Experts recommend LG UBK90 more than LG UBK80
As of 5 Apr 2024, experts prefer LG UBK90 over LG UBK80, but both Blu-ray Players have solid expert endorsements.
As per this month's meta ranking, LG UBK90 received 1 recommendation: from The Master Switch (3 May 2021). LG UBK80 was also endorsed 1 times: by The Techlounge (7 Jan 2023). However, experts generally ranked LG UBK80 lower than LG UBK90 in their articles, which caused it to rank lower in ReviewFinder ranking.
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Endorsement summary:
- On 7 Jan 2023
The Techlounge ranked LG UBK80 as #2 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #2 out of 7 LG UBK80 A Simple And Efficient Blu-Ray Player At An Affordable Price... ... ... Source: www.thetechlounge.com - On 3 May 2021
The Master Switch ranked LG UBK90 as #1 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment #1 out of 15 LG UBK90 Best Overall Blu-ray Player... ... ... Source: www.themasterswitch.com
After counting and adding up the 68 expert endorsements of the April rankings, LG UBK90 outranks LG UBK80. This is not to say that LG UBK80 is a bad option. Like LG UBK90, it is recommended by experts, but less.
LG UBK80 
LG UBK90 Customers like LG UBK80 somewhat more
At ReviewFinder we prefer to focus on professional product reviews, because customer reviews can be disproportionately affected by unrelated factors such as delivery, specific seller listing problems, and, of course, fake reviews. With that said, below is the summary of consumer sentiment.
LG UBK90
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
LG UBK80, the cheaper option, tends to get more favorable reviews than LG UBK90.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling blu-ray player receives a consumer score of 8.1 (great). LG UBK80 ranks higher than that and LG UBK90 ranks lower than that.
| LG UBK80 |
In comparison:
8.2 Great
|
| LG UBK90 | |
| Median best-selling Blu-ray Player |
In comparison:
8.1 Great
|
LG UBK90 is more popular than LG UBK80
It's fairly safe to say that LG UBK90 is a more popular blu-ray player than LG UBK80, based on its 900+ reviews. Popularity is determined based on product sales. Note that older and cheaper products tend to sell more.
To consider
| Table: Top compared alternatives for LG UBK80 and UBK90 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sony UBP-X700 | $209 |
In comparison:
8.4 Great
| 5 expert recommendations | Cheaper More Popular Better Reviews |
 | Panasonic DP-UB420 | $248 | 2 expert recommendations | More Popular | |
 | LG UBK80 | $224 |
In comparison:
8.2 Great
| No expert recommendations | |
| Rank | Change | Price | Blu-ray Player | Digital Trends  | CNET  | Crutchfield  | Wirecutter  | The Master Switch | What Hi-Fi  | IndieWire  | TopTenReviews  | The Techlounge | Fix the Photo  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | $440 |  Panasonic UB820 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | - |
| 2 | - | $209 |  Sony UBP-X700 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 |
| 3 | - | $315 |  Sony UBP-X800M2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 4
| +1 | Check price |  XBox Series X | 4 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
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Expert reviews [6]
- with a score: 3
- without a score: 3
| Highest score by Gadget Review | 93 |
| Average score based on 6 reviews | 83 |
| Lowest score by mydreamhaus.co.uk | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
Expert reviews [6]
- with a score: 4
- without a score: 2
| Highest score by reviewsmonkey.com | 95 |
| Average score based on 6 reviews | 71 |
| Lowest score by GadgetGuy | 32 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
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LG UBK80 is a popular option in the middle of the blu-ray players price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling blu-ray players and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as LG UP870 or Sony UBP-X700 .
LG UBK80 is $22.49 cheaper than the average blu-ray player ($246.99).
LG UBK90 is a popular option in the middle of the blu-ray players price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling blu-ray players and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Panasonic DP-UB420 or LG UP875 .
LG UBK90 price is roughly the same as the price of an average blu-ray player ($246.99).
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