw. My 8mm screws that I ordered barely fit into my bracket with a washer. I would assume the holes drilled in the monitor for the screws are 4mm or 5mm deep at best. The manual recommends using 12mm M4 screws! That would leave about 8mm or 7mm jutting out in the air. Most VESA mounting hardware will only include 10mm, 12mm and 25mm M4 screws for 100 x 100 hole patterns. So in case you want to mount this monitor to any bracket, make sure to have some shorter M4 screw sizes ready. Negatives aside, its an extremely attractive monitor for the home office or the kids (teenager or college bound). You can forgive a lot of the imperfections if this is going to be attached to something you dont stare at constantly. Probably also good for grass roots e-sports tournament organizers who need a larger screen real estate but dont want to break the bank and arent too worried about ultra quality. 5ms response time and 75hz refresh rate is good for most games except ultra competitive FPS. This is going to be a dynamic review in that I will update my experience as I own the monitor longer. I have a replacement coming from Amazon for the dead pixel afflicted one I got initially and well see how that goes. Sceptres policy on dead pixels is that they need 5 or more to be considered defective enough for warranty service. Worst yet, you have to ship the item back to them at your expense. So I highly recommend while youre in the Amazon 30 day return window to put the monitor through its paces and see if its the right one for you without any major problems. Once its out of that window, youll be at the mercy of Sceptres RMA department and will probably need to pay $22 bucks (or more) to send it back to fix a $129.99 (or less) monitor.

Bought this for my granddaughter since her previous monitor broke. Its bigger and shes a big gamer. She loves it. Good picture quality & big screen

Just got the monitor today, turned it on and it’s a line going down the screen that I can’t get rid of. Need a refund or exchange it for a new one

I bought this screen about 4 years ago, and I must admit I am impressed. It still is awesome quality - HOWEVER, there are some dead pixels in the bottom of my screen. Sceptre is a cheaper quality brand so this is to be expected over time. But all-in-all very nice screen worth the money.

My favorite monitor come from sceptre have had multiple gaming setups Bc I’m in and out of gaming all of the time and by far sceotre makes the best onky problem is out of the box I always have to mess with picture color Bc it’s very vibrant is makes darker games look horrible other than that I love these monitors especially for the price!

Honestly, it’s a pretty solid monitor for the price. Only thing i have to say is that the speakers are low quality, but other than that the picture quality is good for what it’s worth (even a little better).

Well it’s not great and it’s not totally horrible. Sorry for the back and forth but the monitor is fulfilling the purpose I bought it for. You can’t expect this thing to be as great as an Samsung, Asus, etc. My work from home monitor replacement, yes I bought it myself because the company supplied 20” is way too small and old. This monitor works for desktop applications, and it’s so-so. I had one stuck pixel as did my best friend who followed suite in buying one too. Needs some tweaking but works great for my work needs. I thought about returning it over the one pixel but in reality the price and waiting another 2-3 weeks to receive a replacement not worth it with the Covid-prime 2weeks instead of 2 days shipping. Now for my other use, this work from home setup is a spare computer and if the wife takes my main game box I have a fall back. This monitor is horribly fuzzy and washed out in gaming. For the record I have only tried overwatch with a freesync compatible RX 550 4gb card ( it’s a dell tower not my ryzen 5 with 32gb ram and SSD drives upstairs). So I know there’s a big difference but the image and colors can’t hold a candle to my acer 24.5” 75hz monitor with my game box. Does it work, yes absolutely well enough I can ignore the above and enjoy a game. If you want size, cost, and don’t care to game on this monitor it’s decent for the price. If you plan to game on it, I would suggest looking elsewhere. Unless you care more about size & price and can deal with it and the potential of a stuck/dead pixel you may get too. Nick

x a lent product....75HZ...sweet

I bought this for use with my laptop. Unfortunately, when I plug this in, my laptop switches its audio output to the speakers in the monitor, and there is no option (not that I could find) to switch back to the speakers built into the laptop. The sound quality from this monitor sucks compared to my laptop speakers. The mounting stand for the monitor is flimsy and the monitor rocks from side to side with the slightest touch. The mount provided might be adequate for a 15 monitor, but is completely inadequate for a 27 monitor.

I love this monitor, I was not expecting it to be as big as it was which was a pleasant surprise. Love it, it has a great quality screen.