Should You Buy a Sony PC Monitor?

Sony is well known for its camcorders, TVs, digital cameras and headphones.
If you are wondering how Sony PC monitors compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 4,500 PC monitors by objectively and impartially analysing over 110,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,900 awards from hundreds of different review sites.
Sony are recognised for their good selection of premium and moderately popular PC monitors and start at $120 for the LMD-941W which has a display diagonal of 9" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) and go up to $7,874 for the PVM2551MD which has a display diagonal of 24" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD). The average price of a new Sony PC monitor is $2,741.
Is Sony the Best PC Monitor Brand?
So are Sony PC monitors any good? We give every PC monitor a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all PC monitors we are able to impartially rank all the PC monitor brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Sony is the 26th best PC monitor brand out there.
#1 |
Taiwan
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95% |
95%
2,903 reviews
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#2 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
8,683 reviews
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#3 |
Taiwan
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95% |
95%
9,564 reviews
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#4 |
Taiwan
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95% |
95%
17,108 reviews
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#5 |
United States
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95% |
95%
8,738 reviews
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#6 |
United States
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94% |
94%
5,057 reviews
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#7 |
South Korea
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92% |
92%
7,630 reviews
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#8 |
Taiwan
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90% |
90%
11,424 reviews
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#9 |
Japan
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90% |
90%
456 reviews
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#10 |
China
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88% |
88%
1,103 reviews
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#11 |
Taiwan
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87% |
87%
8,413 reviews
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#12 |
Netherlands
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82% |
82%
1,860 reviews
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#13 |
Japan
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82% |
82%
576 reviews
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#14 | 81% |
81%
519 reviews
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#15 | 79% |
79%
42 reviews
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#16 |
Gigabyte
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76% |
76%
80 reviews
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#17 |
ELO
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76% |
76%
4 reviews
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#18 |
Sceptre
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74% |
74%
331 reviews
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#19 |
Alienware
United States
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73% |
73%
564 reviews
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#20 | 73% |
73%
9 reviews
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#21 |
GeChic
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73% |
73%
54 reviews
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#22 |
Japan
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70% |
70%
1 review
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#23 |
Viotek
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69% |
69%
10 reviews
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#24 |
LILLIPUT
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67% |
67%
1 review
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#25 | 67% |
67%
453 reviews
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#26 |
Japan
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65% |
65%
0 reviews
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#27 |
Viewera
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64% |
64%
0 reviews
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#28 |
Elo TouchSystems
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61% |
61%
2 reviews
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#29 | 61% |
61%
0 reviews
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#30 |
DoubleSight
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59% |
59%
0 reviews
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#31 |
Aopen
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59% |
59%
4 reviews
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#32 |
ZOWIE
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59% |
59%
0 reviews
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#33 |
Taiwan
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59% |
59%
0 reviews
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#34 |
CTL
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59% |
59%
0 reviews
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#35 |
AVUE
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57% |
57%
0 reviews
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#36 |
Mimo Monitors
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55% |
55%
0 reviews
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#37 | 54% |
54%
0 reviews
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#38 | 54% |
54%
0 reviews
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#39 |
ViewZ
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54% |
54%
0 reviews
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#40 |
Pelco
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53% |
53%
0 reviews
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#41 |
Bematech
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53% |
53%
0 reviews
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#42 |
ADTECHNO
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53% |
53%
0 reviews
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#43 |
Wacom
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53% |
53%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how Sony PC monitors compare to the other PC monitor brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
All PC monitor Brands |
Sony PC Monitors |
When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Sony PC monitor is $43 (based on a person typically using a PC monitor for 8 hours per day), which makes them more efficient than most other PC monitor brands.
There's a smaller selection of Sony PC monitors available compared to other PC monitor brands, with only 11 Sony PC monitors currently on the market in the US. Sony PC monitors also tend to be more expensive than most other PC monitor brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.
No. Of PC Monitors |
Average Price
$244 |
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$0 | $50 | $100 | $150 | $200 | $250 | $300 | $350 | $400 | $450 | $5,549 |
No. Of PC Monitors |
Average Price
$2,741 |
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$0 | $50 | $100 | $150 | $200 | $250 | $300 | $350 | $400 | $450 | $7,199 |
How Many Industry Awards Have Sony PC Monitors Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Sony PC monitors. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular PC monitor brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
Compare all award winning PC monitors
Number of Awards | Asus | AOC | Benq | Philips | DELL |
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19
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15
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17
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12
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7
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22
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18
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6
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16
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2
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13
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16
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13
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8
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5
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17
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6
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10
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4
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4
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9
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8
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14
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2
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6
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10
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8
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11
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2
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7
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12
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7
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10
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4
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3
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8
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9
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6
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6
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6
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16
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4
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1
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5
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5
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14
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10
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6
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5
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12
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7
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4
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1
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8
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7
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5
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6
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3
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7
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5
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5
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11
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9
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6
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5
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3
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3
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9
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2
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7
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2
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5
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13
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4
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6
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5
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8
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3
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2
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4
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13
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7
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1
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1
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4
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6
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4
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5
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14
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1
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3
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1
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Other Expert Sites |
360
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241
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179
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121
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142
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Total |
587
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393
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313
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215
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216
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Compare All Sony PC Monitors
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