Originally posted by: electrictroy
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.

Normally, you can't have superior quality over the transfer source. But when it comes to analog mediums, there is another factor you have not calculated, and that is the capability of your player to bring the most out of your source. So there are some cases, where purchacing the "dub", will improve your viewing experience.
For instance, the upcoming XO based projects will have better quality than an average LD player would give you, even with a "superior quality" source.