My feelings on purchasing the box set have changed since that interview. I hadn't watched Star Wars in a year and a half, and I was pretty anxious to see it again. I'd sold my LD players, but kept the 1995 THX LDs. Not being able to watch them made me more impatient I think.
I just acquired a CLD-99 this past weekend and watched ANH. I was VERY pleased by the image quality and no longer feel the need to buy the box set. The detail and color obviously aren't on par with the new DVDs based on the screenshots I've seen, but at smaller screen sizes (32" in this case) the LDs are very satisfying.
I've placed the box set in my Wal-Mart DVD rental queue though because I want to see the changes/problems for myself.