What are your requirements?
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
Tascam BD-MP4K is the model we sell to clients and I've never heard a complaint
It's got rack ears!
On Reddit we have r/dvdcollection, r/boutiquebluray, r/4kbluray, r/steelbook, r/vhs, etc but let's start simply with a community to cover all the forms of home video collecting.
So, do you feel nostalgic for a format? Are you looking forward to a release? Heard any exciting news? Want to show us your shelves? Then post away.
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