warm? Sceptre® X37SV-Naga 37" LCD TV w/ hdtv tuner 1080p

[kosstamogen]

I did receive the TV after the initial post, I am happy with it. There are a few small quirks but overall it is definitely worth the money for 1080p which was the clincher. Not to mention price. Make sure you have the newer version which is either called V2+ or V3.

 

[isayx3]

Originally posted by: mudboy
I bought one of these a month ago and it arrived all beat to ******. From the look of the packing materials, UPS dropped the thing on its side and the picture was bad. I'm sure it's a great TV for the money if you're lucky enough to have yours arrive intact, but don't throw away that packing material until have have put it through your paces. Luckily, Costco's return policy rocks, I returned it to my local store and bought a 37" Philips from the store and have been very happy with it. The Philips also doesn't have the Engrish menus that the Sceptre did, plus it has a bunch of cool features. I'm not sure if the 1080 bit would have made that big of a difference with me.

Pete

Funny you mentioned that, when my brother's tv arrived (his name is pete btw), the ups guys were rolling it on the sides. We were expecting it to be messed up inside but we were pretty lucky. UPS sucks at handling.

The difference between 1080p vs 1080i/720p is huge if you want to run a PC thru it. For home theater stuff probalby not so much since there really is no 1080p content out.

 

[pg22]

Well, after doing some research, I'm pretty sure I'll get one o these Sceptre's. 1080p on a budget, from Costco...sounds great. Just in time for Costco to not have them anymore

Must they be ordered from Costco's website? They aren't in-store?

Do they ever have the 42" model? How much is it?

Thanks

P.S. Venom - great review.

 

[mudboy]

pg22, just check back on the Costco site from time to time. Same thing happened to me when I decided to buy but it was back in stock a couple of days later.

Pete

 

[kosstamogen]

Originally posted by: isayx3

Originally posted by: mudboy
I bought one of these a month ago and it arrived all beat to ******. From the look of the packing materials, UPS dropped the thing on its side and the picture was bad. I'm sure it's a great TV for the money if you're lucky enough to have yours arrive intact, but don't throw away that packing material until have have put it through your paces. Luckily, Costco's return policy rocks, I returned it to my local store and bought a 37" Philips from the store and have been very happy with it. The Philips also doesn't have the Engrish menus that the Sceptre did, plus it has a bunch of cool features. I'm not sure if the 1080 bit would have made that big of a difference with me.

Pete

Funny you mentioned that, when my brother's tv arrived (his name is pete btw), the ups guys were rolling it on the sides. We were expecting it to be messed up inside but we were pretty lucky. UPS sucks at handling.

The difference between 1080p vs 1080i/720p is huge if you want to run a PC thru it. For home theater stuff probalby not so much since there really is no 1080p content out.

they rolled mine too!!! are these guys idiots?????????

 

[pg22]

Dammit. I think I've checked Costoc's website thrice daily for this thing to come back. I hate waiting

Anyone know if they may just sell them at the actual store?

 

[BlackPear1]

Not a stock item here in Houston as of this afternoon.

 

[frankgomez75]

You guys do realize these 1080P sets DON'T accept a 1080P signal natively?!
In fact, it takes a 480P, 720P, 1080i signal and UPCONVERTS it to 1080P, but it cannot accept a 1080P signal.
This means if you plan on buying PS3, HD-DVD Player or Bluray Player.. the set is gonna downconvert the signal back to 1080i than upconvert again to 1080P. In order to get the best picture, you should always try to feed a set its native resolution to avoid conversions as it causes loss of picture quality in the process and in the instance of these "so-called 1080P sets", they do the conversion TWICE.
Snake oil marketing if you ask me. Not to say these sets to display a beautiful picture, but just be aware these sets are TRUE 1080P sets like the 720P sets on the market right now that natively accept 720P signals without any conversions.

Of course this is just an FYI not a threadcrap.

The first 1080P sets that accept a 1080P signal natively and compressed are gonna be released within a few weeks, though at a premium. Sets are expected to retail for around $3K and up for the first-gen.

 

[czech09]

You guys need to stop bumping this - it's long dead and it makes me sad everytime I look at it as from Costco it's a really great deal.

 

[oldnavy]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
You guys do realize these 1080P sets DON'T accept a 1080P signal natively?!
In fact, it takes a 480P, 720P, 1080i signal and UPCONVERTS it to 1080P, but it cannot accept a 1080P signal.

Actually, these Sceptre Nagas and the Westy 37 and 42 ARE true 1080P and accept 1080P via HDMI, DVI and Component. You might be thinking of the current DLP/LCD/LCOS rear projection TVs that do not accept 1080P inputs. As noted above, these have a few quirks, but they are true 1080p.

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: czech09
You guys need to stop bumping this - it's long dead and it makes me sad everytime I look at it as from Costco it's a really great deal.

Ya, this sucks. I've checked every day. Maybe they will never come back. Now it looks like I may get this instead.

Westinghouse LVM42W2

What do you guys think?

 

[oldnavy]

Originally posted by: pg22

Originally posted by: czech09
You guys need to stop bumping this - it's long dead and it makes me sad everytime I look at it as from Costco it's a really great deal.

Ya, this sucks. I've checked every day. Maybe they will never come back. Now it looks like I may get this instead.

Westinghouse LVM42W2

What do you guys think?

I ordered one of these yesterday. Today, my 35" CRT blew up, go figure... Hope to have it early next week.

I looked at it at BB and it is sweet. The default setting look very faded, but playing with it made a huge difference. There's a very long thread on this monitor over at avsforum.

Westinghouse thread at AVSforum


If you are not in a hurry, there are many more true 1080P TV's coming out in the next few months.

 

[pg22]

Thanks for the heads up. Do you think they will have as good a price as this? $2309 for this seems sweet.

 

[oldnavy]

That's a good deal. I doubt BB could match it. I ordered from JR.com for about the same price.

 

[seanbigdealer]

I received my Sceptre 37". Works well with XBOX, Dish Network. The HDTV is clean in 1080i or 1080p up-converted. 1080i seems brighter, but altogether the colors and sharpness look better than the other 37" I am taking back to Costco.

 

[oldnavy]

Originally posted by: pg22
Dammit. I think I've checked Costoc's website thrice daily for this thing to come back. I hate waiting

Back in stock at Costco Online.

 

[hondaf17]

Originally posted by: oldnavy

Originally posted by: pg22
Dammit. I think I've checked Costoc's website thrice daily for this thing to come back. I hate waiting

Back in stock at Costco Online.

Now also available at Newegg, but at a slightly higher price.

Linkie

 

[Punisher007]

Crap. Just bought at Newegg over the weekend

 

[scootermaster]

I believe this is back, if anyone cares.

 

[AMCRambler]

The link is showing the $1499.00 price but this time no MIR. This looks like a pretty hot deal for a 1080p HD set. It even has a tuner built in. So tempted to jump on this one.

 

[tbogstad]

how much bigger is a 37" screen than a 20" screen ???

total area compared to total area???

 

[Bullhonkie]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
how much bigger is a 37" screen than a 20" screen ???

total area compared to total area???

TVcalculator - courtesy of notfred of our forums IIRC.

Edit: As for 20" to 37", that's exactly what I did. I went from a Dell 2001FP being used as our TV to this Sceptre set and the size difference is absolutely massive.

 

[tbogstad]

well i have 3 x 21" monitors, but you can't really game with 3 monitors.

this would be almost exactly the same area as my 3 monitors, but in 1 display.

 

[Bullhonkie]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
well i have 3 x 21" monitors, but you can't really game with 3 monitors.

this would be almost exactly the same area as my 3 monitors, but in 1 display.

You'd lose quite a bit of desktop real estate though. Not in terms of physical size but effective size of desktop resolution.

Or if you plan on keeping them you can do what I ended up doing. I still have 2 Dell 2001FP hooked up for desktop usage, and the Sceptre is hooked up purely for gaming/watching DVDs. I use display profiles with Ultramon and switching between the setups is a snap.

Best of both worlds.

 

[Heinrich]

For what it's worth, I have the Westinghouse 32" 720P (non-1080P) LCD and it is absolutely beautiful. DVDs look great, the upconversion looks fabulous, bright colors...crappy remote but so what. I'm keeping my eye on the 42" to replace my era 2000 60" Tosh RPTV.

In fact, I bought the 32" for the bedroom and I routinely haul it out and put it on the coffee table in front of the Tosh