I mean鈥f you want cheap, I鈥檇 just grab a PS3. Plus, if you make sure you buy the right model, you can easily mod it, and use it as a decent retro gaming machine. Dvd, bluray, cd, plus ps3 library, and if modded a shitton more.
I鈥檓 seeing them on ebay for $70ish. But to be fair, it鈥檚 a quick search, and I鈥檓 not paying attention to the model number. You鈥檒l have to do your homework.
It was a budget BluRay player when it came out and it鈥檚 still a good budget choice today haha. The PS4 and Xbox One would also work. I see a bunch of them used locally for $100-$150 CAD. Gives a bit more modern experience and game library.
Just a couple of notes: XB1 can also read CDs while PS4 not, but PS4 has a less bloated UI; both can鈥檛 do upscaling.
Pretty sure the moddable ones aren鈥檛 that cheap. Same with the ones that have PS2 support.
they鈥檙e all moddable, just some can do full custom firmware, others can only do HEN (like a tethered jailbreak). Sellers usually don鈥檛 distinguish tho from my experience.
I still use my PS3 for this. And that thing is built like a tank. It once had a heavy CRT TV fall on it during an earthquake. It got a small scratch.
To be honest, I鈥檇 get a Blu-ray drive for a computer, rip the discs, and use Jellyfin (or Plex, Emby, etc) to host them. Way more flexible since you can watch them from any device in your house, or on a phone/tablet/Chromecast when you鈥檙e not at home (assuming you have a good enough upload speed).
You don鈥檛 need a dedicated home server; you can just run Jellyfin or Plex on any Windows, Linux, MacOS or FreeBSD PC, as long as it鈥檚 turned on when you want to watch something.
PS3 is still great as a basic multimedia player (CD/DVD/BD), if you need 4k or upscaling look for something else; I find upscaling particularly essential when you have a lot of DVDs.
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