Sony’s 27-inch 4K gaming monitor is good but not $900 good

theverge.com:

Sony’s 27-inch InZone M9 gaming monitor is practically a high-end 4K Bravia TV with a few features (and more than a few inches) chopped off. It can’t serve your channels or streaming apps, but this monitor can deliver full array local dimming for more accurate backlighting, which is something few TVs and even fewer monitors can do. It’s a great monitor if you watch a lot of HDR content on your computer — the matte panel looks bright, detailed, and gorgeous. It’s like watching a really good TV that’s not actually a TV.

But the main reason to spend $899.99 on the M9 is to play games, and it ticks a long list of boxes that many PC and PS5 gamers have been waiting a long time to see. In addition to stocking a great 4K (3840 x 2140) panel, it has two HDMI 2.1 ports, Nvidia G-Sync compatibility for PC, 144Hz variable refresh rate (VRR), auto low-latency mode (ALLM), and other cool PS5-specific HDR features that display nerds will appreciate. Beyond stuff angled toward pleasing the most particular gamers, it has a slick, PS5-inspired design, USB-C video support, and USB-A passthrough for connecting accessories.

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For its first 4K gaming monitor, Sony’s M9 doesn’t fail spectacularly in any one key area. Yet, it doesn’t get everything totally right. For instance, it can take nearly 10 seconds for its auto input selector to eventually find the source that’s providing video to it, but you can skip the wait by manually toggling to your input. Perhaps more egregious is that Sony decided not to include cables with its $900 monitor, save for the power supply. You’ll have to supply the video cables you want to use, whether it’s a high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 cable, DisplayPort cable, or