In my previous message, I wasn't talking about the Original Trilogy 400-line resolution laserdiscs. I was talking *in general* that MPEG4 is a superior standard over MPEG2. Nor was I talking about converting MPEG2 to MPEG4, because that would be foolish.

.

But since you brought it up, given a choice, I'd rather see the laserdiscs converted directly to an MPEG4 computer file. I've grown tired of seeing MPEG2 artifacts (blockiness or pixelation) on my DVDs.

Also, I'm sure with the arrivial of Blu-Ray DVDs, MPEG4 will be the new archival standard. I might as well accept it now, versus later.

ASIDE: If anyone's interested (or not), I've decided to purchase the actual laserdiscs. My friend's got a laserdisc player he doesn't want anymore, so I figure I might as well watch the real thing, rather than a dub.
troy