Sony INZONE M10S gaming screen review: The new generation of OLED panels fully demonstrates the entertainment advantages of 1440P 480Hz

Sony’s e-sports brand INZONE launches the first OLED e-sports screen M10S, which uses LG’s latest WOLED panel with 2560 x 1440 resolution and 480 Hz ultra-high refresh rate. It is paired with a newly designed tripod to free up desktop space as much as possible. It can also be rotated 360 degrees left and right, once again showing its unique insights into entertainment with other e-sports manufacturers.

Appearance design

The outer box packaging of INZONE M10S is designed to be extremely environmentally friendly. From the outer box to the internal shock-proof and anti-collision structure, it is made of plain cardboard. There is no gorgeous color printing and no styrofoam is used. It is environmentally friendly. , the box is also easier to dispose of when it is time to discard it.

At the same time, the included accessories also follow the “simple” route. Apart from the instructions and faith stickers, it only provides the DisplayPort 2.0 40Gbps transmission line, which is not yet popular in the market. The rest such as HDMI, USB MicroB cables, etc. Not provided. Although these accessories are very easy to obtain, as a product with a price of nearly 40,000, it still feels a bit stingy.

As for the main body, the appearance has been significantly changed, and new ingenuity has been used on the base and bracket. The three-point support bracket design of the previous generation that would rise and fall with the screen distance has been changed, but it still insists on minimizing the space occupied in front of the screen. The concept allows e-sports players to have more operating range, and can even move the keyboard and mouse to the bottom of the screen.

The details to achieve this change are hidden in the base. Sony deliberately tilted the connection between the base and the bracket backward so that the bracket can adjust the center of gravity of the screen from the general rear to the center of the bracket without sacrificing Under the premise of stability, the size of the base is reduced to make room for the left and right sides of the screen.

During installation, the fixing method between the base and the bracket is changed to mainstream tool-free hand-turn screws. Unlike the previous generation, which required turning out a screwdriver. The bracket and screen use common quick-release buckle designs, and assembly can be completed by aligning the holes and inserting them gently.

In addition, the base also has a hidden function that is not specifically mentioned in the product introduction on the official website, that is, it supports 360-degree horizontal rotation, which is quite rare on the market. The handle of the shaft is very smooth, and the rotation process is almost effortless. This is for many users. Users with different screen needs can have greater convenience in screen placement and adjustment.

In terms of overall appearance details, INZONE M10S has a very clean and simple design. The front not only adopts four-sided full-flat narrow borders, but even the trademark words are removed. At a glance, there are no redundant elements at all. At the same time, the surface of the screen has a matte coating to reduce glare, and the coating is very delicate, without the rough grainy feeling that is common in general matte screens.

Flip to the back, and the design of the product is also low-key. The RGB light bar located in the heat dissipation hole of the previous generation has been removed, and only an LED power indicator light is added on the right side. The casing has also been replaced from plastic to metal. , in response to the thin and light characteristics of the OLED panel, ensuring that the screen has sufficient protection and simultaneously providing better heat dissipation.

Not only that, the plastic mask in the center of the screen uses Sony’s own heat dissipation design. It uses a multi-layer stacked thermal conductive structure inside to help the heat of the driver chip and other parts be discharged through multiple channels, preventing heat accumulation inside the panel and causing brightness. Failure to maintain stability or reduced service life.

As for the I/O port, INZONE M10S is equipped with a set of DisplayPort 2.1, two sets of HDMI 2.1, a set of USB 3.2 Gen1 MicroB, three sets of USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, including the USB hole located in the power jack. It is specifically used for driver updates. Unfortunately, since the screen does not have USB Type-C, the connection to the handheld or Mac will require an adapter.

It should be noted that DisplayPort 2.1 is a UHBR10 standard with a maximum bandwidth of 40 Gbps, which is higher than DisplayPort 1.4’s 32 Gbps and lower than HDMI 2.1’s 48 Gbps. This port is considered a future specification. Currently, only AMD Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards can Correspondingly, fortunately, DisplayPort 2.1 supports backward compatibility, and other brands and models of graphics cards will not cause problems in use.

Actual test experience

INZONE M10S actually uses LG’s latest 27-inch WOLED panel. Each pixel is a combination of four colors: red, blue, green, and white. Compared with the standard RGB arranged panel, it can provide higher brightness. Sony claims that 3 % The maximum brightness within the display area can reach 1300 nits, and it is VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certified.

In terms of detailed specifications, the screen has a resolution of 2560 x 1440, 98.5% DCI-P3 color coverage, and an astonishing 480 Hz screen refresh rate, which is currently the highest OLED screen refresh rate, with a 0.03 ms response time and support NVIDIA G-Sync technology provides the ultimate clear visual experience.

Of course, as a son of Sony, the product can of course support the display input of PS5. After connection, the screen can actively detect that the connected device is PS5, and automatically apply the exclusive HDR display effect, which can also fully correspond to 1440P resolution. 48 – 120 Hz VRR variable update rate

In terms of actual visual appearance, INZONE M10S continues Sony’s own color grading style, with a cooler color temperature. The color presentation is gorgeous but not oversaturated, which will be quite pleasing in the presentation of games, film and television entertainment content. eyeball. Coupled with the innate characteristics of OLED, it has extremely excellent display effects in dark areas and point light sources.

Next, use the color corrector to measure the objective data of the screen. In terms of basic color performance, according to the results of the DisplayCAL program, DCI-P3 can cover about 95% of the space, which is not much different from the claimed 98.5%.

In the SpyderX Elite 5.9 test data, the white point color temperature of INZONE M10S in the default mode reaches over 8000K after 50% brightness, and reaches 8400K at 100% brightness, which is far beyond the general industry white point of 6000K – 6500K Definition, which is why the screen looks quite cold (blue) at first glance.

The biggest selling point of the screen is the 480 Hz update rate. I used a camera to re-photograph the web page of UFO Test. Due to the self-luminous properties of OLED, the image will not have the afterimage problem of the backlight and liquid crystal being out of sync with the LCD. The most amazing thing is that the ultra-high update rate With a response speed of 0.03 ms, even the smallest alien eyes in the picture can remain clear, and the dynamic performance is really extraordinary.

In terms of OSD menu function, we cooperated with the e-sports team Fnatic to adjust the two display modes of FSP Pro and FSP Pro+. The former simulates the display effect of TN panel to help players transition from LCD screen to OLED. After turning on the screen contrast, The saturation will decrease and it will really look like a TN screen.

FSP Pro+ has a completely different effect from FPS Pro. It mainly uses battle games to mark the enemy and ourselves in red and blue. In order to highlight the enemy’s position, FPS Pro+ will greatly increase the saturation of red and saturate other colors. The brightness and brightness are lowered, and the brightness of the dark parts is increased and sharpened to make the outlines of distant characters more obvious.

In addition, in terms of game auxiliary functions, Sony has not only prepared the common virtual crosshairs, timers, and FPS calculators (called amplitude in OSD), but also added a 24-inch screen zoom function to make it easier to capture all the movements of the screen at a glance. It also takes advantage of the fact that each pixel of OLED is independently displayed. You can choose to center the screen or align it with the bottom to meet the usage habits of different e-sports players.

In addition to gaming, Sony also provides corresponding solutions to common problems with OLED screens, including screen savers, pixel shifting, pixel reshaping, and panel updates, all in order to alleviate the problem of screen burn-in after long-term use. At the same time, the screen will also actively detect the mouse usage status. Once it finds that the cursor has not moved for a long time, it will regard the computer as idle and automatically reduce the screen brightness.

In response to the ABL protection mechanism that reduces brightness when encountering a large area of ​​high brightness or white screen, INZONE M10S also provides a “brightness stabilizer” function in the OSD, with three-level options: off, medium, and high. The higher the level, the higher the brightness. The better the brightness stability, but the maximum brightness in a relatively small range will be limited.

Actually tested with 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% all-white images. Regardless of whether the brightness stabilizer is turned on or off, the brightness of the 100% all-white image is around 265 nits. When the brightness is stable, In the off state, the brightness of the screen below 50% can reach 400 nits; in the mid-range, the brightness is controlled to be above 300 nits except 100%; in the high-range, the brightness is all at 260 nits.

In addition to the above OSD menu functions that can be operated through the screen’s own five-way joystick, the screen retains a very convenient “DDC / CI” function, which allows DisplayPort and HDMI to realize data transmission functions other than audio and video, so that INZONE M10S does not need to use The USB cable is connected to the host, and you only need to download the INZONE Hub program to directly operate all functions on the OSD with your mouse.

Summarize

INZONE M10S is Sony’s new product after more than two years. While listening to the market’s opinions, it also incorporates its own insights into e-sports screens. The new design has a simple and unobtrusive appearance, a low-space-occupying base, and is more flexible. Angle adjustment, many changes are all in line with the player’s preferences in screen appearance selection.

The product uses the latest OLED panel, with an update rate of 480 Hz and a resolution of 2560 x 1440, allowing for both smoothness and clarity. Sony has even specially cooperated with e-sports teams to provide gaming scenarios Special display effects are provided, and corresponding solutions are provided for the problems encountered by daily OLED screens. The planning of software and hardware is quite complete.

However, the price of NT$37,990 is much higher than competitors’ products with the same specifications, and has even overlapped with the price of 4K OLED. In addition, the warranty is only 24 months, which is less than the 36-month starting price of competitors. , which is equivalent to making INZONE M10S encounter a double squeeze of price and after-sales service. How to convince and attract consumers is probably the biggest problem to be overcome in the next sales.