Everything is great EXCEPT... - Sony INZONE M9 Monitor

Plouffe was a Sony fanboy back in the day and now Sony is entering the PC market with their new INZONE M9 Monitor. Will it impress Plouffe or does Sony's first gaming monitor miss the mark?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Sony fanboy
0:17 Specs and features
0:45 Unboxing
1:56 Ports and IO
2:33 Mini-PS5 stand impressions
3:58 Feature/spec impressions
4:45 Sponsor - Jackery
5:22 The stand is worse than we thought...
6:10 Monitor software impressions
6:50 Local dimming testing
8:25 Gaming impressions - Forza Horizon 5 (PC)
10:03 Better on PS5?
10:46 Gaming impressions - Returnal (PS5)
12:08 Overall thoughts and recommendation
13:13 Outro

[squanchy]

They are just begging for trouble not including display port HDMI cables. You know people out there are going to try to use their HDMI 1.3 and display port 1.1 cables that may or may not compatible with this monitors resolution and refresh rate. They are going to get a lot more RMAs than if they had included those cables.

[Thresher]

The stand is a deal killer. That front foot means no space under the monitor for a speaker or even a laptop if you like to push it forward. I have no idea what they were thinking.

[aeriumfour]

Something worth pointing out with monitor stands that I wish you guys talked about more are the positions of the lateral legs (ones that go out).
For a multi-monitor setup, if these legs are in front they can get in each others way when you have the monitors arched in a curve.
If the legs are at the rear, this doesn't happen.
Probably not why they made that design choice, but super useful if you need to arc the monitors if you have limited desk space.

[hylianadventurer]

I am personally more interested in how it performs for watching media. I usually game on an ultrawide so this standard aspect ratio isn't great for me in that regard, but 4K 27" QD-OLED sounds great for watching some videos.

Edit: I stand corrected it is not QD-OLED, just LCD. I got confused earlier when I was trying to look up QD-OLED monitors and ended on a page about this monitor.

[re-gaming]

I hope the M7 (1440p 144hz) is at least planned by Sony. It's kind of weird that they don't offer the sweetspot in their new lineup

[Thundertactics]

6:10 If you want to control your monitor's settings through software, odds are you can just use any random DDC/CI control application to do just that (like the old ClickMonitorDDC, or the newer Monitorian). Basically every monitor that's been made in the last two decades will support it (it works over VGA and DVI, too).

(Which makes it even weirder that Windows doesn't just use it for brightness control like it has on laptops. Instead it's just been relegated to a Win32 "Monitor Control" API, which is so old that it literally has methods for *degaussing* the monitor.)

[Perfect]

How does a big company like Sony manage to make such a dumb monitor stand? I know that kind of thing happens all the time, but it's always baffling.

[Drewcalaloo]

To be fair, the PS5 comes with a 2.1 HDMI cable. With that stand I'd think the target market is pretty clear.

[kamally]

Imo, you can never have enough long displayport / hdmi cables

[triadwarfare]

2:28 seems that KVM in monitors are becoming more common nowadays. I used KVM feature extensively on my GB M27Q as I work from home and having an easy way to switch from my work laptop and gaming PC without having to disconnect and reconnect everything.

I did have to use a hub as 2 ports aren't enough, as I use a separate numpad.

[nashsanadiki]

This might be a good option, but any fans of alternative monitors do they match this display?

[idtyu]

I have been dreaming about a Sony monitor (not talking about professional displays) for so long, and it had finally came to real life!

[davidgoncalvesalvarez]

1:45 you know that there’s a description where it says what is included with the monitor. If you are in need of a cable just check if the monitor comes with one (I’m not saying that it shouldn’t come with one, just that if you need something it’s your job to check if the product has that feature).

[TeeVeeGames]

Six months in, I tried to use that stand, lured in by the way it matches the PS5. But I finally caved, ditched that thing and put the M9 on an arm. Now I can finally move it freely and rotate it.

[baundiesel]

The stand looking like a PS5 is such perfect Sony tackiness.

[picodkhifi]

This monitor is 1300 USD in Denmark. I paid the same amount for my XH90 75" (4K - 120HZ - ALLM).
The pricing for these monitors are ridiculous.

[steel]

27'' 4K, jesus christ. My PPI soft spot after trying many monitors out is 32'' 1440p lmao (equivalent to 24'' 1080p), any more PPI and I don't see the benefit in gaming anymore. I certainly can spot it in plain text and stuff but I game 95% of the time on this thing.

[darthollpheist]

I have the M9 and it has what look like multiple stuck pixels (a greenish blue dot the size of say, a sharpie point) and I see slight vertical lines. They almost aren't there but they are. It's hard to explain. But they are there. I got it to have a monitor that matches all the specs of my PS5 and still use in PC, but I think I might have to send it back. I ran into a similar problem with the Predator monitor awhile back. I ordered like 5 of them before I eventually went with the Dell 2716DGR. That just started having issues, and I have a PS5, so I figured I would get this to match and it would have everything a PS5 can do (for the most part). And I do have slight dimming issues. So when it's a black screen (as I go to with every new monitor to see if there are issues because I have moderate OCD and can't stand having anything but a near perfect display) I see a slight halo of light around the cursor. But it's not bad. That wouldn't be the issue. The dot is.

[Secretlycat]

Nice to see a slightly more affordable 4K 144hz monitor, even had hdr so that’s nice

[spaceasteroid]

is there a good monitor stand that can switch from landscape to Portrait mode and lean back in Portrait mode? please send suggestions, or make a video about it or something, would be very helpful