Sceptre IPS 24” Gaming Monitor 165Hz 144Hz Full HD (1920 x 1080) FreeSync Eye Care FPS RTS DisplayPort HDMI Build-in Speakers, Machine Black 2020 (E248B-FPT168),IPS 24 165Hz

I am really impressed with this Gaming Monitor, its a really huge impact between 60hz and 144hz/165hz. The brightness is just good, so are the colors, though the image quality... well... I sit 2 feet away from the monitor and sometimes the image is blurry, but overall you really dont notice it, its not a big deal for me. I was gonna accept the fact that I was truly trash at fps games but that all change with this monitor, WOW, I get more wins a whole bunch, the smoothness is so good when playing fps. You react faster, aiming is more easier, etc. Im the 400th reviewer...

I was looking for a monitor, and my friend recommended me this one. The monitor stand may look a bit weak, but it does the job well. The monitor I received has one dead pixel but its negligible. The speakers are awful, but you shouldnt be using them anyways (please just use headphones). It can tilt a few degrees up and down, but you cant adjust the height or rotate it, which is a bit of a shame. Overall, its a good monitor, especially for its price (I bought it for 180). If you want an alternative, Id recommend the AOC 24G2.

Ive been using this for a few days now, overall its a great product (especially on sale at $120). Im glad I took the chance on a brand Ive never heard of. Rumor has it that this monitor is using the same panel as some $200 monitor sold by ASUS, which is what really sold me on trying an unknown brand. This is replacing an older 60Hz TN monitor for me, and Ive only used TN panels (Its been a long time since I bought a monitor). So maybe take this with a grain of salt. Ive also been using the monitor defaults for testing it out. Pros: No frills or gimmicks. Just a monitor that displays an image. On the back every video input is clearly labeled like in the image, and says exactly what version of HDMI each port supports. Instead of guessing, or looking up the manual. Bezel is almost non-existent. Stand is made out of metal, just a nice touch. Color quality is excellent out of the box, I havent even bothered calibrating colors yet. Blacks are actually black. Whites are blinding, but white. Blue really pops, Red and Green seem good but dont pop as much as blue. The color quality between the TN panels and IPS is night and day better. General image quality is crisp and clear. Text looks crisp, Im noticing minor details in shadows from movies and games I couldnt see before. The DPI on this monitor seems much higher than my previous TN. Or its just the difference between how TN and IPS pixels are made? Image quality in motion is excellent. By default the Overdrive setting is set to Medium and it has some very minor ghosting visible in the Blur Busters test, but I havent noticed any ghosting at all while playing any games, even FPS games. I have no idea what the response time is when overdrive is set to medium, but it seems low enough to not think about. I actually forgot I hadnt changed it until typing this. 165Hz over Display Port is a nice bonus. Adaptive Sync works as expected, even on an Intel GPU. On Intel Arc the Variable Refresh Rate Range supports 48Hz - 165Hz. Though IIRC FreeSync is supposed to support as low as 30Hz. This may just be an Intel support issue. Cons: The monitor is scary thin. The top half of the monitor is basically just a plastic cover for the back of the panel. There is no structure holding the top half of the panel. Im worried Im going to bend the panel when adjusting the tilt. On one hand its really impressive how thin this monitor is, on the other hand it just feels very fragile. Bending your screen while adjusting the tilt would have to be the most stupid way of breaking your monitor of all time. If it falls over somehow, its 100% going to damage the panel. Theres just no structure protecting the panel IMO. Perhaps on the next version Sceptre should add a little structural rigidity for peace of mind. Stand is comically short. Though it is quite wide so it isnt tipping over easily. PS Shout out to the seller, who shipped immediately. The package arrived like 5 days early. I had to sign for it, so FedEx didnt just leave my brand new monitor on the porch. Which I appreciate.

Ive only had this monitor for a few days, but I will update if I have any major changes in thoughts on it. That being said, this is my first high refresh monitor, and WOW. I have another light duty, 75Hz gaming monitor from Acer as well, and it pales in comparison. The colors on this monitor are very vivid, and the refresh at 165Hz is so buttery smooth. One thing I will note, it sits low, close to the desk, with the stand a good few inches shorter than my other monitor. Thats less of a big negative (I just put a few books under it for now) but it may be something you might want to be aware of if youre like me, and dont have a very tall desk and like to sit up straight on the computer. The only downside with this monitor is...I want another one, and it just stays sold out!!

If you dont mind serious backlight bleed, these will work fine for you, but dont even bother using the included DisplayPort cables, because you wont be using them very long. I bought two of these in October of 2021, and one of them had the DisplayPort fail within three months. HDMI still works, and I can still get up to 144 Hz refresh rates, but that isnt the 165 Hz that was promised. The DisplayPort on the other one failed today, and as my graphics card only has one HDMI output, I either have to roll the dice on getting a good DP-to-HDMI adapter or replace the monitor. One things for sure, Im not buying another Sceptre monitor. I should have taken a hint and returned them when I realized the silver logo on the front is literally just a bunch of stickers that will come off if you remove the protective plastic too quickly. Furthermore, the reason for the backlight bleed is that the top 70% of the monitor consists of the panel and a thin sheet of plastic holding it up, with no rigidity whatsoever. That means any tilt adjust has to be done from the bottom unless you want to risk cracking the panel! Im half expecting the HDMI to fail in another year and force me to throw out the monitors entirely. This level of quality is unacceptable in a time when there is so much concern about sustainability. If you really must have a cheap high-refresh rate monitor, even if this is $20 cheaper than the next option, go with something else. And if this is the only option in your budget, be prepared to use it with only HDMI, and put up with the heavy backlight bleed.

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This display looks good, has an awesome refresh rate of 165z (only on DP, 144hz max on HDMI), and is super thin with a low footprint. I did have an issue getting AMD FreeSync to work but figured out that you need to turn it on in the monitor settings before your PC will detect it. The only downside I could find is that the built-in speakers on this display are absolutely horrible, but I use a headset so it doesnt bother me too much.

I tested 4 of my laptops with this monitor, thought my experience might be useful to others, in regards to refresh rate in particular. I think the most interesting thing I found was that my gaming laptop outputs 165hz over HDMI, while everything youll read before buying says 144hz is the max. Keep reading if you want to see my experience testing various laptops: When you connect the monitor, you go into Display Settings, Advanced Display settings. Click on Display Adapter Properties and then List All Modes. This will show you a list of output options, and you will be able to see here the max refresh rate that you are going to be able to get with your current connection. Another thing to note is that it will say here if the video output is coming from you integrated graphics card or, a dedicated video card. Here was my experience testing various laptops: 3-year-old Acer Aspire E 15: 120hz over HDMI Output options available: HDMI Unfortunately, the refresh rate maxes out at 120hz, I was not able to get 144hz over HDMI. The video signal is coming from the integrated Intel HD Graphics 520. This laptop also has a nvidia geforce 940mx graphics card, but for whatever the reason, it does not act as a standalone graphics card, and therefore does not provide the video signal for outputting via HDMI. Brand spanking new HP Elitebook that I just got from work: 165 over Thunderbolt USB-C, 120hz over HDMI Output options: HDMI, Thunderbolt USB-C I was surprised to run into the same HDMI problem as my Acer, which is that I maxed at 120hz and couldnt get 144hz. I think it is misleading for so much of the description of this product to say 144hz over HDMI, but my top of the line brand new HP Elitebook maxes at 120hz. Fortunately, it gave me 165hz from the Thunderbolt USB-C port, which I connected using a Thunderbolt USB-C to DisplayPort cable. Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop: 165hz over HDMI, 165hz over MiniDisplayPort Output options: HDMI, MiniDisplayPort This is where I was surprised, because my gaming laptop was able to give me 165hz over HDMI. Everything in the description of this product says max for HDMI is 144hz. I will note here that, the Display Adapter for my HDMI output is the dedicated GeForce GTX 1660Ti graphics card, instead of the integrated graphics that I was seeing on my other two laptops. Also, a note about using a high speed USB cable: People on the internet keep talking about needing a certain HDMI cable to get higher refresh rates. I think thats misleading... the hardware you are outputting from is what really matters, which is the whole point Im trying to make in my review here. The stable 165hz that I am currently getting with this gaming laptop, is with using a Wii U Nintendo branded HDMI cable. So, a solid cable, but not highspeed rated or anything like that. I will say though, I used a cheaper HDMI cable that I recently got on Amazon, and while I was getting 165hz, I started experiencing drop outs while using that cable. Like it couldnt handle the bandwidth, and stuttered for a few seconds. So yes, your HDMI cable is going to need to be halfway decent, but buying an expensive highspeed HDMI cable is not going to magically get you high refresh rates if you laptop cant push those refresh rates to begin with. And finally, a Macbook Air (2015): 120hz via MiniDisplayPort Output options: MiniDisplayPort I used my MiniDisplayPort to Displayport Cable to connect my wifes Macbook Air to this display. I attempted to configure the second display and it maxed out at 120hz. So, kinda like my 2 non-gaming laptops I described above. But, I was a bit surprised, because the 2 PCs that maxed out at 120hz were connected via HDMI, I thought the MiniDisplayPort on the Macbook Air might go a little higher. Hope I was able to pass on some useful information about using this display on a laptop! Thanks for reading.

Package made it safely and in a timely manner. I’m upgrading from playing on a 60 hz laptop screen to this. All I can say is this was worth every penny. I play fortnite and valorant frequently and I’m finally getting to put my GPU to good use at 144hz refresh rate. Havent used dp cable for 165hz... yet. But either way, I’m glad I made this purchase. Although I wouldn’t buy it for $300 like Neptune electronics is trying to do on here. I got it when they released this monitor for about 180? That price is worth it.

Bought this as a second monitor for my computer. I love it a lot, I dont see any clouding on solid black (contrary to my phones shoddy picture. just take my word for it, looks fine in person), solid white is blinding (yay!), the viewing angles are amazing-- I can literally look at it from the side and the colors still look pretty accurate, it apparently gets closer to 144hz than my main monitor can (143.999hz vs 143.992hz, although seems pretty insignificant in the long run), and it even has speakers (one of the main reasons i bought it). Okay, enough praise, time to tell you the few flaws Ive experienced. First of all, while it /does/ have speakers, they just sound.. really crappy. I mean, I guess thats to be expected, you usually dont buy monitors for the speakers, but Im just saying. Dont buy these for sound quality. Im pretty sure even a cheap TV could do better. Secondly, the built in UI just feels kind of awkward to use. You get a lot of options, yeah, but this thing only has like, four buttons for using it. Its a little clunky, really. And finally, the fabled one issue that I have with this: Occasionally it likes to start flickering, or just give up on trying to detect an input signal from my computer entirely. If you buy this and have this start happening, the solution is to just turn the monitor off and unplug it entirely for ten seconds. It happens enough that I end up internally going this again? every time it happens, but not nearly enough that I need to return it. TL;DR: Great monitor, bad speakers, awkward controls, sometimes requires unplugging.