I can't speak for their TVs, but their monitors are dogshit.
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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Can confirm. Mine works well enough to make me regret buying it but not poorly enough to throw it out.
I tend to agree. What monitors do you like?
My work had a Sceptre dumb TV as a conference room display. 2 of the 3 HDMI inputs stopped working entirely and the remaining one was limited to 4k30 or something shitty like that. Also the AC cord was hardwired and not replaceable if that's a thing that matters to you.
The resolution/frame rate limit can be from the input device. My work PC's GPU couldn't do 4k60, regardless.
We had a test PC with a 2070 Super. HDMI 2.0b should support 4K60.
They're shit, why not just get a "Smart" TV and just not connect it to the Internet? Just avoid the Roku integrated ones
If you want to be extra sure it never connects to the Internet, just pop off the back panel (it's a lot easier than you think, I'm always inside TVs) and remove the WiFi daughter board (it's almost always on a daughter board)
Is there any reason to never connect a TV to the internet? I got a new TV and didn't bother connecting it for any updates, but eventually I was having some remote issues that resolved after updating the TV.
The terms of service for a Samsung TV says they will take screenshots of your TV and send it to themselves. That's just one example.
What if you use it as a monitor? It's a terrible invasion of privacy. It should be illegal.
Some people don't like all of the bloatware and everything else that comes with a "smart" tv, especially people who want to use it as a large HDMI out
Right, I just use it as a display for my streaming device. I'm just wondering if there's any harm in connecting to the internet, updating firmware, then disconnecting.
Not that I know.
But I could provide a definitely wrong answer do someone could step in and answer correctly.
So..
"If you connect to the Internet Arch GNUnix long socks suck."
I've used dumb Sceptres as PC monitors a few times in the past decade. Expect them to live 2-3 years and then keel over. Image quality was fine IMO and there was no ghosting or anything when used for gaming.
I know you asked for firsthand experience, but a quick overview of reviews does not look good:
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/home_electronics/sceptre-tv.html
Oof, yeah that's rough. Mostly comments about screen life.
I want to know more first-hand about the non-smart TVs specifically because a lot of negative reviews seem to be bad customer service from the vendor (Amazon, WalMart). Stuff like "1 star it's not a smart TV".
Well, I'll keep shopping around for now.