206 of 213 people found the following review helpful  Best for the price. Not a superstar., January 7, 2017 By K5cents (Washington DC) This review is from: Sceptre E205W-1600 20" 75Hz Ultra Thin LED Monitor HDMI VGA Build-in Speakers, Metallic Black (2018 version) (Personal Computers) For the price, I don't think this can be beat. I bought two of these, and spent about the same amount of money as if I were to buy a decent 24" monitor. They're a little small, but not bad from a foot or so away. The number of inputs is awesome, but I would prefer 2 HDMI over 1 HDMI, VGA, and DVI; today's devices primarily use HDMI. The speakers are, eh, not impressive. At least they're there, unlike a lot of monitors, but the volume is limited and the quality is poor- don't buy this for the speaker.
My biggest complaint is that neck that goes into the base is NOT (easily) removable. So, if you plan to mount this on a wall or stand, like me, then you'll have an unsightly black neck sticking out the bottom. I've read you can remove the monitor frame and unscrew the neck, but I tried this and wasn't able to separate the frame without feeling like I was going to break something.
41 of 41 people found the following review helpful Good value, Speakers are useless, Leg can be removed, August 24, 2017 By Amazon Customer (Corinth, TX USA) This review is from: Sceptre E205W-1600 20" 75Hz Ultra Thin LED Monitor HDMI VGA Build-in Speakers, Metallic Black (2018 version) (Personal Computers) It is a good monitor for the money. I bought it as a second monitor so I could connect it to my DVR and watch TV while "working" at my computer. VGA and HDMI inputs are a big plus. The speakers are next to useless. They face away from the user and are not loud enough.
I was a bit concerned about the unremovable stand but decided not to worry about it since I was just going to set it on my desk anyway. Now I have bought a dual monitor stand and decided to see if the "leg" could be removed. If nothing else I would just saw it off. What the heck it is just a $70 monitor.
I removed the four screws on the back, pried off the bezel, lifted up the screen, and there were the screws that hold the leg on. I removed them and put the monitor back together
The monitor looks great on the stand and I can always put the leg back on later.
61 of 63 people found the following review helpful It’s inexpensive but the neck cannot be removed, October 9, 2017 This review is from: Sceptre E205W-1600 20" 75Hz Ultra Thin LED Monitor HDMI VGA Build-in Speakers, Metallic Black (2018 version) (Personal Computers) This monitor was inexpensive and works ok if you’re going to set it on a desk. If you plan on using a Vesa wall mount, be aware that the neck is actually attached to the monitor and cannot be removed - see my pics. This means you’ll have an ugly looking chunk of plastic hanging from under the monitor. I still can’t decide if I want to keep it since the monitor was very inexpensive, or if it’s going to hurt my eyes too much to see the glaring eyesore under the monitor due to it being wall mounted with the base removed. I wish I had noticed this before purchasing because I definitely would have picked a different monitor. Other than the weird neck issue, the monitor works and looks great - especially when using it with the base on a flat surface. I’m using the HDMI port on the back but it also has VGA to connect to your PC. I played with the monitors menu and it has options to adjust a few different settings. I liked that it had warm/cool/normal/etc. view settings. I am using... Read more |
