Comparing Panasonic DP-UB9000 and XBox Series X
Experts recommend Panasonic DP-UB9000 more than XBox Series X
As of 5 Jan 2023, experts prefer Panasonic DP-UB9000 over XBox Series X, but both Blu-ray Players have solid expert endorsements.
As per this month's meta ranking, Panasonic DP-UB9000 received 4 recommendations: from The Master Switch (3 May 2021), What Hi-Fi (14 Dec 2022) Crutchfield (17 Nov 2022) and 1 other. XBox Series X was also endorsed 4 times: by TopTenReviews (15 Dec 2022), Digital Trends (11 Dec 2022) CNET (23 Nov 2022) and 1 other. However, experts generally ranked XBox Series X lower than Panasonic DP-UB9000 in their articles, which caused it to rank lower in ReviewFinder ranking.
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Endorsement summary:
- On 3 May 2021
The Master Switch ranked XBox Series X as #5 and Panasonic DP-UB9000 as #9 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 15 XBox Series X Best Blu-ray Player for Gamers... ... ... #9 out of 15 Panasonic DP-UB9000 ... ... ... Source: www.themasterswitch.com - On 14 Dec 2022
What Hi-Fi ranked Panasonic DP-UB9000 as #5 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 5 Panasonic DP-UB9000 A seriously capable 4K Blu-ray player for home cinema enthusiasts.Source: www.whathifi.com - On 17 Nov 2022
Crutchfield ranked Panasonic DP-UB9000 as #4 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #4 out of 4 Panasonic DP-UB9000 Best 4K Blu-ray player for audiophilesSource: www.crutchfield.com -
Fix the Photo ranked Panasonic DP-UB9000 as #1 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment #1 out of 11 Panasonic DP-UB9000 Our Choice... ... ... Source: fixthephoto.com - On 15 Dec 2022
TopTenReviews ranked XBox Series X as #6 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #6 out of 9 XBox Series X The best Xbox with Blu-ray player.... ... ... Source: www.toptenreviews.com - On 11 Dec 2022
Digital Trends ranked XBox Series X as #5 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 6 XBox Series X The most fun Blu-ray player... ... ... Source: www.digitaltrends.com - On 23 Nov 2022
CNET ranked XBox Series X as #3 Rank Blu-ray Player Comment ... ... ... #3 out of 4 XBox Series X Best Xbox for Blu-ray movies... ... ... Source: www.cnet.com
Verdict
After counting and adding up the 69 expert endorsements of the January rankings, Panasonic DP-UB9000 outranks XBox Series X. This is not to say that XBox Series X is a bad option. Like Panasonic DP-UB9000, it is recommended by experts, but less.
Panasonic DP-UB9000 
XBox Series X Customers like XBox Series X noticeably 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.
XBox Series X
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
XBox Series X, the cheaper option, tends to get more favorable reviews than Panasonic DP-UB9000.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling blu-ray player receives a consumer score of 8.3 (great). Both Panasonic DP-UB9000 and XBox Series X receive customer reviews that average out above that median threshold.
| Panasonic DP-UB9000 | |
| XBox Series X |
10.0 Amazing
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| Median best-selling Blu-ray Player |
8.3 Great
|
XBox Series X is more popular than Panasonic DP-UB9000
It's fairly safe to say that XBox Series X is a more popular blu-ray player than Panasonic DP-UB9000, based on its 10,000+ 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 Panasonic DP-UB9000 and XBox Series X | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | XBox Series X | $931 |
 10.0 Amazing
| 4 expert recommendations | |
 | Oppo UDP-203 | $1360 |
9.3 Amazing
| No expert recommendations | |
 | OPPO BDP-103 | $500 |
8.6 Great
| No expert recommendations | Cheaper |
| Rank | Change | Price | Blu-ray Player | TopTenReviews | Digital Trends | CNET | Wirecutter  | The Master Switch | The Techlounge  | What Hi-Fi | IndieWire  | Crutchfield | Fix the Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | Check price |  Panasonic UB820 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 |
12 | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| 2 | -1 | $248 |  Sony UBP-X800M2 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 3 | - | $198 |  Sony UBP-X700 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| 4 | - | $960 |  Panasonic DP-UB9000 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
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Expert reviews [10]
- with a score: 5
- without a score: 5
| Highest score by What Hi-Fi | 100 |
| Average score based on 10 reviews | 97 |
| Lowest score by TechHive | 90 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
Expert reviews [19]
- with a score: 14
- without a score: 5
| Highest score by T3 | 100 |
| Average score based on 19 reviews | 85 |
| Lowest score by Digital Trends | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
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Panasonic DP-UB9000 is a well-known option at the top of the price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling blu-ray players and has a couple of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Oppo UDP-203 or Sony UBP-X1100ES .
Panasonic DP-UB9000 is $750.99 more expensive than the average blu-ray player ($209).
XBox Series X is a very popular option at the top of the price range. It has a couple of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Oppo UDP-203 or Sony UBP-X1100ES .
XBox Series X is $722.26 more expensive than the average blu-ray player ($209).
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