Great monitor for the price, especially if you're curious about the whole curved screen thing.
Arrived fast, well packaged, plug and play HDMI to video card. I used my old cable, but they provide one in the box. No dead pixels or anything like that. The stand is all metal and as a whole the monitor looks very sharp. I purchased this to replace a 9 year old 21" HP monitor that had served me well but was starting to get some dead pixels and bright spots. WOW, what a difference. I almost underestimated how huge 32" really was. Initially I had been holding out for an LG 32" monitor that was out of stock and priced at $200. My choices were wait 1-2 months for it to be back in stock or spend $20 more on a 'lower quality' brand. After looking at the reviews of this guy and seeing that a lot of stars were docked for having to manually wake it up from power saver mode (which I don't really care about) I decided to give it a shot. I get my 32" monitor now for slightly more and have the added benefit of checking out my first curved screen.
After a week, honestly the curved thing seems like mostly a gimmick (as I had read). It does add a bit of an immersion factor while gaming, but honestly that could just be the fact that I went from a 21" to a 32" monitor. It does add a nice 'cool' factor to your setup and less tech savvy people will definitely remark on it. I've already had a couple people go hardcore 'I WANT THAT'. You'll want to adjust the color settings and the like before making a judgment. They have a decent amount of presets in the menu but some will be more picky than me. I went with the gaming preset and am very happy with the colors/sharpness/etc. There's a good range of angle adjustment to suit your preferred viewing. Viewing angles themselves are great vertically and horizontally.
Some cons:
1. As close as you're likely to sit to this monitor, 1080p does start to seem a little lacking as far as resolution goes. If money isn't an option and you're getting up close to this size you may want to spring for QHD or 4k resolution instead, especially if your video card will permit those resolutions while gaming.
2. No built in speakers, so plan ahead if you're used to just using your current monitor's speakers for sound. Honestly, you shouldn't be. That's coming from someone who used them for 9 years with that HP and thought they were fine. Then I got a simple $35 Logitech system with 2 desk speakers and a sub... wow. I knew it would be better but was kind of flabbergasted at just how much. It really makes whatever content you're consuming immensely more enjoyable.
3. The monitor is a bit wobbly on the stand. Not a big deal, but I notice it when I go to manually turn it on after it goes into power saving mode.
4. Power saving mode. As a lot of reviews mention, if left alone for a long while the monitor will go into a hibernation that it won't automatically come out of (solid red light). You'll have to reach around back for the button to turn it on when you come back. Not a huge deal for me. I know some folks will hate it. It DOES automatically wake up from the 'first' sleep setting that it goes into before power saving(blinking blue light).
5. Backlight bleed. There's a fairly significant amount of it in my display. Unless the screen is totally black I don't notice a thing and it hasn't bothered me.
All of these things are minor in my opinion and do not warrant taking any stars away from what is a fantastic monitor at $220. I would have paid a bit more even. This is my first Sceptre product and a week in, I'm very impressed.
| Standing screen display size | 32 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
