I own two: the UK Pioneer CLD-D925 that I use for the sheer convenience of watching PAL/NTSC LD’s without having to turn the sides manually and as a bonus, for capturing digital audio, as it has a TOSLink interface. Going on the recommendations of Silverwook and from browsing the forums, I also imported an industrial NTSC only Pioneer LD-V4400. It’s built like a tank (and looks like one!) and although it lacks the fancy consumer features of the D925, the picture quality is far superior, with far less dot crawl and noise. This is what I use for capturing the video signal from my discs.
Some good information here: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Difference-in-quality-of-laserdisc-players/id/8537/page/1