Ah yes, we all laughed at poor Bridget Jones when she was forced to sit in the car with her parents and travel to their friends for Boxing day leftovers- but was it through personal sympathy or pure malice?

For those who laughed because of the latter; shame on you.

For the others- fear not, Mustek has launched two new portable TV/DVD gems that will keep you level headed throughout the obligatory car journey to the relatives this Christmas.

The MP07D is a DVD player with the added extra of an integrated DVB TV tuner and comes with enough memory to store more than 1,000 programmes (in case you are traveling to the ends of the world). There is also an electronic programme guide (EPG), instant programme preview and teletext support for easy TV info.

In addition to this the MP07D has a 7” screen, stereo speakers, and headphone jacks. 

In case you have the wicked witch of the forest as your aunt there is also an anti-shock protection function which will keep your film going whilst going over all those tree roots and trunks.

The MP80D includes all of the above, as well as a USB port, so you can load up the pictures of any nice men you meet, straight from your memory stick onto the 8” screen.

But remember any Mr Darcy look-alikes are ours- especially the ones with the fetching reindeer jumpers!