Sceptre X405BV- 40" Class LCD 1080p 60Hz HDTV

I am a pretty basic person, so don't really require much from my TV and I'm not really electronically inclined. With that said, I was very impressed with my purchase. I ordered on-line, on sale, with free shipping to my home, expected 6-10 days. Using the web site to browse and order was incredibly easy. The TV arrived at my home sooner than expected. It is lightweight enough for my 78 yr old mother to get it into the house on her own. I looked at the box to see which way the base attached, but read the instructions to be safe. I can't tell HD from analog, but have HD ability. It all looks good to me. Sound seems to be working well. I usually like the sound level around 12, but was able to crank it up to 45 for an old CD. I have already recommended this product to a friend stating that it's a great TV and you can't beat the price.

For what I paid for this, I didn't expect it to be quite as good as it actually is. Yes, there're better 40" 1080p LCD TV's out there, but when they cost more than twice as much for only a slightly better picture and sound, it's hard to justify opting for those over this one. The picture is still plenty clear, bright, and contrasty, without being so much so that highlights are blown out and shadows are blocked up, with very little in between. You just have to be patient in manually changing the image settings. I found that a brightness of 75, contrast of 50, and a color saturation of 25 with the tint left dead-center produces the best results, no matter the material being viewed. As for the sound, folks have complained that it's prone to getting really loud, then really quiet, without warning and seemingly without reason. This is caused by the auto volume leveling software in the TV. It's really quite terribly implemented. Turn off AVL/AVS, and this problem should go away. One of the really cool things about this TV, besides the huge array of input options, is that it has a 3.5mm headphone jack on the back of the TV. This will allow you to use computer speakers for external audio, if you'd like to go that route and save some money on what you'd otherwise pay for a sound bar, bookshelf system or full-blown HT system. You can get computer speakers that sound as good as if not better than a $250 sound bar for around $40. This is about the best bang-for-buck TV I've found anywhere, and even being the A/V aficionado I am, I have absolutely no problems recommending it. Again, for more than twice the price, you'll get only marginally better quality, but since the whole point of shopping at Walmart is to save money, why not go ahead and save a ton of it by getting this TV? You'll be extremely hard-pressed to find a better deal even here.

Received my tv within 1 week of Cyber Monday. I actually watched it a maximum of 6 hours within a 3 day period and it just quit. No power would get to the tv at all. It is now almost Chrismas and I am STILL without t.v. I left over 3 messages starting nice and after being ignored again wasn't as friendly. I WOULD NOT recommend this product not strictly over the tv because I know all parts are man made and human error occurs, the service is my main issue. If you have poor service you have poor business and that leads to poor product. Just seems like no one takes pride in anything there. The problem was wioth Sceptre NOT Wal-Mart!!! I told them I cannot return it to your store because you don't carry it in store.....go figure.

The TV looked like a great deal online, so I ordered it. A few hours after we hooked it up, the screen went blank and nothing we did could bring it back online. We tried to call the service line for 2 days and got nothing but recordings...very frustrating.

After 2 days of working just fine, this TV shut itself off and refused to turn back on, no matter how much troubleshooting I performed. To make matters worse, the Sceptre customer service rep was beyond rude, and after inferring that i was inept at technology and following instructions, told me "Fine, just return it then. You clearly aren't understanding what I'm trying to tell you." Turns out, this is a pretty common problem with these TVs, and had nothing to do with user error...

Item stopped working in less than 2 week. Came home from work, turned on the tv and no picture. Honestly if it had worked I would have given it straight fives. I had to return the item to the store and to get another tv of similar size and specs I would have had to pay a couple extra hundred at the store, ended up settling for a smaller tv with similar specs, and still ended up paying an extra $100. Great item if it worked.

The picture was nothing to write home about: it seemed a little dark and not quite as crisp as a 32" television that I had prior. No matter how I messed with the settings, I could not get the picture to seem up-to-par. The sound, even though the built-in speakers were slightly underpowered, was solid enough. I had no real complaints there. What really sunk this television for me was the fact that it stopped working after 4 days. Not four days worth of use. No. Four days of ownership.

This product was nothing but trouble. I probably just got a lemon and they aren't all as bad as mine was. The first night I had the set, I couldn't get the picture to look right. The colors were off. People looked pale and the picture wasn't what I was expecting. It was disappointing. The second night, I was watching tv when all of a sudden, the tv shut off and then came right back on. This happened three times. After the third time, the set wouldn't turn back on. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and it came on for a couple of minutes, then died again. One more try and it worked for about one minute and died again. Then it wouldn't come back on at all. I called Sceptre customer service two hours before they close for the day. I left a message with my name, number and brief description of what happened. They never called back. I called again five minutes before they closed, left another message, and they never called back. The next day, they still didn't respond to my calls. I returned the unit to my local Walmart store. I ended up purchasing a different set from another store. Walmart was great. From ordering online to the shipping to the return process, it was all very smooth and easy. But I will never buy another Sceptre product as long as I live.

Ordered from Walmart.com, great value. Easy to hook up, beautiful picture and sound. Instructions were simple and easy to follow as was the onscreen menu. Two days after purchase, however, the sound suddenly stopped working. I could not get the sound to work despite the troubleshooting tips in the owner's manual. Multiple phone calls to Sceptre's customer service line resulted in no assistance-my calls repeatedly went to voice mail which were not returned, and my emails were not returned either. I had no choice but to return the item to Walmart. Unfortunately, based on this experience, I decided I would not be purchasing another product made by Sceptre.

When i bought this TV I knew I was getting an off brand, and a cheap on at that. However, when setting up the device I had terrible problems that no one could seem to help me with, specifically my remote would not program to the tv. After explaining this Sceptre's tech support multiple times thay asked me to take the back off the tv and wiggle some wires around. I was severely dissapointed in the build quality and customer service of this company.