Did some comparisons:

Projector: Optoma GT-750. Matte white wall. 2.21 (yeah, I use the old 70mm ratio). Appox. 11 feet wide. I sit 12 feet away.

Original Blu-ray: PS3

New Blu-ray: Oppo BPD-93

Both outputting 1080p60

Criterion CAV LaserDisc: Pioneer Elite CLD-79. Composite to a DVDO IscanHD. 720p60

Audio is all bitstream to a Pioneer VSX-1121, set to THX mode. Klipsch SC-1 center speaker (this is mono after all)

Results: to my eyes, the LD and 35th look very similar in tone and feel. The old Blu-ray feels like it has boosted colors, the wrong colors. Seems smoothed and not as detailed as the 35th. The LD actually looks terrific.

Audio: The LD wins. Just has clarity the lossy original BD doesn't. Seems like the same mix. It works. The 35th disc's mono is a fold down and useless. The 7.1 track is fun. Nothing more. Not suitable for a presentation.

I only used side 1 of the LD, so the comparison covers the opening to Loomis finding the matchbook.

Sadly I sold the 99 DVD off years ago. I replaced it with the LD actually. :)

Totally.