The Mustek PL408S is very easy to use and comes with all the leads you could need, including ear phones, car adapter, mains adapter and leads for connecting to tv and audio. Very pleased so far. Lovely sharp picture and nice sized screen. Be invaluable for kids who get bored whilst travelling.

On the whole the Mustek PL-408S portable dvd player is a FANTASTIC buy. I had NEVER heard of Mustek until about a month ago. Bit dubious buying an unknown brand, but so far (touch wood) all is well. I had scanned the market for a few weeks now and settled on a player with a large screen and DVDRW capabilities. I WAS tempted to wait until August 2004 when Mustek will bring out a PL408T model which LOOKS the same but the components are different. The reason why I was tempted was that the PL408T was ALSO a TV as it had a plug in TV decoder (about the size of the screen on your mobile phone) and I thought YESSSS !!! but I really needed it now and learned from Mustek direct (German based) that you can't buy the plug in TV tuner as the components are different inside the player so that dissapointed me. On to the player then..
The remote control is the same size and about as thick as 2-3 credit cards. The remote is easier to use than the player as it's far less obvious how to use ALL the functions as there are more buttons on the remote. The player has a very good 8"+ screen and I thought the sound would be a bit naff given the two "50p sized" speakers on the player I saw in the marketing pictures before I bought the player, but hey... the sound is quite good given their size. The size of the player is a bit misleading as when you look at it the player seems just the right size... but then you plug in the battery at the back like an old memory add on for an 80's home computer. It's still light even with the battery so any carrycase will need to allow for the battery, unless you plug the player straight into the mains/car cigarette lighter in which case you don't need the battery.

I am well impressed by the player and would DEFFINATELY recommend it to anyone. Still unsure of the brand (Mustek who ????) and only time will tell how reliable they are.