Well there are many many options when it comes to getting the best blu ray players.
The main factors to consider is performance /speed - media compatibility and 3D Experience.
Companies like LG,OPPO,SONY AND PANASONIC all have good blu ray players in their line of products.
If you still like to get a detailed review of the blu ray players , I advice you to take a look at this article on blu ray players.
I've got a handful of discs, but only player is the Xbox One (and PS3? Is that blueray?) Even the stuff I own on disc I tend to watch on Pi, cos it's easier :$
Aye, that's the way to go. I'm trying to avoid buying anything else, our film/tv collection of discs is a bit like my Steam library, there's a lot of stuff going unplayed. :/
TBH, those things can produce a brilliant picture. We bunged our old Panasonic Viera in the attic for the boys to use for cartoons, games n'stuff. It's 15 years old, still going strong and has a super sharp picture. For standard def stuff, it's great.
Is there a quick and straightforward way to do that these days? Last time I looked at ripping my collection it involved all sorts of different steps that I couldn't be arsed with.
I paid for Wondershare Video Converter which works for nearly everything I want to rip for my server. For the very occasional bluray that confuses it, MakeMKV produces a lossless .mkv version that Wondershare can then chew up. WVC is very fast and produces a really high quality HD mp4 in a couple of hours (on an i5 PC with 8GB tbh) as opposed to the overnight and all day with multiple steps that it took me a few years ago.
If you're OK with .mkv then MakeMKV is fine on its own. Technically it's pay-for software, but it's free while in beta (which it has been forever) and the developers are happy to share the beta key here. It strips region and drm as part of its process (and actually objects if you use something like AnyDVD as well). I only bother with Wondershare because not all my devices handle .mkv, and I've already paid for it, and it's quick and easy. Oh, also, MakeMKV's key expires every month but they post a new one so you can reregister it.
And obviously you need an optical drive that can read blurays.
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