The £21 DVD Player from ASDA

"The £21 DVD Player from ASDA" is the fifth episode of The Thomanory Show, uploaded on 24th March 2023. In this video, Thomas unboxes a DVD Player from ASDA, a British supermarket chain, and sets it up on his television in his bedroom. This episode derives away from the usual format of looking at videos and instead is an unboxing video, but still filled with the same humour from the other episodes.
== Plot ==
In the living room, Thomas begins the unboxing process of his new HDMI DVD Player from ASDA's tech department, ASDA Tech. Having received it from his mum's ASDA rewards program using vouchers, he gets it for £21. Inside the box, the DVD Player takes a USB charging port in order to work, which Thomas mistakes as the input rather than HDMI. Also inside are instructions, a power brick, and batteries for the remote, the latter of which is imprinted with ASDA Tech's name at the bottom, a feature that Thomas' doesn't seem to enjoy that much. The DVD Player itself is lightweight because Thomas believes it is cheap, simply for the fact that it is from ASDA. Thomas then goes upstairs to set it up in his bedroom.
Up in the bedroom, Thomas lies the equipment on his bed and presents a fresh HDMI cord from a company called ONN. Using the cord, Thomas plugs it into the DVD Player. He then shows off his TV, from the company RCA. He uses the other end of the cord to plug it into the TV, which requires him to turn the TV upside down with the risk of potentially breaking it. Thankfully, he doesn't break it. Thomas then brings a four-port plug set that he uses two spare plugs for the USB power brick and the TV's plug. Thomas then finds out that the DVD Player works as it showcases the word "OFF" in all caps. Turning it on, it displays "NO Cd", indicating that it needs a DVD or CD to make it work.
He then activates the button that allows the DVD tray to open, much to his surprise. He spends the next few seconds trying to use the remote, to which he decides to turn on the TV to test the DVD Player. When he turns on the TV, an airing of Top Gear is shown on Dave ja vu, the timeshift channel to the channel Dave. Switching to HDMI mode, the screen displays the word "ASDA tech" amongst a blue background. He decides to test the DVD Player with the 2001 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Hoping not to get a strike from Warner Bros. Discovery, he goes through the DVD menus and is unofficially accepted into Hogwarts. Deducing that it works, despite its cheap quality, Thomas tells a ghost (his younger brother) to stop talking, only to his head on the bed frame in anger.