Should You Buy a Sony PC Monitor?

Sony is well known for its digital cameras, camcorders, TVs 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 100,000 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 $400 for the LMD-1530MD which has a display diagonal of 15" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 1280 x 768 (WXGA) 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 $3,720.

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 33rd best PC monitor brand out there.

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.

At an average purchase price of $3,720, Sony PC monitors tend to be more expensive than most other PC monitor brands. 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 6 Sony PC monitors currently on the market in the US.

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
	18	15	17	10	7
	24	18	6	15	2
	12	17	14	8	5
	18	5	10	4	4
	10	8	11	2	8
	9	8	14	2	6
	12	7	10	4	3
	9	9	5	5	6
	8	7	5	6	3
	13	4	1	6	5
	5	12	7	4	1
	6	5	5		11
	13	9		5
	9	6	5	3	3
	9	2	7	2	5
	14	4		5
	13		7	1	1
	5	8	3	1	3
	14	1	3		1
	4	6	4	4
Other Expert Sites	356	236	176	116	143
Total	581	387	310	203	217