I still run two laserdisc players in my main theatre (along with prog scan DVD) and with the addition of four used Outer Limits box sets last week the LD collection just hit 300 (versus 175 DVD.)

A significant number of my LD titles are not yet available on DVD (Raiders of the Lost Ark etc. being an example - for at least a few more weeks). But one of the things I like (and will miss the most) about LDs (versus DVDs) are the covers. Gotta love the big(ger) print and more information. Included booklets are eye friendly - as opposed to DVDs (which I hate to admit I can't read without reading glasses). Very similar to the difference between record and CD packaging.

But there is no disputing (at least in my mind) that, just as CD is clearly superior to vinyl, given the choice, I would always watch a movie in DVD instead of LD. (As we all know, the AC-3 / DTS LD sound is the same as a DVD's DD /DTS. It's the image that's considerable better on DVD - even with the use of a good de-interlacer / line doubler for the LD.)

And the old CED system that Soundhound mentions? It had one advantage over LD and DVD: an integral hard case that did a very good job of protecting the media from most damage. Something that I wish had been adopted for DVD.

Jeff Mackwood