Which External Player To Buy

[squad4]

I'm making a fan edit for a school project and learned that the proper way to do it is by buying the blu rays and then ripping them to my computer. However, I don't have an external blu ray player. I already bought them in blu ray format... what is a relatively cheap external blu ray drive that could do this?

[Woodstock]

If you are talking JUST Bluray stuff, there are dozens of players that can handle the job. If there is some UHD stuff mixed in, you'll want one of the UHD-capable drives, for which there is suggestions in the Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023 thread.