please walk away unheard of brand and for £20 more get a sony if you look round online

If you ever go to Loughborough then you should be on the lookout for a big man wearing no clothes, walking away from Richer Sounds towards Poundland with a Lowry LCD TV tucked under his arm muttering ‘Walk away son, walk away.’. He will be farting terribly and wearing a fake Rolex watch on one wrist, with a cable tie and duck tape on the other and clutching a HiDef video camera. He will be accompanied by an blonde ex-porn star with huge bazumbas called Susie, who may be on her way to the adult film awards. She also will be almost naked, especially during England matches, although wearing crotchless knickers, suspenders and holdups. She tends to flinch at the sight of a table tennis bat. There will be a queue of traffic backed up behind her – this is apparently a regular occurrence whenever she is out and about in Loughborough. She may, however, be dripping in Malibu, Bacardi or Baileys especially around her nether regions and you may hear a strange buzzing sound when she is around. Should they spot an outdoor stool outside a bar they may just get straight down to business and ask someone to film it. Then reality will kick in and the the dream will fade and he’ll find himself back in the secure wing…….:smiley:

I had an onkyo amp all along in my bedroom !! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

"unheard of brand"

Oh dear...

Meme-tastic!!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Just re-discovered this thread after this posted deal

Good times :smile:

Thought I'd got away with that!!! That'll teach me to multi-task at work.

have you been in a coma??

Whats wrong with a neat Bush?

What do you mean unheard? How dare you. I have many items from Onkyo and frankly I am offended. This Loughborough guy is obviously unaware of how HUKD works otherwise he would not say this kind of stuff. I mean really who is he to be saying this?

I knew £2,400 was too much for a quality amp....... damn you Onkyo :laughing:

ahh, an all time classic thread, one that will go down in hotukdeals history..

this comment is so i have this classic thread saved

I had an onkyo amp all along in my bedroom !! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

Lessons

I wish I could rep you more for this! LMFAO (again and again and again)

Lol, good read. When does the book come out?

If you ever go to Loughborough then you should be on the lookout for a big man wearing no clothes, walking away from Richer Sounds towards Poundland with a Lowry LCD TV tucked under his arm muttering ‘Walk away son, walk away.’. He will be farting terribly and wearing a fake Rolex watch on one wrist, with a cable tie and duck tape on the other and clutching a HiDef video camera. He will be accompanied by an blonde ex-porn star with huge bazumbas called Susie, who may be on her way to the adult film awards. She also will be almost naked, especially during England matches, although wearing crotchless knickers, suspenders and holdups. She tends to flinch at the sight of a table tennis bat. There will be a queue of traffic backed up behind her – this is apparently a regular occurrence whenever she is out and about in Loughborough. She may, however, be dripping in Malibu, Bacardi or Baileys especially around her nether regions and you may hear a strange buzzing sound when she is around. Should they spot an outdoor stool outside a bar they may just get straight down to business and ask someone to film it. Then reality will kick in and the the dream will fade and he’ll find himself back in the secure wing…….:smiley:

;-)

You don't need to transcode them, just put them through MKV2VOB and it just remuxes them in a couple of seconds, probably does nothing more than renames the extension and changes a few bytes, then it will play them natively.

This Loughboro Guy's been well and truly rogered gang bang style.

Would imagine that he's got the message by now.

I'm Pretty sure the Foehn and Hirsch one that I have from Ebuyer does (offer below, look at rep!). Played everything I've thrown at it. And for the price it is excellent with 2 x USB connections as well.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/656994/foehn-hirsch-blu-ray-player-full-10?page=4

Is this stupidity, ignorance, or Sony fanboyism?

I have the LG BD390 and it plays these files perfectly :thumbsup:

This is my first post and I am Lost for words!! WOW!!! :?

"Bigoted morons" Gordon Brown's in :whistling:

A PS3 can't play MKV files natively. You'd either have to transcode them first, or transcode them on the fly using something like PS3 Media Server.

A PS3!
Baboomtish!

Anyone know of any Bluray Players that can play x264 .mkv 720p/1080p files yet?

Save your money and don't go to Loughboro? Flixboro is way more scenic :stuck_out_tongue:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Hahahaha! and another one! What crap TV are you watching it on then! Or are you partially blind?
Hahahahah! I love it!

Hahahahahahaha!!! Dont you know a lot! Hahahahhaa! Get a Sony hahahahahahaha!!!! I love noobs who think they know it all but know NOTHING! "Onkyo unheard of brand" Hahahahahah!!!
You should be on stage mate!

Oh and forgot to say HA HA! :smiley:

I agree you either need a better TV or to watch a better use of HD, get hold of a copy of 'Cars' not the best film in the world but really shows off the HD! Planet Earth is quite good as well for real life examples!

If anyone had the gumption to read Loughborough guys hilarious addages ,somone obviously not on this post might just realise the guy does this on purpose,sits back and have the biggest laugh himself at the biggotted morons that take the bait.

Unheard of to you perhaps. The brand actually has a better reputation than Sony with those who know :thumbsup:

Do you think it's a black and white TV? :roll:

You need a better TV then :whistling: :giggle:

Great deal and amazing brand but blu-ray simply isn't worth it.

I've never watched a blu-ray film that has blown me away with quality :disappointed:

:giggle:

Need to add my two cents...ha ha ha :w00t: ha ha ROTFL!!!

I can carry on my day now!

Actually I find that the above comment is fairly regular occurrence, and seems to knock any brand name electrical product going posted on hotukdeals (oh apart from Sony of course!)..

This has to be a joke, I take it your reading all these posts but not replying,

HAHAHA!!!! :-D Are you Joking?

No, Really! Are you making a Funny? ;-)

Well... If not, HAHAHA!!!!


Onkyo Are The BomB!!!! :w00t:

haha what a joker! Onkyo are one of the better brands my friend...

It's an amazing amp. I paid full price for mine and I’d still happily do it again. For £379.99 I’d have one for the bedroom lol

Is it just me, or is that perhaps the ugliest piece of kit out there? Granted you should be watching the screen when it's giving out a good picture quality, but if you have spent hundreds of pounds on a nice tv and stand for the corner of your living room then this would just ruin it.

Looks like a 90s tape deck and the LCD screen looks like it was stolen from an argos alarm clock. Good for hiding away in the bedroom I suppose at this price, but I'd rather fork out just a bit more and get something that performed as well but looked better also.

Are you completely mad?

LOL!!!

Comedy post 2010 :lol:

he he:-D

heat added
will be great for the bedroom

Very good price for an Onkyo, but I get the feeling we'll see a few more of these clear out deals as manufacturers try and push "3D enabled" TV's/Players.

To be fair to "Loughboro' Guy" and the residents of Loughboro' they may not have any decent Hi-Fi shops there. They will have to rely on there main store for all their expertise - ARGOS!

Onkyo - Unheard of!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

errr hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah

err hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah :-)

REASONABLY GOOD!? dude those pioneer sets are about the best on the market! thats like saying a Bugatti Veyron is reasonably fast!!

to be fair to that guy, if you hadnt heard of Onkyo, it would sound like a cheap make :-D

The humour of some of the people on this site is class man. I can't believe he even entertained the idea of putting a complaint in, thats the funniest thing ever HAHAHAHAHA!!!:-D

Dear oh Dear oh Dear!!!!:whistling:

what a great thread thankyou all.lol.

Thats bad for Richer. They should clip even more off the price if they don't have the remote.

Enough comments on "loughboroughman" he had enough trouble last time when he test drove a Ssangyong and a BMW..............and bought the Ssangyong!

Bleh. Well, if even Sony don't bother keeping their players upto date (apart from the PS3), then I'll continue to stay away, just like I did with DVD until its Content Scrambling System (CSS) DRM was completely broken.

Yep, even I laughed, and I'm a humble woman who knows nothing about techie gadgets ;-) (Actually more of a nerd than a lot of men I know, who ask ME for advice sometimes).

His posts are (unintentionally) amusing. Shame he's suspended, or in suspenders, or however I read that. It is a Saturday night :smiley: I'm off out to partaaay..!

By the way, Charlie Brooker says this about Avatar: "Avatar is rubbish. (I couldn't stand that tribe of pious, humourless, surly blue luddites. F*ck their stupid tree. I was cheering on the bulldozers)."

Minor league stuff I would say compared to some of the tripe on here.

To Laughboro Walking Away Guy, if you haven't already, please rejoin HUKD under a new username so that I can read more "Walk This Way" posts - it's brilliant entertainment as then I won't need to spend money buying a Donkeyo Bluray player! We'll miss comments about how your buxom blonde girlfriend, Suzie, and you like to watch England matches in the nude (see LG's prev posts). Enjoy the World Cup!

There was one on the shelf left in Romford today. No box and no remote though. Which put me off slightly, think I'll go with the Toshiba Love film blu ray player! :thumbsup:

I bought a Sony BDP S350 less than a year ago, which Sony has already made obsolete by refusing to upgrade the firmware in the 350 and 360 models to allow Sony internet streaming as it would slow sales of their new 370. So if there was a brand to stay away from IMO it would be Sony. Onkyo seems to be a much better brand to me.

Hi

Im considering getting this but dont know much about blueray and i tend to like alternative brands.

Will it have compatibility issues.

Can it ever be updated.

in short is it worth getting or would my money be best spent elsewhere.

i have one of these and it kicked the ps3s arse, the sound is amazing video excellent and much warmer than the ps3 imo. This is being played on a reasonably good pioneer kuro 46"

Only downside imo is the menu system i hate how you get 1080p playing kick ass blu rays and then the menu is like a BBC computer display just lacks quality and also functionality is a little bad as menus are difficult to navigate but the manual is pretty hot at sorting stuff out.

" if Onkyo made cars they would be a Lexus "

I wouldn`t say they are LEXUS in Hi-Fi world. I don`t think they are very popular brands like Pioneer or Denon as in the UK, so don`t recognizing them don`t make you a fool, why don`t you guys go easy with the poor lad?
Sony do make GOOD budget Blu-Ray players, +£20 more get you a very decent player is true. BD live will be every where and without it does seems to lack some experience for the BD you have brought.

denon stuff is awesome.....i paid about £000's for hifi seperates including a denon amp

lasted faultlessly for 22 years - used daily at 1-6 hours aday sometimes pushing it too - until i sold on ebay in perfect working order for decent money ....denon wouldnt make cars - theyd make tanks

but the denon amp was superb (replaced a technics amp) and worth the £400 then

big fan of denon amps but the onkyo had more features and was £600 cheaper....denon looked nicer though and prob sounds a little better

onkyo's amplifiers have won many awards,
if onkyo made cars they would be a lexus...superbly made, does everything well, packed with lots of features not found on other makes in their class (i bought an onkyo 605 av amp 2.5 years ago for about £350 rrp £450 - if i bought an amp from denon or sony with the same features it would cost £1000 and whilst im sure the denon as they make exceptional amps would be a good match the sony wouldnt as their amps are garbage)

cant comment on their br players tho...to be fair though sony make good br players, but they skimp on features

dont have to be a mod to state my opinion! :smiley:

And who made you "mod for the night?"

Was about to say the same thing... the guy hasnt heard of them, wow

fair enugh he made a michael fish style balls up, but enough has been said!

LOL!! You lot are terrible!!

He's probably hanged himself now!

Doesn't compare to a Matsui VCR.

Goodmans LOL

That's almost as funny as the first reply.

"Oooohh, Denon"

What happened to my original post?

some amount of heat for this considering only a small amount of the product available

wonder if its for the product itself or the humour ??? :smiley:

shame though that when ppl do post a good bargain, it can be slated due to 'hate england', "dont like group/show" etc.

Hey why is LG suspended? Let him back - he put a smile on a good few faces...poor guy.

Haha I don't think I've seen anyone taken apart quite as badly as "LOUGHBORO GUY" has been in this thread!

Denon? thats them guys wot duz yoghurts and stuff innit?

I know the brand Onkyo but they aren’t exactly mainstream. If I stopped 10 people on the street I wouldn’t be surprised if less than half of them had heard of them.
So somebody on the forum hasn’t heard of them, big deal, get over it.
It’s you saddos that have to maliciously poke fun at someone for something so trivial that is a bigger deal to me. Some of you must have such low self esteem that you need to jump at the chance to ridicule someone for not knowing something that is an irrelevance. He merely hasn’t heard of an AV manufacturer but you have no class.
This isn’t aimed at everyone that commented as a bit of fun is good but just on those that took it too far.

please walk away unheard of brand and for £20 more get a sony if you look round online

I am sure anyone that has not heard of Onkyo have also not heard of Arcam, Cyrus, Mission, NAD, KEF, Denon, Rotel, Teak, Creek, AudioLab...the list can go on.

There is more to audio/video equipment than your usual High St brand names that make other electronics other than HI Fi.

Your post reminds me of my wife.

She thinks that because she's heard of Wayne Rooney and apparently the bloke that cheated on Cheryl from xfactor also plays for England them she's an expert.

If you haven't heard of onkyo either then you can't be a keen gadget follower.

Can't be that uncommon if the search on this website alone brings up a page of other onkyo deals.

i've heard of the mission A Band from the 80s/90s and my jeans are made out of denon or should that be denim lol

Well, HUKD is here for people to report deals and misprices, admittedly I found the statement quite amusing about Onkyo, however, a lot of people on here use HUKD as an attempt to belittle others sadly.

see what you mean; I am growing to like him (and his Susie):-D

Montana 78 said are there any blu-ray players with MKV 720p/1080p support? i heard there was supposed tobe a JVC & philips but cant find any.

anyone know anything on this?



LG BD390 is now retired and is getting more difficult to find, and has been replaced by the LG BD570 which can be had for under £170 and so long as you don't need analogue sound, it does exactly the same as the 390 and has a few extra streaming services as well, Picassa and Accuweather.

I own the 390 and have set up a 570 for a friend and they both play/stream 720p/1080p mkv's and play any file size via ntfs on ext hdd fine (I have found mkv files when encoded in h264 or x264 with a profile 4.1 and AC3 or DTS 5.1 sound, means you should experience no problems in playback terms). of course there are plenty of other formats [URL="listed here"]listed here[/URL] that they can play.

god another unheard of brand,think i'd rathere go for an alba or a bush lol lol

Maybe I don't have direct experience with Blu Ray, but I'm quite capable of reading and comprehending articles on the DRM schemes it uses. e.g. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/update-x2-avatar-blu-ray-drm-bites-legitimate-customers/8193.

Thanks for that - that's saved me a few squid :thumbsup: I saw blu-ray player and then my eyes glazed, which is how I ended up with a Bush TV...

You're comparing apples to oranges there mate, one's a PC drive/writer and one's a full blown stand alone player. :thumbsup:

Okay too confusing for an owner of a Bush telly :oops:- I was about to buy the Samsung player at e-deals: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/221349

but if I can get one, is the Onkyo worth the extra £20.00?

This really did cheer me up today!

He appears to be suspended now........ did I miss something?!?!?!

this thread has been the highlight of my week. which is pretty sad really..
i wouldnt go via this site anyway, HotUkDeals is an unheard of website lol

Yet one more who has been both amazed and amused by the nonsense post. :w00t:

Six pages on a minor RS item already! :smiley:

shame theres no optical audio out!

you mean the they meake some of the best amps on the market

what? clueless

Hahaha! What a numpty at the beginning. I have a Onkyo Hi-Fi -awesome build quality in their stuff.

ah, so advice from someone who has no experience in the product they are giving advice about. great stuff. stick with your media format from the last century, it's only about 15 years old. blu ray is only about 5 years old so you don't want to jump on the band wagon too soon

yep, not exactly a one off :smiley:

You appear to be confusing me with someone else. I merely stated that given how locked down BD's DRM is, and its requirement for constant firmware update availability in order to continue to be able to play newly-released BDs, I think I'd probably opt for Sony if I was going to "upgrade" from DVD.

This is on the basis that I would expect Sony (as both a content publisher and hardware manufacturer) to provide firmware updates for longer than hardware-only manufacturers (excellent though they may otherwise be) as whilst Sony have a financial interest in keeping their hardware customers buying newly-released BDs, the hardware-only manufacturers only have an incentive to sell you a new BD player in a couple of years' time.

I don't like the rules of the BD game, though, which is why I'm choosing not to play, saving money, and sticking with DVDs.

Nice deal, but there are like, what, 12 available in the whole country - and only one per store (if you are very lucky). I used to be a Richer Sounds fan but their constant advertising of deals that are so limited and rare as to be not worth bothering with really bugs me. Plus when you actually get there they don't have half the stuff advertised and try to flog you somehing else.

Also, years ago Julian Richer was actually serving at the counter one day when I went in - and quite grumpy he was too. I know nowt. about hi-fi etc... but even I knew Onkyo was a decent brand. 'Walk away' LOL.

I would hide your location if I were you.:-D

are there any blu-ray players with MKV 720p/1080p support? i heard there was supposed tobe a JVC & philips but cant find any.

anyone know anything on this?

How unforuntate it was the very first post...made me chuckle :w00t:

What a quality thread. Feel sorry for LG right enough.. Ok maybe I don`t.

Brightened up my morning. Surely, he said it just to see if anyone would take the bait..

looking for a cheap bluray player for the spare tv.... is this better than the PHILIPS BDP3000 at the same price?

"please walk away unheard of brand and for £20 more get a sony if you look round online"

Hmm......Maybe some homework should have been done first:

Here's all the poor reviews your unheard brand has got!

http://www.intl.onkyo.com/award/index.html

You might want to read this first. Excellent brand but not a good effort compared to other players. Only gets 3 out of 5 stars. DVD play back better than the Blue Ray playback

Was Priced at RRP £400 when this review was done though.

http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Onkyo-DV-BD606/

A quick break away from the humour to ask if anyone has compared this to a PS3? I have an Onkyo (who???) amp but my ps3 does my main blu ray services

:thumbsup:

Great price and spec, just a shame that there's no USB connection so that you don't have to put stuff onto disc to make use of the divx and MP3 features. Was thinking of getting one of these for my bro, but would be a big pain having to write a load of discs instead of just connecting up a portable HDD.
Still a brilliant buy for people that just need a great blu-ray player and/or don't mind burning discs to watch divx/mp3s

Having read thru "LAUGHBORO" GUYs previous posts, he does advocate "walking away" quite alot. Personally I like my advice to come from someone who has some knowledge on the subject. But thanks for the laugh this morning mate, made my day.

:w00t:

First laugh of the day... thanks

LG...please Sir stand back from the keyboard...

it does look like unheard of brand.

saw this in richer sounds
ONKYO TXSR875 for £379.95:thumbsup:
http://www.richersounds.com/showclearanceproduct/ONKY-TXSR875-BLK/Onkyo+Txsr875+Blk.html#
THX & beautiful.
more details here:
http://www.hyperfi.co.uk/onkyo-txsr875-receiver-black-p-424.html

not bad for unheard brand. Just need to goto watford:whistling:

Yeah, what a terrible shop alerting people through the internet to the amazing clearance deals some of their stores have :whistling:

I get annoyed with the Sainsburys, etc deals as you can't check stock online, you can't get through to the department instore to get a sensible answer as to whether stock is actually there, and they don't reserve items. Richer keep reasonable track on the website and are easy as to phone and reserve.

unheard of brand, buy a Technika istead :stuck_out_tongue:

shame no Stirling stores or I'd pick one up
:-(

Another eclectic post from the world famous Loughboro Guy. If you're ever feeling a bit down, I suggest you just come on HUKD to look at his posts to cheer yourself up and have a laugh. They are always so well informed and all his arguments are so detailed its amazing!


Onkyo....unheard of brand....LMFAO!!!!!!!

Great price for a solid blu-ray deck. For me the lack of Blu-Ray Live and 5.1 outputs means that it wouldn't add anything to my system, but sure it would be a treat for anyone else who lives near a branch.

Funny stuff :smile:

But getting back on track - how does the Onkyo compare to, say a Sony 370? I have a Onkyo AV receiver - any advantage of getting a Onkyo BD player as well as opposed to another brand?

Thanks

You guys made my day... Onkyo, unheard brand... What else, Marantz, Chinese name???

HA HA HA HA :w00t:

Those HUKD's members are winding me up, i want them all sacked!

Acc. to the review above, this is the exact same player as the Denon DVD-1800BD excepting a single button on the fascia (for Denon's Pure Direct Mode) and the Onkyo having an added optical digital output and a worse remote. Good buy if you can find one...

Mike.

That isn't helping mate :-D

+1

lol :lol:

good price but richer sounds have these offers where stock is very limited

Call me a sour puss because I don't have a Richer Sounds near to me but... I am getting fed-up with all the Richer Sounds "exclusive to our valued in-store customers" offers.

Boo! No stock near me. I would have bought that as a fathers' day present.

Cracking make Onkyo; they don't often make duff stuff.

What abusive Posts:? Foot in mouth me thinks;-)

lol I did hover over the 'submit reply' button for quite a while deliberating.

:-D funniest thing I've heard all week....... did make me chuckle.... Not heard of Onkyo... ffs.
Deal has my hot vote.

:giggle::giggle::giggle:

Bit like saying: Dont buy that Lexus car as its an unheard of brand, pay extra and buy a Ford instead.

Agreed :thumbsup:

Heres a some reviews on the bluray player:

TrustedReviews: http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2009/02/01/Onkyo-DV-BD606-Blu-ray-Player/p1

What HIFI: http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Onkyo-DV-BD606/

TechRadar: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/blu-ray-players/onkyo-dv-bd606-blu-ray-player-582879/review

Test Freaks: http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/dvd-players-recorders/onkyo-dv-bd606/

Review here if anyone is interested in this "unheard of" brand.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2009/02/01/Onkyo-DV-BD606-Blu-ray-Player/p1

Bournemouth 0333 900 0058 1
Chester 0333 900 0063 1
Guildford 0333 900 0050 1
London Bromley 0333 900 0051 2
London Chiswick 0333 900 0055 1
London City 0333 900 0045 1
London Kingston 0333 900 0040 1
Middlesbrough 0333 900 0096 1
Norwich 0333 900 0046 1
Romford 0333 900 0041 1
Watford 0333 900 0037 1

When are these going to be £19.99 in ASDA ?

lol.....but Too Soon mate!

Can you report poorly informed posts too?
Is there an opposite of Rep to give to someone?
How about "Sorry, looks like I was wrong"

LOL'd at both of these!!!!! :w00t:


Don't give advice if you don't have a clue! ;-)

muppet!

That has to be the funniest thing I've read all week :-D

Onkyo have been in business probably longer than Sony have;

Well 64 years anyway... ;-)

http://www.eu.onkyo.com/article/_div_ONKYO_History_div_.html

That said, given how locked down BD is, and how involved Sony is in the format, I'd be inclined to prefer Sony so that any player I bought wouldn't be made unreasonably obsolete.

Great price,none near me though :disappointed:

Must say that i would consider Onkyo to be at the top of the mid to low end of the market

Certainly was surprised to see this at such a good price.

hmmm obviously he's never done his homework with quality brand names..

oh dear :whistling:

"unheard of brand"

Oh dear...