Are stand-alone 4K Blu-ray players better than Xbox Series X and PS5?

[admin]

Do you really need a separate device for watching movies when your console can play UHD Blu-rays?

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[karmamule]

FYI I'm seeing the Panasonic DP-UB450 at a little under $200 on Amazon and it supports Dolby Vision

 

[Braindeed]

Sony X700 can be had for ~£150 2nd hand and there's the X800 too.

 

[SuperSamGalaxy]

I think that standalone players being better than Xbox/PS5 is a different argument than standalone players being better at playing Blu-ray discs than Xbox/PS5. Because if the question is just whether they are better in general, my answer would be no. Xbox/PS5 may be hit and miss as far as which discs they can play (and the level of quality at which they play them) but standalone Blu-ray players don't play Xbox/PS5 games at all, ever. If you don't care about playing games then a standalone Blu-ray player may be a better choice - but if you didn't care about games you probably wouldn't be considering buying a game console in the first place.

 

[Manolo7D]

I was pleased with playback of bluray/4k on my old Xbox Series X. It may not do it better than a standalone, but I was content with the quality.