Mustek PL608 8-Inch Portable DVD Player

by Mustek

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 6 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A8P2MI
• Item model number: PL-608
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,883 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 5, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take your favorite entertainment on the road with you and keep your kids entertained during long car trips with the slim-profile Mustek PL-608 portable DVD player with 8-inch LCD screen. It features a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio active matrix TFT LCD for watching movies in the format they were made to be watched, built-in stereo speakers, and a single headphone jack. You can view movies in progressive scan on an external TV set via either the AV or S-Video output connections. It also provides Dolby Digital surround sound decoding via the digital coaxial audio output connection.

In addition to DVD movie and CD audio discs, it's also compatible with DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW discs. You can also view photo slideshows from Kodak Picture CDs with JPEG images. It comes with a rechargable battery pack and credit card-sized wireless remote control, as well as a 12-volt car cigarette lighter power adapter.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control (with battery), car power adapter, AC adapter, AV cable, rechargable battery, printed operating instructions

Product Description

Plays DVD/DVD+-RW/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/JPEG/Kodak Picture CD Active-matrix TFT Widescreen With 16:9 Aspect Ratio Progressive Scan Video Output Built-in Dolby Digital DecoderCredit Card Size Wireless Remote Control Rechargeable Battery Pack A/V & S-Video Outputs For TV Connection Built-in Stereo Speakers Includes DVD Player Remote control 12V car cigarette lighter adapter AC/DC power adapter Audio cable Video cable Rechargeable battery pack Manual and quick start guide. -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------------------LCD DISPLAY - 8.0 Active-Matrix TFT TypeDISK FORMATS - DVD SVCD VCD CD MP3 CD-R CD-RW KODAKVIDEO SYSTEM - NTSC/PALVIDEO DECOMPRESSION-MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC-13818) MPEG-1VIDEO OUTPUT - 1.0Vpp/75 ohm Sync MinusAUDIO OUTPUT - 2-channel Analog5.1 channel Digital OutputANALOG OUTPUT- 2.0V/10K ohmFREQ.RESPONSE- DVD: 48KHz Sampling: 4Hz 22KHz 96KHz Sampling: 4Hz 22KHzCD : 4Hz 20KHzS/N RATIO - www.mustek.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy from tigerdirect, February 6, 2006

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Srinivas Krishnamsetty "Sk" (FORT WAYNE, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek PL608 8-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

Product works ok. But bad design of battery attachment. Batter is heavy and shape is awkward. Further photo display does not look good. Most important thing is Tigerdirect is selling this product through amazon.com. Tigerdirect.com is intentionally selling this product for cheap to attract the customers. I guess this product version is no longer available from manufacturer website. I think this product was manufactured especially for tigerdirect. Thats why, if I want to return this product, they are not accepting. Be careful with tigerdirect return policy. Amazon return policy will be overidden by tigerdirect policy. Why should amazon encourage such merchants?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars aggravating, January 25, 2006

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Watcher "Cris" (Lynn, Ma. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mustek PL608 8-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

This player does not play a dvd straight through. Every time it gets to the half way mark the picture starts to break apart and the audio does the same. I'm really disappointed with this player. Wish I had bought one locally instead of on line.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent DVD Player - But I Miss Player Controls, February 2, 2006

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Kenneth Wagner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek PL608 8-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I've used this player for about 2 weeks now. It works fine so far and appears to be a decent value for the money.

My one gripe is the lack of DVD player controls. You basically have a "start" and a "stop" button and that's it. If you want to call up the menu or fast forward, you have to use the remote control. That's fine if you have the remote control with you; but it's not very convenient if you want to watch a movie while sweating on a cross-trainer and you don't want to mess with a remote.

I tend to agree with the earlier poster who cautioned against buying a DVD player on Amazon (or by internet in general). You definitely can save a few dollars - but I think I'd have been happier if I could have seen and touched the DVD player first. Not to mention that it's easier to return a product to a brick-and-mortar place...