Sony is joining the gaming business

Started by the-pi-guy, Jun 28, 2022, 09:22 PM

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the-pi-guy

From Sony's Inzone presentation:

Make sure to watch here



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Made for PC but with specs to take full advantage of the PS5, along with Xbox Series X, the $899 InZone M9 is the flagship product of the bunch. It's a 27-inch 4K IPS gaming monitor built to match the aesthetic of the PS5 while having basically every imaginable spec that gamers may universally want, sans OLED panel, of course. It has a 144Hz refresh rate (that's not so common to find with a 4K screen), a 1ms response time, variable refresh rate (VRR, both for consoles and with G-Sync compatibility for Nvidia GPUs), plus DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1 ports. It can also display video via USB-C.

Notably, the M9 features full-array local dimming with 96 zones, along with DisplayHDR 600, both of which allow for brighter highlights, darker blacks, and the ability to juggle the two without too much of a haloing effect. Some features that are special to this monitor (and that trickled down from high-end Bravia TVs) include auto HDR tone mapping, which automatically recognizes the M9 when plugged into a PS5 and claims to optimize the display's HDR output. There's also an auto genre picture mode that can automatically switch to cinema mode when you launch a video streaming service or a Blu-ray, then go back to a low-latency mode when you begin gaming again.
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There's a cheaper $529 M5 monitor coming this winter that makes some omissions to meet the lower price point. It lops off full-array local dimming, drops to 1080p, and bumps the HDR down to 400 nits of peak brightness. Otherwise, the feature set is similar with one exception: the refresh rate goes up to 240Hz.
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Like its monitors, Sony has a unique angle with the H9 that other hardware makers haven't tried, to my knowledge. PC players can install its InZone companion app along with Sony's 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer to get a more customized spatial audio profile. Oddly, doing this requires you to take pictures of your ears, and yes, Sony claims that doing this will actually improve your audio. In my brief hands-on test of the feature, I didn't notice a difference, but I'll be sure to test it more thoroughly for the review.

Sony has one other wireless headset, the $229 H7, and a $100 H3 wired gaming headset. The H7 has a slightly reduced set of features, but it retains the design and dual wireless connectivity. You won't get noise cancellation, though axing that feature boosts the battery life to 40 hours per charge. The H3, on the other hand, delivers decent sound performance, but it's more pared back in terms of styling compared to the H9 and H7.
Sony announces InZone gaming monitors and headsets for PC and PS5 - The Verge

kitler53

i could only get through half of it.  what the fudge is this shame!?!?!


Featured Artist: Vanessa Hudgens

the-pi-guy

i could only get through half of it.  what the fudge is this shame!?!?!
I skipped through most of it.
I just got a kick out of the little interview, where the guy gets asked what he thought when he heard Sony was joining the gaming business

kitler53

I skipped through most of it.
I just got a kick out of the little interview, where the guy gets asked what he thought when he heard Sony was joining the gaming business
I think I bailed to early then. 

1. maybe I'm missing something but a video in English should have presenters that can speak the language

2. no one's buying that these screens are so much more detailed then competitors that they are leading to better immersion and gameplay.  the PC/PS5 is the limiting factor far more then the monitor. 


Featured Artist: Vanessa Hudgens

Legend

i could only get through half of it.  what the fudge is this shame!?!?!
It's such a low quality presentation. Feels like a student project rather than a major corporation.

Also the name feels very cheap.


Why didn't they just expand the PlayStation brand into a monitor brand? They've already done that with headsets.

I skipped through most of it.
I just got a kick out of the little interview, where the guy gets asked what he thought when he heard Sony was joining the gaming business
Oh just got to that part. What the heck is this lol.

the-pi-guy

Oh just got to that part. What the heck is this lol.
Like some weird Sony branch that doesn't know the rest of the company exists.

darkknightkryta

Jun 29, 2022, 12:54 AM Last Edit: Jun 29, 2022, 01:57 PM by darkknightkryta
For monitors the monitor themselves are decent enough.  I think the problem is that people aren't looking at these as monitors.  Price is wrong but they're not half bad.  Apparently anyways I use my T.V. as my computer monitor.

the-pi-guy

I feel like the monitors don't make sense.

The 1080p display is on the high end price wise.
The 4k display is a pretty good price, but it feels niche. I can't imagine that many people looking to get a 27" 4k monitor.

A good 1440p monitor maybe would have been a better area to target. Of course, Sony doesn't believe in 1440p.

Legend

The 4k display is a pretty good price, but it feels niche. I can't imagine that many people looking to get a 27" 4k monitor.
There are dozens of us!