Sony launching PC/PS5 hardware brand, with gaming monitors and headsets

Sony Electronics will launch InZone, a brand new gaming hardware line. The line of headphones and monitors is specifically designed for use with Sony’s PlayStation 5 and with Windows PC games. And those products, for better or worse, match the PS5’s white-and-black aesthetic to a T.

The timing of Sony’s interest in PC-specific hardware makes sense as more of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation exclusives move to PC.

There are two gaming monitors currently in Sony’s InZone lineup, the M9 and M5. InZone currently offers two gaming monitors, the M9 and M5. The M9 has a 27 inch 4K display with a 144Hz refresh rate. While the InZone M5 is equipped with a 1080p refresh rate and a 220 Hz refreshrate, it can be used at 240Hz. Both models feature HDMI 2.1 and USB-C ports as well as variable refresh rate support — just like the PS5 does — but only the higher-end M9 offers full-array local dimming, which improves image quality by delivering better contrast. At launch, the M9 is $899 and the M5 will be $529.

Sony is touting special interoperability features for these gaming monitors when they’re hooked up to a PS5. The M9 offers auto HDR tone mapping, which automatically tunes the look of HDR color, and it’ll automatically switch the picture mode depending on whether you’re playing a game or watching a movie.

Two wireless InZone-branded headsets are also coming from Sony — the top-of-the-line InZone H9 and the H7, both with 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth connectivity — alongside a wired headset, the H3. They’re noticeably larger and more robust than Sony’s existing Pulse 3D wireless headset for the PlayStation 5. Sony states that both the H9 and H7 wireless headsets offer 32 hours and 40 hours respectively of battery life. The H9 headset will be $299 while H7 will retail at $229, and H3 for $100.

Sony stated in a release that monitors will become available from Sony.com this summer and at other retailers. You can pre-order the gaming headsets on the Sony site.