Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
And since the video was uncompressed, LD fast-forward and rewind still kick DVD's ass. So much smoother and incremental.
But yeah, other than all those things, LDs sucked.
So were uncompressed PCM, full bitrate Dolby Digital, and full bitrate DTS. A laserdisc's two-channel PCM Dolby Pro Logic mix put through a modern Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoder actually sounds better than most of the Dolby Digital tracks I've heard on DVD. And Saving Private Ryan DTS on LD...WOW.
And since the video was uncompressed, LD fast-forward and rewind still kick DVD's ass. So much smoother and incremental.
But yeah, other than all those things, LDs sucked.

Yeah, I miss the nice big jog wheel on DVD player remotes. That is an awesome feature of LD!