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Well, if you want cheap then pick up whatever you can find for an optical drive. (it almost doesn't matter)
For playback there's MakeMKV (free for now) if you're willing to wait ~30 mins to an hour for the movie to rip first.
Haven't used any commercial playback software in a long time myself as i've got a AnyDVD HD license and VLC. (if that fails it gets dropped into the PS3)