Sceptre X46BV 46" LCD TV
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- HDCP Support: With HDCP Support
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9)
- Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Response Time: 6 ms
- Broadcast Format Displayed: 1080p (HDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 720p (HDTV) 480p (EDTV) 480i (SDTV)
- Contrast Ratio: 8,000:1
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Takes a bit to adjust, turns out well
Pros
Cheap. Very dark blacks. Lots of inputs (coax too) with svideo on side. Minimalist design.
Cons
Normal picture fiddling to get it nice. Slight ghosting (maybe).
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
I definite "buy" at the price. Probably at full price too.
We just got the 42" version of this tv (same specs throughout).
http://www.sceptre.com/Products/LCD/Specifications/spec_X42BV-FullHD.htm
Everything was smooth right out of the box. I was expecting a crap tv since we got it at CostCo for under $1000. I'm only going to discuss the negatives here.
I've only used the tv for one evening.
The biggest issue we had, and really the only issue I thought I would have to take the tv back if I couldn't fix, was the picture setting from the factory. Watching Planet Earth we could see that a scene like a dust cloud had really bad gradient patches (where instead of smooth background to foreground on the dust cloud, you got layered lights on darks). On an HD cable broadcast, peoples faces looked like they had layers of makeup. Turning the Picture setting to "vivid" completely got rid of the patchiness and I was able to then change a couple of other settings and then save the custom Picture.
Other negative notes, the stand for the tv isn't steel sturdy. You can push the tv and it will wobble. It's still sturdy enough for me to perch it on top of a speaker box on my entertainment center, but if we had kids of any kind, I wouldn't do it. I would set it directly on the entertainment center. It's not top heavy though.
The vast array of inputs on the back of the tv don't have any sort of cable routing. There is about 20" inches wide of cable inputs and the cables just go straight back from the input. I'm using cable ties to cinch the cables together at the back to clean things up a bit.
Even with the 6ms response time, I can still see a bit of image ghosting when the screen spins around fast. I can probably find away to clean that up. It doesn't happen when I play video games, so it's probably the source.
There is also, in certain scenes, a hairline of red and blue outline of light objects on dark objects. Not all the time.
http://www.sceptre.com/Products/LCD/Specifications/spec_X42BV-FullHD.htm
Everything was smooth right out of the box. I was expecting a crap tv since we got it at CostCo for under $1000. I'm only going to discuss the negatives here.
I've only used the tv for one evening.
The biggest issue we had, and really the only issue I thought I would have to take the tv back if I couldn't fix, was the picture setting from the factory. Watching Planet Earth we could see that a scene like a dust cloud had really bad gradient patches (where instead of smooth background to foreground on the dust cloud, you got layered lights on darks). On an HD cable broadcast, peoples faces looked like they had layers of makeup. Turning the Picture setting to "vivid" completely got rid of the patchiness and I was able to then change a couple of other settings and then save the custom Picture.
Other negative notes, the stand for the tv isn't steel sturdy. You can push the tv and it will wobble. It's still sturdy enough for me to perch it on top of a speaker box on my entertainment center, but if we had kids of any kind, I wouldn't do it. I would set it directly on the entertainment center. It's not top heavy though.
The vast array of inputs on the back of the tv don't have any sort of cable routing. There is about 20" inches wide of cable inputs and the cables just go straight back from the input. I'm using cable ties to cinch the cables together at the back to clean things up a bit.
Even with the 6ms response time, I can still see a bit of image ghosting when the screen spins around fast. I can probably find away to clean that up. It doesn't happen when I play video games, so it's probably the source.
There is also, in certain scenes, a hairline of red and blue outline of light objects on dark objects. Not all the time.
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