Should You Buy a Sceptre TV?

Sceptre is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its PC monitors.

If you are thinking about buying a Sceptre TV then our handy guide provides you with all the key info at a glance. Our objective, impartial comparison of TV brands is compiled by analysing over 240,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,600 awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 8,300 TVs.

Their TVs start at $109 for the X322BV which has a display diagonal of 32", a thickness of 79mm and is an hd ready TV and go up to $340 for the X508BV which has a display diagonal of 50", a thickness of 104mm and is a full hd TV. The average price of a new Sceptre TV is $225.

Is Sceptre the Best TV Brand?

So are Sceptre TVs any good? We give every TV a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all TVs we are able to impartially rank all the TV brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Sceptre is the 11th best TV brand out there.

Let's look at how Sceptre TVs compare to the other TV brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $225, Sceptre TVs tend to be cheaper than most other TV brands. Sceptre also have better reviews than the typical TV brand, with the average rating of a Sceptre TV being 56%.

There's a smaller selection of Sceptre TVs available compared to other TV brands, with only 2 Sceptre TVs currently on the market in the US. When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Sceptre TV is $28 (based on a person typically using a TV for 5 hours per day), which makes them less efficient than most other TV brands.

What Do the Sceptre TV Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Sceptre TV to work out the average distribution of reviews for Sceptre and then compared this to the other TV brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		0
4 stars		0
3 stars		2
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,709
4 stars		837
3 stars		207
2 stars		140
1 star		450

Over 0% of expert reviews and 76% of user reviews for Sceptre TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 90% and 92% respectively across all TV brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Sceptre TVs by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other TV brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Samsung	LG	Philips	Sony	Toshiba	Sceptre
	77% 249 reviews	77% 157 reviews		75% 30 reviews	71% 22 reviews
	87% 34 reviews	82% 210 reviews	80% 109 reviews	76% 38 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	84% 185 reviews	82% 114 reviews	83% 35 reviews	86% 12 reviews	69% 24 reviews
	84% 149 reviews	80% 83 reviews	82% 42 reviews	84% 11 reviews	76% 28 reviews
	95% 116 reviews	81% 79 reviews	84% 41 reviews	87% 9 reviews	66% 16 reviews
	71% 109 reviews	68% 76 reviews	78% 22 reviews	89% 13 reviews	54% 7 reviews
	81% 133 reviews	81% 40 reviews	78% 23 reviews	86% 5 reviews	65% 13 reviews
	75% 101 reviews	62% 59 reviews	75% 11 reviews	85% 4 reviews	60% 5 reviews
	88% 59 reviews	90% 62 reviews	89% 36 reviews	91% 12 reviews	83% 11 reviews
	84% 38 reviews	86% 81 reviews	83% 38 reviews	86% 10 reviews	90% 6 reviews
	80% 66 reviews	83% 65 reviews	68% 23 reviews	67% 6 reviews	70% 1 review
	90% 72 reviews	81% 43 reviews	88% 24 reviews	87% 3 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	76% 90 reviews	72% 45 reviews	39% 1 review		62% 8 reviews	52% 1 review
	75% 68 reviews	72% 45 reviews	64% 4 reviews	70% 9 reviews	65% 4 reviews
	88% 86 reviews	87% 36 reviews		87% 6 reviews	85% 1 review
	79% 51 reviews	81% 43 reviews	81% 26 reviews	80% 4 reviews	73% 3 reviews
	71% 60 reviews	77% 45 reviews		70% 7 reviews	61% 9 reviews
	85% 51 reviews	84% 34 reviews	91% 20 reviews	88% 6 reviews	85% 4 reviews
	78% 57 reviews	78% 40 reviews	81% 10 reviews	83% 6 reviews	70% 1 review
	83% 68 reviews	83% 38 reviews		79% 3 reviews
Other Expert Sites	78% 1,618 reviews	77% 1,273 reviews	75% 467 reviews	79% 309 reviews	69% 106 reviews
Average	81% 3,460 reviews	79% 2,668 reviews	78% 932 reviews	82% 503 reviews	71% 283 reviews	52% 1 review

How Many Industry Awards Have Sceptre TVs Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Sceptre TVs. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular TV brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning TVs

Number of Awards	Samsung	LG	Philips	Sony	Toshiba	Sceptre
	128	30	17	5	7
	78	55	22	3	12
	94	34	26	4	11
	107	32	10	13	4
	17	52	41	15	3
	59	24			2
	47	12	11	3
	33	14	16	5
	39	13	10	2	3
	25	19	13	3	2
	12	30	12	3
	35	16		2	4
	11	33	6	4
	18	18	10	6	1
	31	19		2
	13	19	10	8
	13	19	5	2	6
	22	16	1	1
	20	12		3	3
	11	16	9	1
Other Expert Sites	278	211	96	53	4
Total	1,091	694	315	138	62

How Reliable Are Sceptre TVs?

We checked over 240,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Sceptre TVs. over 90 of these reviews mention reliability of which 75% were positive. Therefore the majority of Sceptre TV owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Sceptre TVs are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Sceptre TVs that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

The built in dvd player is very nice

NOT RELIABLE

Broke in less then a year

I immediately see some damage on the upper left of the LCD