Sceptre Chrome 24" HDTV

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American TV manufacturer Sceptre is a little-known HDTV and PC Monitor manufacturer but they’ve come up with an awesome new all-chrome LCD HDTV for those that like things shiny. In addition to looking cool and having all the amenities of a 24-inch LCD panel, it’s also good for the environment.

The Sceptre 24-inch HDTV uses 40% less electricity than the competing HDTVs of similar sizes, and it’s also Energy Star 3.0 compliant. Still, after all that I wouldn’t categorize it has a purely “green gadget” just yet. As mentioned, it comes in at 24-inches with a 16:9 widescreen ratio and has a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a contrast ratio of 4,000:1. Response time for the device comes in at just 2 ms.

For video input, it’ll take coaxial, composite, HDMI (with HDCP) and VGA. The TV tuner is compatible with most North America TV signals, and it has VESA mounts on the back for hanging one from the wall or from a Ergotron arm. An attached USB port will let you view photos on the display as well. A USB port would have been nice, but I digress.

The price is surprisingly low. Keep in mind that it’s only a 24-inch monitor, and so Sceptre is only asking $400 for the chrome-clad monitor. That’s in line with all of their other similarly sized HDTVs. It’s now shipping from their website for those interested. Now I’m sure there’s a joke here about using Google Chrome on a chrome-clad monitor – I’ll get back to you when I think of it.