Originally posted by: Mielr
The colors [of the 2006 OUT] are much better than the laserdisc (vibrant, without looking 'smeary'), the skin tones especially look fantastic- much more natural and much less 'ruddy' than the laserdisc version.

I think you have to be a bit careful here: I think the best you can say is that the the 2006 OUT is "much better" than the laserdisc transfers you have seen. Because LD is analog, there can be quite a big difference between what's on the disc and what the player shows you. I would expect, for example, that you would be much less impressed with the OUT DVD when comparing it to the LD footage as displayed by a Pioneer HLD-X0 than you would be comparing it to captures made by some of the lesser players used for preservations around here.

Of course, not being (very) player dependent is one of the distinct advantages of DVD...