You can get regular region-free blu-ray players in the neighborhood of $150 and 4K players (like the Sony x700) for around $280 ish. Totally worth it.
If you do get one, here's a pro-tip. Order your region "b" discs directly from Amazon UK and you'll get much better prices. They remove the...
It's the blu-ray that's region locked to "B"
Hey, there IS an HD version avialble to purchase for $9.99 (entire season) on Amazon Prime, if that helps.
You probably don't want to hear this, so apologies in advance, but there is no legitimate reason not to be region free in this day and age. Really, none whatsoever. The region free players are not that expensive and an entire new world opens up to you once you go there!
Again, apologies (but...