Sceptre E255B-1658A 25" FHD 1080p 165Hz 144Hz 1ms AMD FreeSync gaming LED Monitor 2x HDMI 2.0 1x DisplayPort RTS FPS Build-in Speakers, Machine Black, Metallic Black

So I was a little apprehensive to buy this brand. I've been an Asus guy forever ... but, it was on sale and it had a $10.00 off coupon to go with it at checkout, bringing the price down to $149.95. So why not, right? I've been playing on a 60hz Asus for as long as I can remember. Now that I have a new computer build coming (i9 9900k with an RTX 2070), I figured I'd upgrade to a newer 144+hz monitor with G-Sync/Freesync. I'm not ready for 1440p yet, so this 1080p with 165hz at this price seemed to be a no-brainer. However, I am a 100% skeptic and to be honest, didn't have high hopes for this purchase.My current build is an i7 2700k with a GTX 1050 ti and is what will be used for this review until I get my new system built (which I know will use this monitor to its' full potential).Let me just start by saying, "WOW!" There's only one word to describe it ... just ... WOW!First, the packaging was stellar. No issues there. This thing could be thrown off of a building and the monitor would take it like a champ. It would simply brush it off and walk off like a boss. I then opened the box and learned that the base/stand is metal (that is built rather well) and also came with a Display Port Cable AND a pretty darn nice phillips-head screwdriver to put the stand/monitor together! Like ... whaaat? Putting it together was a breeze and I was rather impressed with the look. But I was still anxious about what this monitor would look like and how it would "feel" once turned on.I got everything hooked up, took a deep breathe and said, "well, at least it looks good," and turned the PC and monitor on.Two words ... "HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THINGS COLOR! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!" Okay, that was more like 9 words, but that was my first reaction to seeing my PC Desktop Background for the first time on this badboy. My Asus was hooked up as my second monitor and it looked like complete TRASH next to the eye nectar I as receiving from this Sceptre monitor. I quickly ran out and got my wife and said, "honey, you have to see this!" As if she would care for this kind of eye-candy ... but I had to show SOMEBODY!!!! She came in and said, "oh wow, that's a huge difference." Let me just say, the blacks were black, the colors were vibrant (I honestly thought someone made a mistake and fabricated this monitor as an IPS panel instead of a TN panel) and no dead pixels anywhere. No backlighting showing through ... nothing. BUT ... the real test was yet to come ... and my anxiety was starting to peek. Could this monitor deliver in the gaming department? Or is it like the beautiful girl with no personality?I loaded the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and got a few of my crew together to put this bad-boy to the test. Before I did so, I made sure to have freesync on (which enables G-Sync ... YES, G-SYNC) in the monitor settings and checked to see if my video card settings were showing G-sync enables ... which it was.The match started loading and I was sitting there like a kid on Christmas day waiting to open that first present. Then it happened ... the match started. I noticed my FPS in the top left corner hitting 110-130 FPS (that's a first) and it was as smooth as Marvin Gaye and Barry White singing at a night club together MELTING the ladies. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This monitor delivered in every way possible. I can't imagine how good this thing will work when I complete my new build.Pros: Everything. I cannot stress this enough ... this monitor WILL DO G-SYNC if you have a 10 or 20 series GPU. I understand that it isn't on the "NVIDIA LIST" of monitors, but I can assure you, G-SYNC is recognized and works with this monitor. Anyone that says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about.Cons: The speakers are 100% complete trash. If you're looking for a monitor with quality speakers, this one isn't for you. I play with Sennheiser headset and an Astro mixamp ... so i could care less about the speakers.If you're hesitant to buy this monitor like I was, don't be. This bad boy will do everything it says it will and then some. It looks AMAZING for a TN monitor! So stop reading about it and buy it already! What are you waiting for, Christmas? PFFFT ... BUY IT! You'll thank me later.TL;DR ... This monitor is amazing ... from the build quality to the colors and performance ... it's amazing. Stop reading about it and just pull the trigger. You will not regret buying this monitor.

I saw some reviews saying the panel had some defects. Light bleed, dead pixels, etc. However, I really saw no reviews that really gave details about the monitor so I am here to give you some real information and quality about the monitor so you can choose for yourself if this is for you. First and foremost, the monitor is well built with a metal stand connector and arm while the leg is thicker plastic. Nothing wrong with this in my opinion, the stand is sturdy enough to support the monitor no problem. The stand offers a bit of tilt no height adjustment. For me not a big issue but this is for me so its your decision if you need height adjustment. Now on to the display. MINE was hard to look at out of the box. This could be because of windows settings but I did some adjustments and it looks better now. The biggest issue wasn't quality but was the picture was extremely washed out, it was too bright without enough contrast making menus and task-bars appear gross looking. Using the built in menu I was able to turn on a better color setting for my tasks and turned on DCR. DCR stands for Dynamic Contrast. It made the monitor look much better and even more so after adjusting Nvidia's color settings. Furthermore, I was disappointed to find I had a dead pixel. It was only 1 that refused to turn black. HOWEVER, big however....When I played Black Ops 4 for a little bit the pixel started responding to black and appeared to function fully as it should. So at the moment I have no dead pixels. So this is a good point to make. Just because a pixels isn't responding does not mean its dead. Doing some color tests will run through Red, Green, Blue, and black in full screen and will help to fix any "dead" pixels. These can be in form of videos on YouTube or websites. This will rapidly force pixels to change colors and is useful in fixing pixels that refuse to turn off or turn certain colors. This won't fix all pixels but its a first step. Next, the quality, the panel is sharp and has good viewing angles. For the ones that said the viewing angles are bad, well they must be blind because my monitor is capable of displaying readable text while nearly looking at the side of the monitor. Not really sure why you would need this, I usually buy monitors so I can look at them. If you are going to complain about viewing angles on this, then you probably have it turned backwards. The screen has a nice matte film on it making it lack selectivity. Great for gaming and watching videos on YouTube or Netflix. Be sure to turn on Overdrive in the monitor's menu for best pixel response time. However, I could notice with out-of-the-box settings that the monitor was very good at displaying quick pictures without any ghosting or laggy pixels. The monitor was set to 165hz out of the box and ran at such when I turned it on. All in all, a very good monitor for the price. My screen has no dead pixels, no light bleed. And its a slim nice looking monitor that serves great eye pleasures while using in games or while browsing the web. If I had to give any advice it would be to learn the menu so you can change settings to your liking. The user manual does a great job explaining everything.