Sceptre TV

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1. Absolutely love my dumb Sceptre TV. Colors aren't super fantastic, but for the casual observer, it is just fine and gets the job done.

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2. it's fabulous if your criteria is 'turns on, displays what is connected to its inputs, and has decent video quality'

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3. turns on, displays what is connected to its inputs, and has decent video quality

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4. I'm extremely happy with it. No "smart" features, no bullshit, no slow menus

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5. These are great if you just want an old fashioned tv that is just a monitor

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6. they're "decent" nothing super remarkable, but they're just dumb displays

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7. No apps, no OS, and no connectivity other than common A/V cables.

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8. They're fine and they're incapable of all the spyware bullshit.

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9. This TV is so dumb its clock is still in 1989.

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10. relatively cheap and dumb as a brick

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11. Picture quality is great for us.

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12. Sceptre works great for me.

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13. Cheap, good picture, happy.

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14. I bought one that had the backlight go out after only two years

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15. it died pretty quickly (dead pixel strip on the screen)

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16. they are ten years out of date

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17. Sceptre still makes some, Walmart carries many of their models.

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18. The cheat code is Sceptre dumb TVs from Wal-Mart's web site.

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19. Sceptre makes some decent dumb TVs with large screen sizes

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20. seemed to be the last holdout of non-smart TVs

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21. Sceptre sells a whole line of dumb TVs.

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22. Sceptre still sells dumb TVs in the US.

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23. Sceptre dumb TV bros still winning

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24. I've had good success with them.

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25. Those panels are dumb and also bad.

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