I checked out an SD9VE at Gander a few weeks ago. Honestly, I really like the trigger. It's butter smooth. It's heavy, sure, but it's butter smooth, which makes it easy for me to keep the gun in a straight line while pulling the trigger. It also doesn't have a stiff wall before the break. A slight wall is there, but it makes for a nice "surprise break" as you pull the trigger.
I will say, however, that the slide pull felt very gritty. The components didn't look terribly robust, and the slide stop lever felt very cheap. I understand, to some degree, the concessions made for price, but I honestly feel, comparing the SD9VE to its more expensive M&P cousins, that more is lost in the SD series than the amount of money saved.
I decided, after spending about 10 minutes with it and comparing it directly to the M&P, that I'd rather save my pennies and buy the M&P. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with it in terms of it going bang-bang when you pull the trigger, and I actually LIKE its trigger, but I handle my guns a ton. Lots of dry firing, lots of slide racking drills, lots of breaking them down and cleaning them, and I just don't think I'd be happy with the fit-and-finish of the SD series, with it being my only full size handgun.