The new Sony 5" monitor is available, but only at Sony. It looks great. Actually it looks outstanding. Iit tilts, and has a screen hood, which I think is included, but not sure. It's smaller than the Marshall, but appears to be much higher quality.

I'm probalby going to order it ASAP.

The monitor has a headphone jack, and the hood is included. Does anyone have opinion as to whether 5" is large enough? I think it would be. The common Marshall is 7".

Is there a downside to this monitor? One thing is you must a Sony battery.

I have recieved the monitor yesterday, but could not test it for lack of battery in the box. Not sure why sony does not include a battery.
But looks great with the hood on my GH2.

That's too bad, no battery. It is great looking, no doubt. It will eventually go on sale at B&H, and it should cost less, but I honestly don't know if I want to wait that long!

B&H has them now as does Amazon. Good prices and the batteries are cheap.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&XID=O:clmv55:dg_ggldf&productId=8198552921666295823#features

Pearstone batteries around $26.

The monitor has a headphone jack, and the hood is included. Does anyone have opinion as to whether 5" is large enough? I think it would be. The common Marshall is 7".

Is there a downside to this monitor? One thing is you must a Sony battery.

If the peaking works as advertised then the low resolution shouldn't be a problem for focusing. I used some Marshall monitors with the same resolution while shooting with 35mm primes on a HVX200 and the focusing was terrible without the focus assist function in the camera.

Thanks Jim, they sure do...thanks for the input William.

Purchased battery and charger. Hooked on GH2. Works great.
Some pictures.

Thanks for posting. The monitor does seem to be of adequate size.

Purchased battery and charger. Hooked on GH2. Works great.
Some pictures.

Are you happy with the resolution of the monitor? Does it look HD?

Jim just asked my question, but I will push it a bit further ...

The display is only 800x480 WVGA, so just how good is the resolution if you are shooting with a 1080i/p camera?

With the vinetting illustrated in the video above, is the focus too soft?