Watching Laserdiscs in the Digital Age
great, detailed, new(!!) article by Josh Zyber on dealing with the problems trying to get laserdiscs' analog video to look good on modern digital monitors...
wish we had had this article when we went shopping...

in our case (large-ish, much loved laserdisc collection and seven players; less than a hundred DVD's and a progressive scan DVD player; multiple video game consoles; almost nothing VHS; small space, modest home theater system), we decided to go with EDTV (Enhanced Definition TV, 480p) and wait for HDTV to be worth the trouble...
specifically, the Samsung TXN2745FP (if that page redirects you, just hit back and it loads fine), which is definitely a step up from a standard interlaced image and flatscreen is great, but, though there are days we love it, we aren't very satisfied with it most days... the choice to go EDTV was probably a sound decision (again, in our case, ymmv), but, the model we got has what appear to be power supply issues that are very common for this model from what i read online from other owners...
and thus far, we have not gotten around to doing much about it but complain amongst ourselves...


and for anyone who is wondering what the big deal is, here is a fantastic article that explains video definition differences pretty clearly and defends EDTV as a better choice than HDTV at this time...
ProjectorCentral.com - The Difference between HDTV, EDTV, and SDTV