Sceptre TV

We purchased a 32" Sceptre television with a built-in DVD player for our grandson's bedroom. Now, my husband is usually very tech savvy, but the set up was horrible, gave him so much trouble, it kept jumping back to the beginning step. After finally getting it set up, the television continually had a popping and snapping sound with the picture going snowy at every pop and snap. He finally got ahold of a service tech after several hours and the guy said it sounded like a power board issue and recommend that we take it back to Walmart. Probably the worst purchase we've made in a very long time. I would never recommend this brand. We've since bought an LG 32", plus a separate DVD player, and we're very happy with this purchase.

The television is several months beyond 1 year warranty after previous failure covered by one year warranty. The power just quit. Nothing. I tried different outlets without any luck. Customer support was very responsive but advise it was now beyond one year warranty. They offered instructions on how to purchase a new power board. $75 plus $15 shipping. Oh, and bring it to TV repair shop and have them replace the part. Terrible. Not even worth the money.

I guess you really get what you pay for. Picture is bad, sound is bad, TV defaults to SAP & will not go back to English. Worst of all they have the worst customer service of any company I've ever dealt with. Was no help & rude about it. But what do they care, they got their money. It's too bad that there are still companies like this in existence.

Yellow looks brown on my TV. Tried to contact customer service via email, they literally replied with; "Based on the images you provided, the TV does appear to be performing normally." Thanks guys. Real helpful. I got mad and asked if they even read my message, they said they did which is why they asked for the images in the first place. 100% done with this company. Do not buy from them.

I bought this tv for my kids room. They had a little small tv that I used when I was in college and I figured it was time for a slight upgrade. Purchased this tv in March 2018. By September 24th the tv is a dud! The issue is started around mid-July. The kiddos were enjoying Shimmer and Shine and the screen went blue. I was thinking wth?! So I'm trying all sort of things. I googled the issue and a few solutions pop up. None of the things other people tried worked. I did EVERYTHING imaginable sans opening the tv and trying to see if anything was loose. I went to the store, bought new hdmi cables, even had a friend come over and see if he could fix the problem. Nothing. Finally, about two hours later, we used a different cable (this was cable number 4 - and not the new one) and my friend pushed it in with a little force and bam - the tv magically starts to show the next cartoon that was on.

I bought a second Sceptre TV in 2013, after my first TV lost display and showed no video when powered on. The first TV only lasted 2 years. This second tv just lost display. When I contacted technical support, they said the repairs would cost more than a new tv. Their warranty is only good for one year after purchase. This company is aware of the display problems, yet has done nothing to fix the issue on their products. In my opinion, and after 2 tvs have gone bad with the SAME problem, I would say to avoid this product. It was quite affordable ($275), but not worth having to replace for the same problem.

I have never been so frustrated with Walmart and their warranty company. My 39 in. Vizio TV sound went out after two years. I called the number provided on the paperwork to find out what to do. It was an act of God to get someone to help me. I packed up the Vizio. Sent it FEDEX. 4 or 5 days I get an email that the TV was damaged beyond repair. They will get in touch with me for replacement. The replacement was a Sceptre 43 in. It lasted less than a week. Sound quit working. Packed it up. Sent it FEDEX. This entire process has taken over 1 month. It will be two to three days before they replace it with a 39 in Vizio, just like my original. I was not impressed by the Sceptre. It was a piece of junk.

Recently purchased a Sceptre TV and thought everything was going fine for the first 3 weeks. Then, out of the blue, the remote control started to not work. We would push the volume down button and the volume would go up. So we decided to push the volume up button and the volume still went up. Finally we were able to get the volume to go back down. The next night, the remote was on the table and I was about three feet away from it when the volume started turning down. The TV was turning the volume down on its own. Each day that went by, it did it more and more. I took the batteries out of the remote control thinking that it was a faulty remote. It turns out the TV itself, was turning down the volume and not the remote control.

I purchased this 32" LED TV 3 years ago and currently has two lines running through it. The tv still has the plastic and energy guide still around it and for some reason it is still going out. Be careful in buying this product. The warranty only lasted a year.

I bought my 40" Sceptre TV through Walmart in 2012. Delivery was great and arrived with no problems. In the 6 years I've owned it there has never been a problem. It died last night and I'm sad, but I only paid $175.00 for it so I certainly can't complain. I loved my Sceptre! Time to start shopping again.

I purchased a 50” Sceptre TV for my mother 6 years ago. She literally has it on at least 10 hours daily. During that time, the TV has performed flawlessly! I also purchased two other Sceptre TV’s for myself; one for the living room and another for my bedroom. No issues whatsoever. There was a point when I decided to “upgrade” to a Sony 65” 4k. The price was $1600... three times the cost. Quite honestly, I was very disappointed. The picture quality was just a slight improvement and the remote was VERY slow to respond. I gladly returned it to Best Buy.

This CS person was extremely nasty, condescending, insulting and had me to a point where I wanted to throw my phone. The shame of it all was that he did finally solve the problem. But the experience resulted in my dedication to never again buy a Sceptre product. This guy should be fired. A true pedantic **!

I bought Sceptre E249BV-SR 720p LED TV 24" from Amazon for my camper. By the time I went camping and got the TV out of the box and install it was a couple of weeks past the return cutoff. I couldn't get it to work in the camper. All I could get was a blue screen and a message "No signal". I thought maybe it was the campers antenna. I disassembled and took it home and tried it on my Dish network with the exact same results. Been trying to contact Amazon and Sceptre without any luck. All I want is my $90.00 back! Looks like I'm stuck with a piece of junk.

I'm back to buy another Sceptre TV. We use these TVs for various purposes but mostly digital signage at an aluminum extrusion plant where the environment is harsh on a good day. I have eight in service and am ordering another today. We have replaced 4, but three were damaged by moving equipment and one was installed too close to a metal saw and suffered damage from aluminum chip ingestion. Another also arrived with damage in transit and never worked due to a cracked screen. These are the most affordable TVs available on a consistent basis and while you can find a better picture for twice the price, you can also spend much more and get less of a picture. Overall my experience has been stellar with these TVs.

I had trouble deciding whether to give it 1 star or two. Very cheap 50" 4K TV from Walmart made by Sceptre. Here's the dilemma. The original set lasted just over three months which means Walmart washes their hands off the whole deal. However, the Sceptre service people were courteous but have only one service center in City of Industry, California. So I had them send a box and packing to me, got an RMA, packed the box as required, brought it to FEDEX and sent via pre-paid shipping to CA.

My Sceptre TV stopped working 9 months after I got it. I contacted Sceptre since the tv was still under the manufacturer's one-year warranty and have had literally the worst customer experience since. This is my second time returning the tv. I was without a television from February 19 - March 22 the first time I returned it. Sceptre has now had my tv for 8 business days. I was reassured that if the tv didn't work after they returned it the first time they would swap it out right away. No such luck. Detailed timeline below. April 30, 2017: Purchased from Amazon. January 2018: Began experiencing issues. Issues became more frequent and for longer duration. Started return process by call Sceptre and sending pictures and other information via email.

I purchased a 55" Sceptre LED television on May 5th, 2016. I ordered it offline so by the time I received it and had it up and running, this television was being used in my home for exactly 2 years literally to date. My home is not a big television home, it gets turned on probably only 2 maybe 3 times a week. So the extent this television was used over a 2 year period was minimal, at best. Less than a year in (December after purchase) the remote went. But it wasn't simple as far as finding what was wrong. It was the picture of whatever you were watching would freeze up for a few seconds and it would just do it. Over and over.

Received for BD 2 yrs ago from my son. Was watching ION and bam the screen went black. 32" TV came with only 1 yr warranty so that should tell you something. It is a piece of cheap parts, must have got them from China. The company should close its doors.

I got this TV a few years ago new. Used it about 2 months on cable and then moved it downstairs to use on an antenna. This set is the very worst TV I have ever owned for keeping the OTA channels. I have complained to the company a dozen times or more and all they tell me is this is the design. Come on now. You program a TV for channels and when you turn it off or a station happens to go off the air for any reason the TV should not lose the stations preset into it. This is just not normal. The company says it is. So the only way around this is to install a digital receiver. And then set the TV to channel 3. It seems to keep that channel ok. Today I reset the channels 4 times because it just would not keep the station. The station was having issues and my TV was dropping the channel from the saved channels I programmed into it. If you have a choice never ever get one of these poor excuses of a TV. They are junk and the company will not help you out.

Purchased a 32" Sceptre TV, unboxed, hooked everything up properly. No picture/sound right out of the box. After further review online I find hundreds of people with the same problem. Why would Wal-Mart still sell this faulty brand? And shame on Sceptre for using inferior electronics to make a few extra bucks. My advice would be steer clear of this brand of television or anything else they make in fact!

I own several TVs. Samsung, TCL, Vizio, ProScan, and Sceptre. Sure Sceptre are low end, but I've owned 3 of them and have had no problems at all. It will never match my Samsung, but it's a lot less too. And if something does go wrong you can return it to Walmart. They do take returns on this TV, so don't believe what others may say.

Greatest investment I have ever made. Picture it, 2:30 A.M. a warm spring night, I was enjoying a glass of fine wine and watching Masterpiece theater. There was a nice breeze from the screen door, when all of a sudden seven gang banger burst in to the room. I sprang from my recliner and ninja rolled behind my Sceptre 55" UHD TV. As the bullets flow, I was able to retrieve my AK-47, which I keep for just such an occasion. When I sprang forth with cat like reflexes to quickly dispatch the intruders I noticed the bullets were actually ricocheting off my fine Sceptre 55" UHD TV.

I bought my 9 year old son a Sceptre 50-in LED television for Christmas from Santa Claus. When my son came back from his father's and opened his gifts and we plugged his television in there's no picture or sound! So we put the tv back in the box as was when bought. Went to the Wal-Mart we purchased it through and was told we had to contact the brand of the television. I then had to go out and spend 400$ more dollars on a television that was the same price but a 60 inch and smart which mine wasn't. All I'm asking is for another television with the same value as the broken one sold to me.

I bought the Sceptre 55" UHD TV from Walmart online on sale. I ignored a few bad reviews I found and bought the extended 3 yr. warranty just in case. After hooking up the tv in the kids room they played on Xbox One for 2.5 hours. It's not a 4k gaming console. After 2.5 hours the tv kicked over to 4k and went black. I tried unplugging it. I tried doing a factory reset. Still nothing. It goes black after 1 minute on the home screen. I'm returning it tomorrow. My fingers were crossed to begin with since it was only $300.

I bought this TV from Walmart for the guest room. The TV might have 20 hours on it. The other day my husband went to watch Columbo... because the girls and I had had enough of "just one more thing?" and all of a sudden the TV went black. So disappointed. I read that this has happened to so many others. Will never buy from Walmart again!!!

Had my TV for only two years and spent 400.00 for it. It was working fine. I get up to use the restroom and come back and the TV was black. Just that quick. Good TV to no TV in a matter of seconds. And of course the warranty has expired.

After a year of watching TV once a week maybe a couple of hours total. My tv went black. Warranty was over and the screen went black and after spending $400, I'm with a black screen TV that does me no good! I'm so disgusted after going from a Samsung that had a black screen to a Spectre with a black screen. I give up. That's 1500 in under 4 years and I have no good tv. My boyfriend is buying me a Vizio. I recommend everyone not to buy either brands from Any place! My mom has a 10 year old Vizio I bought for her and it's still working!!!

I bought the 19" Sceptre TV and received it on October 4, 2017 and it broke 21 days later! I've sent in the warranty and information on it. Got an email back saying they would send me what I need to return for repair w/in 48 hours. Tomorrow will be one week and not a word. I've emailed twice and called twice nothing! Bad product and even worse customer service!!!

I bought my son the Sceptre U550CVU 55" 4K Ultra HD TV from Walmart, August 2016. I gave it to him for Christmas. He's in the Army so it's barely used. He turned it on to watch the football game, and the screen went black. It still has sound. I called Sceptre customer service. The rep. said it's too bad, the warranty is only for a year and told me I should just go buy a new one! I have an LG and a Vizio TV. Both are over 10 years old and work fine. They were both more expensive, but do the math. A Sceptre is made to last 1 year or less. If you buy one every year at $379. Where's the value? It's a good price, great picture, (lousy sound, you have to purchase a sound bar} Beware!

I bought this TV (Sceptre 55" 4K) 3 months ago for $350 and a 4-year warranty. The picture is just as clear in HD as my LG TV was. And I paid $2k for it 3 years ago. It just stopped working all of a sudden. This TV is great for the price. You can't beat it. I haven't seen 4K on it yet since nothing is broadcast in 4K. I use Roku in 4K but that's a streaming service so it's not "real" 4K like you see in Best Buy or HHGregg on their TV's. Sometimes the source button changes volume, and the volume up makes it go down etc. but all in all great TV.