Cheap Sceptre X7SV-Naga 17" LCD Monitor with TV Tuner (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Sceptre X7SV-Naga 17" LCD Monitor with TV Tuner

Great Monitor For Price
I bought this monitor nearly a year ago for $503 and free shipping, and I got much more than I paid for. The monitor is great for many reasons. It has every input you can think of - and even the wires to boot - so it is more than a computer monitor. I'm a college student, so it has become my TV, computer monitor, video game monitor. The PIP capabilities are also great. It is great when you are screwing around on the computer talking to people or whatnot, and you can have the CUBS game on at the same time. I have only a standard VGA output on my computer, and the picture quality is pretty good. I can't wait to see what it looks like with DVI. <
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>I have few complaints. Mostly little annoying quirks. The monitor creates a lot of interference with speakers that are nearby; however, this only happens when the monitor is changing modes, or coming out of hibernation. The monitor automatically sets itself to "optimum" viewing levels...but it sometimes sets the clock incorrectly, causing a shaking of the screen. The Instructions were TERRIBLE. They really don't explain all the capabilities very well. <
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>Overall, the best money I've spent in college.

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Good with a few issues
I bought this monitor for the 16:9 capability and the many
different video connectors it has. In general it works well,
though there are a few problems with it. One is that, although
it has a VESA mount on back for wall mounting, if you take the
base off it leaves two large holes visible under the monitor (as
others here have noted) AND the buttons on the front stop working
and the remote causes crazy things to happen. I've tried two of
these monitors and they both do the same thing. The base apparently
acts as both an electrical connection and perhaps as a
heat sink (the monitor gets fairly warm when on). You can wrap
some wire around the screws that used to hold the base on and the
remote and front buttons will work again, though if the base was
also acting as a heat sink problems may show up later on.
In computer SVGA and DVI modes the monitor sometimes causes
a ground loop-like loud hum in an audio mixer located
on the other side of the room. Cycling through the video modes
usually gets rid of it.
Sometimes when switching between onscreen displays on a VCR
or DVD player when the monitor is in NTSC or S-Video mode, the
monitor won't sync correctly and will display a double image.
Cycling through the video modes usually fixes it. It doesn't
appear to have this problem when displaying live video.
The first monitor made a very loud high pitched squeal when
on, similar to the noise analog tv sets make. The second one
also makes this noise, but at a much more reasonable level. It
seems strange that the new display technologies have not
eliminated this old bane from the analog world.
The image quality is good and the feature set is great. The
problems it exhibits I can live with. It would have been nice
if the Sceptre engineers had done a better job on sync and
mounting aspects.
When I returned the first monitor a tech rep called me
several days after I faxed in the info they requested (though

requiring a fax is kind of archaic these days) and gave me an
RMA after a few questions, so tech support was reasonable for me.

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Like a Swiss Knife
I don't know what people expect. I bought this based on several reviews amongst them a stellar one at CNET. My expectations were not as high as most people and I can tell you that I am very satisfied with the Sceptre. As a monitor it is fine. Text is crisp and colors vibrant. Compared to my Dell FP1800 though, the Dell most definetly comes out on top. But it is like a Swiss knife as it does so many different things.

As a TV with DirectTV hooked up via the Svideo connections it is very nice. Some ghosting and anomolies can be seen here and there but it surpassed my expectations. With just a basic OTA antenna hooked up the picture was just ok. It is certainly viewable and I have no problems with it's limitations here. I use 16x9 for all video aspects and it looks great.

With either Svideo or Component hookup for my DVD player is the area that it shines. Colors jump out at you and the 16x9 is perfect viewing.

And finally I come to the speakers. For my office with the Sceptre 3 feet away it comes across as clear and loud.

You get what you pay for is heard just about every Friday in anyones life, and the Sceptre has proven to be a most excellent product for my viewing habits. It does so many things, some very good and some that are just ok.

It is a keeper for me as I am quite happy with it.