Big, bulky, side changes, CAV, CLV, PCM on the digital tracks-just look at what trying to watch Star Wars has done to me.
Maybe I just like the physical connection with older technologies. Laserdisc has brought back many childhood memories and actually made me feel the psychical experience of a film at home. I know a home theater can do this and I've experienced some great ones.
But there's just something about LD that feels right. Usually the films went untinkered and vary in quality. This and the laser rot issue make finding a good LD a crapshoot, and honestly I enjoy the bit of a challenge. My player is a good Pioneer that usually will get stuck on the autoflipping mechanism between sides came with no remote. I love it.
I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. I like my Criterion CAV 2001 box set better than the DVD. I have a wishlist on the LDDB. I would rather watch these than lifeless pristine digital blu-ray restorations. It's like the video grindhouse.
The video quality may not be the greatest but it brings back some of that childhood VHS nostalgia and meshes with a cinephile's enthusiasm for quality and control.
Thoughts? If you say I'm crazy it might save some analyst fees...;)