Sony Launch the INZONE M10S OLED Gaming Monitor with 27″ 1440p 480Hz Panel

Sony have unveiled their new INZONE M10S monitor today, the company’s first OLED gaming monitor in fact. It’s a 27″ sized screen with a 2560 x 1440 resolution and 480Hz refresh rate, using the same LG.Display WOLED panel as used in the recently launched, and reviewed, Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDP. It’s got a range of gaming-focused features and specs, as well as modern connectivity options like HDMI 2.1 and even DisplayPort 2.1 – although be wary of the latter as we explain below.

Sony INZONE M10S Specs

The screen is 27″ in size (accurately 26.5″) with a flat format WOLED technology panel. It offers a 2560 x 1440 resolution, 0.03ms G2G response time, 1.5 million:1 contrast ratio, 275 nits brightness (SDR), 178/178 viewing angles, 10-bit colour depth and a wide colour gamut covering 98.5% DCI-P3. It features the standard matte AG coating from the LG.Display panel by the way.

For HDR the screen offers a 1300 nits peak brightness spec, and is certified under the VESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black tier. It supports HDR10 and HLG formats. The stand offers a full range of tilt, height, swivel and rotate adjustments.

Gaming Capabilities and eSports modes

The screen has a 480Hz refresh rate, the highest currently available in the OLED market, which offers excellent performance for gamers. Check out our review of the Asus screen for load more information on performance and gaming experience. This high refresh rate is supported by adaptive-sync for VRR, with the screen being certified under the NVIDIA ‘G-sync Compatible’ scheme.

The M10S offers a 24.5″ aspect ratio mode which can operate at a native 1332p resolution or you can select something lower like 1080p if you want. They also say that “The INZONE M10S combines decades of Sony display experience alongside a collaboration with professional esports gamers at Fnatic. Designed to be the ultimate tournament monitor, the M10S delivers unmatched image quality, ergonomics, and performance-enhancing FPS Pro and FPS Pro + modes. FPS Pro+ mode maximizes performance in battle by highlighting colors mostly used for enemy outline (Red, Yellow, Purple) and leveraging OLED’s brightness and contrast for better visibility. Developed with Fnatic VALORANT team.”

OLED Care and Heatsink design

Sony talk about the “high performance cooling structure” on their website too, saying that the screen has a “Integrated high-performance thermal system to ensure long-term use. The heat sink efficiently channels the thermal output from the high-bandwidth ASIC panel controller and video processor, up and away from the OLED panel for consistent brightness and efficient operation.” We assume this to mean that there will not be any active cooling fan on this screen, although it’s not explicitly mentioned.

Connectivity

The screen offers 1x DisplayPort 2.1 with UHBR10 speeds and 2x HDMI 2.1 for video. We don’t really see the point in offering DP 2.1 here at these lowest tier speeds, other than perhaps for marketing purposes so that the less-informed buyer will see “DisplayPort 2.1” and think it will offer them something different or better here. At least Sony have not abused the naming scheme and it does at least offer some speed beyond DisplayPort 1.4. And at least they bothered to list the UHBR rate in the specs too on their website. We applaud Sony for that, although their press release simply mentions “DisplayPort 2.1” which is more misleading – a fact that seems to have also slipped past some early reviews we’ve seen appear today which have not looked in to the detail of what’s on offer.

• More reading: When is DisplayPort 2.1 Going to be Used on Monitors?

With UHBR10 speeds, the connection offers 40 Gbps total bandwidth and 38.69 Gbps data rate support. That’s less than HDMI 2.1 anyway (48 Gbps bandwidth / 41.89 Gbps data rate) so seems an odd choice. It doesn’t avoid the need for DSC (Display Stream Compression) to be used, which is arguably one of the only reasons you’d want to consider DP 2.1 here beyond DP 1.4. So with DSC still being used, why not just use DP 1.4 anyway which is more widely available from an input device point of view, and therefore easier to develop and test? To power 1440p 480Hz 10-bit without DSC you’d need >70 Gbps data rate, which would require nothing less than the full-speed UHBR20 rate from DisplayPort 2.1. It feels a bit pointless to be honest on this screen to have DPO 2.1 at UHBR10.

As well as the video connections there are 2x USB downstream data ports, an additional USB-A port for doing software updates and a headphone jack connection provided.

• Related content: The 5 Big Problems with DisplayPort 2.1

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Pricing and Availability

The screen is available from popular retailers like Amazon and Bestbuy at a price of $1,099.99 USD and is expected to ship towards the end of Sept, early October.

Source: Sony

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