Any recommendations for a decent DVD/Blu-ray player?

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Sewer_King@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨homevideo@feddit.uk⁩

I’ve recently gotten into buying DVDs instead of streaming things, but the problem that I’m having is that the only DVD player I have is my old Xbox 360 which doesn’t support Blu-ray and I don’t know if there are better DVD readers nowadays. Just wondering if there was anything I should specifically look for or avoid when shopping for a new player.

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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What are your requirements?

Multiregional?

4k?

The first one was important to me in the UK as you often have to import discs but, if you are in the US it might not be a big deal. It might be worth having anyway in case you run into thr issue down the line.
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yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You should probably go for a 4K Blu-ray player for future compatibility, make sure that it doesn’t need an internet connection to work, and check that it works for your region (there are 3 Blu-ray regions)

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I can’t say for 4K, but for standard and 3D bluray, the PS3 is a pretty cracking all-rounder.
You can get a slim easily for under £100 second hand now.

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- UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If you hack them, I think they can be made region free, but I’m not 100% sure if that’s just DVD or Blu-ray.
  
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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My past couple of players have been Sony ones and if I ever needed another, I’d probably choose Sony again. They have a pretty good range of price points depending on what you need and I think they’re typically multi-region too. Your main decisions with them are whether you want the 4k, HDR, WiFi and 4k upscaling features

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glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tascam BD-MP4K is the model we sell to clients and I’ve never heard a complaint

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- GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s got rack ears!
  
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